Senior Partner, CEO Norway 
MSc. Business and Administration

kjh@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 31 20 55 38

Kenneth leads the way with his high spirit, also when deadlines are to be met. He runs the office in Aarhus with focus on business development and innovation.

His sharp brain and many years of experience within innovation management and EU funding have made a big difference to many companies and universities getting grants. Moreover, Kenneth has extended proposal writing skills and a profound knowledge of project administration matters in both EU and national context.

The few hours Kenneth does not work, he is a busy father of two small children. However, when time allows it, he goes on his racing bike to clear his head.

Senior Partner, CEO
MSc. Management of Technology

hk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 31 52 32 36

Henrik has got a real nose for discovering the great idea which is one of the focal points for Nordic Innovators. During Henrik’s entire career, he has focused on helping startups getting soft funding. For many years, he was also developing many successful applications, however, as Nordic Innovators started to grow he handed over the responsibility to use all his energy on ensuring the continued growth of Nordic Innovators. 

Despite being partner, Henrik’s personality does not dominate. On the contrary, he resembles of Gyro Gearloose - always thinking of new ideas. Also, Henrik is known to be a bit absent-minded - maybe because his brilliant mind is always working over.

In his spare free time, Henrik plays paddletennis and does karate which gives him new energy.

Senior Strategy Consultant
MSc. Finance & Strategic Management

jd@nordicinnovators.dk

Tel. +45 21 77 95 20

Jesper is the guy you want to talk to if you have a great idea or need advice on how to run your business. He is a profound networker and opens doors at every stakeholder level. Just remember to have plenty of time as Jesper talks… a lot! 

He gets the strategy and possible funding programmes tied together so clients achieve the best conditions to develop their business ideas. His many creative inputs make you think whether or not you have a viable business in sight. 

Jespers' sparkling mood always contributes to funny discussions at lunch. When business plans are not on his mind, his lively children or racing bike take over.  

Partner, COO 
MSc. Management Research

kr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 22 74 59 70

Kristoffer’s calm mindset makes him the perfect manager of our Danish office.

His task is not only to supervise and give our clients advice on innovation management, but also to tie the clients’ business ideas and needs to the right colleague who then will write their funding application.

Outside of work, Kristoffer's background as business development engineer shines through as he always has several ongoing projects at the same time - Kristoffer says, he just needs more time to finish them, however, we wonder...  

CEO, Norway
MSc. International Relations

ksh@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +47 92 60 44 11

Kjell is a chatty guy who knows all about the Norwegian funding programmes. He is a customer-orientated individual with 20 years of practical insight and experience from both large companies, like Equinor (Statoil), SMB companies and start-ups.

He is a procurement specialist with vast experience from, e.g. product & service development, innovation, project management, strategy development and senior management.

Kjell travelled the world for many years and spent much time especially in Asia, Australia and Denmark. Outside of work, his first priority is family, but Kjell is also very passionate about football, diving and salmon fishing.

Director of Operations
PhD Analytical Chemistry, MSc. R&D Project Management & MSc. Advanced Fine Chemistry
gm@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 696 213 641

Gabriel has many years of experience with innovation management and soft funding programmes. Moreover, he has a recognised scientific background with a strong industrial slant.

Before Nordic Innovators, he was the founder and manager of an European Project Office and head of an industrial research group working with innovative SMEs and large industrial companies in the automotive, aerospace and food and packaging sectors.

Off work, Gabriel loves spending time with his growing family and not least his bass guitar.  

Partner, Head of Quality Management 
MSc. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

sa@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +33 (0)6 35 26 22 48

From his office in Lyon, Sébastien is the middleman ensuring the collaboration among our offices across Europe runs on tracks. He is the master of EU Delivery programmes and provides operational support and quality control to our staff across Europe. If you need to know about the article 6.2 A of the GA, how to appoint your LEAR, or to find the latest EC template, please ask Sébastien.

With more than 17 years’ experience within EU Framework programmes, Sébastien has successfully coordinated, negotiated and managed more than 80 EU proposals across different sectors and technology areas.

Partner, Head of Scientific Programmes & University Partnerships
PhD Science and Technology
ln@nordicinnovators.dk 
Tel. +45 53 83 20 18

Lise has a strong intellectual and technical background in molecular biology and biotechnology as well as scientific programming. Before joining us, she was a fundraiser at Aarhus University.

With her personal emphasis on creative problem solving, knowledge generation and project management, Lise has taken on several tasks at Nordic Innovators. Lise is now head of Scientific Programmes & University Partnerships, a relatively new focus area for Nordic Innovators.

When Lise is not busy with work, she has a partiality to creative chores and needlework.

ls@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 649 446 778

Lana has a remarkably strong background in business leadership with focus on constructing solid business and marketing plans and activities. Her career includes senior marketing and product management roles from large multinational companies such as Philips, L'Oréal and Beiersdorf.

Lana is an exceptional communicator and brings a wealth of knowledge regarding business and product development, consumer understanding, investor pitching and product innovation. Her broad experiences with funding programmes are an excellent fit for creating successful proposals built on solid business approaches. Therefore, she is part of the team preparing our clients to pitch.

After living in 5 European countries, Lana feels like a true European but Spain is where her heart is!

Business Development
PhD Structural Engineering

el@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +65 8265 7018

Emiliano is entrepreneurial with a goal-oriented mindset. No surprise, he is co-inventor of 7 patents, 5 of them have successfully been licensed out. In addition, he has more than 10 years of experience within innovation and business development in medtech and biotech with international experience in Europe, Japan and Singapore.

Emiliano has lots of experience with EU funding schemes - initially a writer but is now focused on business development searching and identifying innovative companies across Europe with potential to be successful winners at a European level. 

When he is not working, he likes long runs and exploring the world with his wife and daughter.

Business Development & Senior Project Consultant
MSc. Social Needs and Urban Areas Design, MSc. Marketing Research

fmc@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 663 795 286

Filippo is hardworking, straightforward and sometimes impulsive. He gives his best and runs the extra mile for clients. Moreover, Filippo gives valuable support and insights on how to make your business shine!

Filippo is attracted to original ideas aiming at increasing people’s quality of life and reducing our environmental footprint.

After work, Filippo enjoys "wrestling" with his two kids, literature master-pieces before sleeping, as well as running with his dog along Malaga seafront. Filippo is a gourmet food & wine nerd and loves to explore new cities and landscapes.

Senior Project Consultant
MSc. Electronic Engineering

gmr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 678 478 844

Grego has around 20 years of experience in the conception, definition, writing and execution of EU-funded projects combining electronic devices and/or ICTs. He also worked in the Catalonian Research & Innovation Centre and for the Italian scientific-medical institute of the spine, leading the tasks of business development, proposal preparation, knowledge and technology transfer.

Grego also works as Business Innovation consultant for the Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME - European Commission) in projects within the Health industry. 

Grego knows his home town, Barcelona by heart so he can be your local guide. Maybe because he loves asking questions - they probably add up during his daily meditation or after playing his Spanish guitar.

Senior Project Consultant
PhD Experimental Neurosciences

bg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Bernat has lots of experience from preparing feasibility studies (including business plans) to writing winning proposals for the European Innovation Council Pilot, FTI and Horizon 2020.

He provides added-value services that involve a thorough search of the market, regulations and competitor landscape, as well as discussing prototype improvements and new features. Bernat has specialist knowledge of the linguistic, ICT, biological and medical sectors.

Bernat's nomadic lifestyle has taken him around the globe but has now settled down in Malaga with his family.

In his free time, he enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee - flipping the disc helps him turn ideas upside down.

Senior Project Consultant
PhD Materials Science

feu@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Félix has a very interdisciplinary background. In addition to his PhD in the field of Materials Science for Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage, he earns a Business, Management and Economics Master’s degree. In fact, Félix is a world record holder. Together with his former research team, he improved the efficiency record for Solar-to-Hydrogen conversion for prototype devices based on cheap photovoltaic materials.

Leaving the mark on the science community, Félix took on a new challenge by joining us to support clients with his experience to propel their innovative ideas toward real-world applications.

As a native Luxembourger, Félix speaks five languages. He appreciates living and working in warmer regions close to the sea.

Senior Project Consultant
LL. B, Economics

mg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 53 87 32 36

Michael’s South American bubbling personality makes a difference in the office and lightens up everyone’s morning mood. Regardless of causal charm, Michael is a detail-oriented person with a legal background and very studious and meets his clients at eye level, so the best application is developed.

Michael has hands-on-experience in the energy industry, having worked for 2 years in a gas transmission pipeline in New Zealand. He is knowledgeable in the SME Instrument Phase 1 and Phase 2, having written successful proposals in the areas of ICT, Agritech, Healthtech and Energy.”

Michael is not afraid of taking the initiative as his goal in life is to keep the world spinning and not just watch it from the sideline.

Senior Project Consultant
MSc. Agricultural Economics

jj@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 32 32 36 

Joost is an experienced project consultant and his success rate of grants won for innovative SMEs bears witness to his insight in administrating and applying for Danish innovation grants.

He has an international profile and has lived in both Belgium, Australia and the Netherlands. He has secured a sound background knowledge of the EU institutions and policies related to climate change, research and innovation. Joost is therefore eminent to acquainted himself with the clients’ place and situation.

When he and the colleagues need a break, they often play table football - rumour has it that he is the best player in Nordic Innovators.

Project Consultant 
PhD Neurosciences

vp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel: +39 351 963 8467

Vera only needs a short brief and then she runs with the ball. This is shown in fact that only after a few months into to her job at Nordic Innovators, she accomplished to write several successful funding projects.

Vera is not a typical Portuguese person: she speaks five languages fluently, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian and English – pretty impressive. We wonder if Danish will be her sixth language.

Though Vera has never experienced a really cold winter in her childhood, she enjoyed being a winter swimmer when she lived in Denmark. Recently, Vera moved to Italy to be with her boyfriend.

Senior Project Consultant
MSc. Urban Planning and Management

amp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +45 31 20 35 96

Marina is originally from Romania, but moved to Denmark in 2014. She graduated from Aalborg University in 2016 where she did research on livability, smart mobility planning, and citizen participation in Denmark, Romania, the UK and Poland. 

Marina has a background in funding applications and project management within mainly international and sustainable development, active citizenship and youth engagement.

When Marina is not occupied with project consulting, she is the inhouse photographer and not least Marina our graphic designer presentations, etc.

Project Consultant
PhD Biochemical & Metabolic Engineering

rp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 11 66 23

Rajat joined Nordic Innovators with several years of experience writing successful funding applications for many different programmes and clients. He adds to our diversity as we welcome India to our many represented nationalities.

Prior to his PhD, Rajat worked as a research scientist at a Drug Discovery Company in India where he worked in protein production and structural studies. Before moving to Denmark, Rajat worked in Portugal for 7 years. 

When he is not occupied with work, his eyes are clued to books or other hobbies such as traveling, gardening and singing. Moreover, he looks forward to experiencing the Nordic culture.

Project Consultant
MSc. Psychology of Language

mki@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 60 38 90 42

Michelle is another great example of how a successful internship can result in a full-time job at Nordic Innovators. Michelle is always eager to meet new challenges and you are not in doubt that she has a linguistic background.

Michelle has a sharp pen and an eye for details which no doubt benefit the InnoBooster projects she is working on.

Off work, Michelle both enjoys the Copenhagen city life and not least long walks at the beach together with friends and family.

Project Consultant
MSc Economics and Business Administration

jbl@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 44 23 71

Jacob has a academic background in Business Development and Market Research in an international context.

Jacob has a lot of experience working with statistical data and solving complex business cases.

Before joining Nordic Innovators, he worked as a financial service advisor at Nykredit and with financial management at TMJ.

In his free time, Jacob enjoys physical activity and both teaches and performs mixed martial arts and football.

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. Business and Development Studies

sje@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 27 21 49 36

Satcha recently joined our team at the Vedbæk Office. She has an academic background in Business, Language and Culture with great interest in the Spanish language and Latin American culture - an advantage she no doubt will profit by when talking to all her Spanish colleagues.

Satcha has experience from teaching, working in start-ups and doing volunteer work around the world. Now she is all in on helping small businesses get investments and looks forward to gaining experience and knowledge from meeting and working with people from different backgrounds and different industries.

In her free time, Satcha enjoys dancing and spending time in the nature, while indoor time is spent on cooking with friends and baking delicious cakes.

Associate Project Consultant 
MSc. Industrial Engineering and Management

vzsb@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +36 20 242 8767

Veronika came to Denmark for postgraduate study purposes. At first, Veronika worked as a student assistant while doing her thesis about us. We were so pleased with her work and personality that we did not want to let her go after she graduated from DTU. Luckily, she has accepted to be a consultant for Nordic Innovators and looks forward to writing successful projects for our clients.

Veronika has a background in industrial product development, mechanical engineering, and graphical design, which is spiced up with business development and project management. She is certified in ISO 21500:2013 - Project management.

Off work, she enjoys spending time with her family in Hungary, cycles around Lake Balaton, practises yoga and not least loves to be immersed in nature or a good book.

Project Consultant
PhD in food science

kkr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 53 57 12 39

Katharina’s multidisciplinary background - educated in aquaculture and chemistry - combined with her hands-on experience from the aquaculture industry and laboratory experience in analytical chemistry, biochemistry and genetic techniques, makes her a strong card for proposal writing!

It is no surprise that Katharina became a scientist specialized in food produced in marine and freshwater environments as her parents ran a salmonid fish farm in Germany.

Having lived in Germany, Scotland, the Netherlands and now Denmark with her husband and 2-year-old son, Katharina is a true European who enjoys international environments. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors biking, swimming or gardening or bad weather alternatives like reading, painting, board games and baking, just to mention a few.

Project Consultant
MSc. Biotechnology, Doctorate in Plant Molecular Biology

bgs@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Bruce has been with us since the beginning. His background is in classical and molecular genetics of cultivated plants, plant breeding and forestry. He spent many years working as a plant breeder and geneticist in the UK.

Bruce handles all manner of European and Danish projects, from mechanical engineering, IT, biomedicine, food science, water quality and fish farming, to mention just a few.

He moved to Spain with a secret ambition. He restored an abandoned farm and lives the very simple life in the middle of the mountains with, among others, mosquito bites, goats, wild boars and is planting while sunburnt in summer and frozen in winter... 

Project Consultant
University Expert in Air Traffic Management, Air Traffic Controller license by Global ATS Ltd.

mn@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Miguel has an academic background in photovoltaic solar energy systems and in Thermal & Photovoltaic systems design.

Before joining Nordic Innovators, Miguel was responsible for the technical department at Odin Importaciones. Moreover, he has had his own IT company.

Luckily, Miguel lives close to the sea. In his free time, Miguel enjoys doing almost any activity related to the sea, from sailing to diving or fishing.

Project consultant
MSc. Innovation Management

avg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Alejandro has been involved in R&I since 2008 trying to find disruptive solutions for social demands and thinking about how to improve the world. He has also been an adviser to start-ups and participated in incubators and support programs for Technology Based Enterprises with which he loved to spend time brainstorming about new applications to their products. Alejandro is always willing to help with any technology challenge.

Alejandro is a proud father of two girls - and when they are not occupying him, he enjoys DIY-projects related to electronics and rocketry, basketball or reading sci-fi books or biographies about brilliant people - Richard Feynman rocks!

Project consultant
Dr. rer. nat.

vb@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 621 339 535

Vasco is the first Northern European employee at the Malaga office. Vasco is German but his heart already belongs to Andalucia.

Before joining Nordic Innovators, he worked at various universities in Germany as researcher and research coordinator. Vasco enjoys working across the offices developing both succesful Danish and EU funding applications.  

Living near the Black Forest, it has been mandatory to do some hiking, mountain biking and skiing. Now, hopefully stand-up paddling in the Mediterranean will take over if Vasco can find the time away from his family and 1-year old son.

MA Psychology

dz@nordicinnovators.dk

Darya brings more than five years of experience in proposal writing within many different programmes.

Moreover, her experience combines business development, proposal writing and project acquisition, project management, as well as provision of advisory and research for public sector clients and international financial institutions.

Darya left her home country, Ukraine, years ago. She is very passionate about travelling and exploring new cultures.

She speaks four languages and is eager to start learning Spanish. When time permits it, she enjoys figure skating!

Project Consultant
MSc. Biotechnology, Microbiology, Diagnostics & Therapeutics Engineering
wo@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.+34 722 205 977

Wael brings years of experience within EU funding programmes feeding his passion for strategic consultancy and startup innovation space. His combination of social, confident, dreamer and ambitious mindsets have led him to undertake an exciting journey in different countries.

Wael left Lebanon when he was 17 for studies in France. Later, he moved to Spain to pursue his academic career, first as a researcher. Wael is a creative, versatile and positive person with high team spirit. He enjoys his wide communication capacities speaking Arabic, English, Spanish, and French. He enjoys socializing, football and tennis, listening to uplifting music and watching documentaries.

Project Consultant
MBA

ssm@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

With an academic background in languages and business, Sandra has relevant international experience and impressively lived and worked in Spain, UK, Italy, USA and Morocco.

Sandra has many years of experience within technology start-ups, vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, medical last mile cold chain logistics and consumer products.

She knows the pains of raising funds and the challenges bringing new technologies to the market. Moreover, she is a good communicator with a solid experience in writing business plans, pitch decks and investor materials. 

Having travelled the world, Sandra is back in Spain. Off work she is a busy mother of two children and a passionate foodie!

Senior Project Consultant
MSc Environmental Industrial Engineering

lgr@nordicinnovators.dk
+34 625 320 778

Lucia is a non-typical engineer as she started as an EU Project Consultant before finishing her degree and soon moved into managerial positions. Most of her projects were IT related giving her a sort of mixed technical and managerial background that is very useful for proposal preparation.

Since 2014, Lucia has actively collaborated with the European Commission as an external expert in different schemes and roles. Sitting "at the other side of the table" has made her a tough reviewer and very critical with any project on her hands.

Lucia is from Valladolid - she claims to be Castilian where the purest Spanish is spoken. However, after 18 years in Galicia she already speaks with a little Galician accent. Lucia loves reading and travelling and is always ready for a good conversation over a glass of wine.

Project Consultant
MA. Economic Social and Legal Management of the Environment 

psr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +34 951 245 480

Patricia holds a MSc in Environmental management and a Law degree. Her academic and professional background focuses on environmental issues.

For 11 years, she worked at the former Spanish Ministry of Environment, specifically in the Environmental Risks and Environmental management schemes area.

Moreover, she worked with LIFE projects as an evaluator, which lead her path to becoming an expert proposal writer for H2020 and HE programmes. During all this time, she has gained thorough expertise in many innovation areas, such as TIC’s or EUHT.

Patricia is passionate about languages and gastronomy. She currently lives in Allariz, which is a beautiful town in Galicia. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her teen daughter, work in her vegetable garden and practice some Yoga.

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. Energy Systems Management 

ak@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +30 6989 590 620

We are happy to have Anastasis onboard Nordic Innovators as he is specialised in Energy and Innovation Consulting, from management of energy systems to energy auditing. Moreover, he has worked for the Hellenic Accreditation System and managed to bring together his interdisciplinary background by focusing on innovation management.

Anastasis is living in Greece again, however he is well-travelled and speaks several languages - He has lived and worked in Spain, the Northern Ireland and the Czech Republic absorbing multicultural experiences and learning the host languages along the way.

Anastasis is always excited to assume the role of a local tour guide along the foothills of Acropolis and elaborate on thorough political conversations for the future of EU. Don’t hesitate to accompany him on a long run by the Classic Marathon route of Athens, as he is a proud contestant.

Project Consultant
MSc. Material Science

aw@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Astrid, who is Austrian, moved to sunny Spain for work and we are happy to have her onboard at the Spanish team.

Astrid is characterised by her constant eagerness to learn new things and to broaden her horizon.

She is specialised in materials for electronics and microscopy. However, she is also experienced and interested in a wide range of fields - from advanced thin films to photonics and analytical chemistry.

In the past year, Astrid has worked as Project Consultant for EIC Accelerator projects under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. She looks forward to continuing this at Nordic Innovators.

In her spare time, you can find Astrid hiking the Camino de Santiago, probably hiding behind her camera waiting patiently for the perfect shot. She also enjoys to explore faraway countries and their cultures.

Project Consultant
MSc. Chemical Engineering and Environment

brg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. 

Beatriz is a non-typical engineer, who has a strong vocation on social impact projects and a solid commitment on sustainability. She devoted more than 6 years as international cooperation project manager expatriated in Africa, Middle East, and Central America.

Beatriz can boast of 18 years’ experience as innovation project manager of international projects for big consortiums and SMEs, mainly focused on sustainability, circular economy, urban agenda 2030, and climate change strategy. Also she has work with EIC Accelerator and many other European and Spanish founded programmes (FEDER, CDTI, etc).

After work, she loves running, cycling, the wild nature and is passionate about arts. Nevertheless, it is wonderful baby girl who tops the list.

Media Consultant
MSc. Film and Media Science

hm@nordicinnovators.dk

His background in film and media has motivated Hannibal’s curiosity and great understanding of new and digital media. His many years of experience with communication in several fields has given him an all-round understanding of the power of channelling the right message through the right media.

Project Consultant
MSc. Chemical Engineering & Environment, PhD in Chemistry

ibl@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +34 617 634 044

With her international experience, Iwona fits in perfectly at Nordic Innovators. She did her PhD thesis in Poland and has worked in Spain for 15 years at international cooperation.  

Iwona has an extensive experience in Research, Development and Innovation. She is a true professional with a strong background in nanomaterials, chemistry and physics of polymers, including thin layers, plasma, nanostructured materials and environmental protection.

When Iwona has free time, what is quite complicated, she enjoys cooking international dishes and bake cakes. She is passionate about history and loves going for hikes with her family to be as close to nature as possible.

Project Consultant
MSc in Biomedical Engineering, PhD Bioengineering Systems 

acl@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.

Ana Catarina's PhD was focused on development of natural-based hydrogel complex particles for drugs and cells encapsulation with the aim to be used in tissue engineering applications.

After finishing her PhD, Ana Catarina worked as a research scientist in a startup. This made her realise how SMEs struggled to get soft funding. Therefore, since 2017 she has been working as Innovation Consultant supporting and advising companies and universities on funding programmes as well as preparing high quality grant applications.

Ana Catarina works remotely from a little town near the coast in Northern Portugal. Her two dogs make sure to interrupt her for attention during the day and after work she enjoys water sports.  

Project Consultant
EMBA

jjv@nordicinnovators.dk
+34 633 511 867

Juan José is genuinely curious about entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. These has led him to work internationally in project management and operations in organization of all sizes in both Spain and Australia.

Based in Madrid, Juan José has been assisting clients in developing and implementing technologically advanced products and/or services under the EC Horizon Europe and Horizon2020 programme frameworks for the last four years.

With a background in Business Administration and Engineering, he has recently completed an Executive MBA and a Master’s in Project Management.

Before work, Juan Jose hits the gym to start the day with a feeling of achievement 😉

Lead Consultant
MSc. Strategy, Organisation, Leadership

jr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +45 25 33 98 89 

We are happy to have Jan onboard as he adds another nationality to our multinational culture. Jan is from the Czech Republic, but has lived in Denmark for the last five years. At Aarhus BSS he studied his true passion – business strategies and development.

Jan has an entrepreneurial background with focus on startups and new ventures. His internationally-focused mindset enables him to see things around himself from many different perspectives - an attribute he uses a lot in his approach to write the many successful Norwegian funding application. 

Outside of work, Jan enjoys exploring all different aspects of Danish hygge.

Team Lead, Norway (on maternity leave)
Cand.scient Molecular Biology

pbr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 80 59 65

Pernille is part of the Aarhus office, which mainly focusses on the many different Norwegian funding programmes. Here, Pernille primarily works with the SkatteFUNN programme. 

Pernille has a master degree in Molecular Biology. She has spent much time in the Laboratory doing research in aging and thereby developed a scientist mind. She enjoys expanding her knowledge, broaden her horizon as well as gaining new skills. 

In her spare time, Pernille enjoys different outdoor activities with her family but also relaxing with board games or knitting.

COO, Norway
MSc. Political Science and European Studies

jp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 80 32 72

Jessica is the cornerstone for Nordic Innovators Norway and is playing a central role of expanding our business in Norway. She is in charge of the daily operations including management of both the financial and human resources tasks.

Before becoming COO, Jessica used her great experience from previous jobs as manager of Horizon 2020 projects to work with different funding programmes, both national and EU and developed many successful funding applications. 

Jessica, who is Italian, moved to Denmark years ago. In her free time, she is passionate about reading and cooking and she likes to go for hikes and immerse herself in nature. 

Senior Project Consultant
PhD Environmental Engineering Technology

mc@nordicinnovators.dk 
+34 603 221 006

Marta brings Southern European charm to the Aarhus office and fits well in our multicultural environment. Marta is originally from the most northeast part of Spain but has lived in several countries such as Portugal, Belgium, UK, Australia and now Denmark.

Marta has always worked for universities, teaching and doing research and development together with companies. However, now she is ready to help people to do the same with Nordic Innovators.

When she has time which is not much with a 1 year old, she loves to cook savoury food, try new dishes from different countries and bake cakes! Moreover, as many other "Nordic Innovators", Marta loves to travel.

Senior Project Consultant
PhD in Bioinformatics

egl@nordicinnovators.dk 
+ 45 27 79 41 90

Love led Erik to Denmark and he has now settled down in Aarhus with his girlfriend.

After finishing his MSc. in Molecular Biology from the University of Gothenburg, his hometown in Sweden, he spent four years researching diabetes at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

Moreover, Erik has experience in applying statistical and data scientific methods to tackle problems in life science. Erik looks forward to making use of his background and turn it into successful applications for our clients.

In his free time, Erik enjoys traveling, going to concerts and cooking recipes from all over the world.

Capital Raising Analyst 
MSc Finance 

mgu@nordicinnovators.dk

Mats is part of the equity team working primarily from the office in Bergen where he assists with research and analysis of different investment cases. This fits him quite well as Mats has interest and experience from the financial markets and company valuation in general.

Mats finds it particularly interesting to see how businesses grow, and all the new ideas that come to life. He is currently studying MSc in Business with a major in Finance – he is eager to learn new things within and outside of school!

When Mats is not studying or working, he enjoys having a good time with friends or going to the gym. He also enjoys skiing or going salmon fishing in the summer.

Capital Raising Associate 
MSc. Business Law

dba@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +47 41 23 76 72

Dyveke’s background is perfect match in Nordic Innovators’ cultural diversity – She was born and raised in Bergen; however, her roots are a mix of Egyptian, Swedish and German.

Dyveke is a curious and knowledge thirsty soul! She has a bachelor’s degree in European studies and a master in Business Law. Alongside her studies, she was a student assistant helping the Norwegian office with writing application. In June 2022 she joined us full time working mostly within the capital raising business area.

Her biggest passion is animals, especially dogs. She carries out obedience classes at a dog school and her goal is to put one of her two dogs through training so it can be a future certified search and rescue dog.

Project Consultant
MSc. Spatial, Transport & Environmental Economics

agr@nordicinnovators.dk

Alejandro first joined Nordic Innovators working remotely from Barcelona developing successful EU proposals. His academic background is in applied economics, social research and public policy. However, recently he and his American girlfriend decided to move to the US to explore new adventures. After a few months, luckily for us, Alejandro re-joined the Nordic Innovators’ family and is now primarily involved with the Norwegian programme

Alejandro is accustomed to living in different places – He grew up in Venezuela, spent 4 years in Peru expanding his research expertise and bot least exploring the country throughout before coming to Barcelona – and now the US is home – at least for now.

When work is not on his mind, he enjoys traveling, reading and doing all sorts of outdoor activities.

Project Consultant
Business Administration and Computer Science

agf@nordicinnovators.dk

Project Consultant
PhD Chemical Oceanography

br@nordicinnovators.dk

Bala is a highly motivated environmental professional, who is interested in addressing environmental impact issues. He is passionate about protecting our environment, promoting a sustainable future, renewable energy and new technology. Therefore, Bala is also looking forward to providing research support and expertise for different innovation funding programmes. He got his baptism of fire with crazy deadlines in august and survived with excellence.

Bala is originally from Singapore, however, moved to Germany to do a Bachelors and did his masters in Marine ecosystems and climate in Norway, Iceland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands as a  joint-Nordic Masters programme.

When Bala is not working, he likes to travel experiencing other cultures and he loves eating and cooking.

MSc. Innovation Management
Project Consultant

mfe@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +47 99 22 13 40

Meryem recently became part of the growing Norwegian team and is based in Bergen.

She has a bachelor’s degree in work psychology and a master degree in innovation management. Moreover, she has a wide variety of interests like environmental technology and sustainability within the food-production industries.

Her work experience varies from start-ups to established companies with main responsibilities being business development and HR. 

In her spare time, she loves being social and active which means either hiking, climbing, knitting or cooking with friends. Also, she just tried paddle tennis for the first time and just loved it!

Senior Project Consultant
BA Economics

sty@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +47 979 88 665

Sondre is part of the growing Norwegian office in Bergen. He has been working with the Norwegian grants schemes for the last four years with a special focus on the SkatteFUNN and Innovation Norway programmes.

Besides work, Sondre has lots of interests that range from economical growth and history, brewing beer and cider to watching sports, especially football and biathlon or anything competitive in nature.

Senior Project Consultant 
MSc. Computer Science

oso@nordicinnovators.dk

Our office in Bergen is growing and Olav is part of that throwing in close to four years of varied experience in most Norwegian grant schemes as well as some EU schemes.

Olav has a background in computer science and is also offering some assistance to us in that. However, Olav’s main focus is helping our Norwegian clients being successful with the Norwegian funding programmes.

Outside work, his interests range from the financial markets to exploring the beautiful Norwegian nature hiking in the mountains and some fishing if he gets the opportunity.

Associate project consultant
PhD, Natural Sciences 

tpd@nordicinnovators.dk

Originally from Hungary, but Teodora has lived abroad for quite some time now - Austria, Germany and Spain before moving to Denmark in 2018.

Teodora is a multidisciplinary scientist with a PhD. in natural sciences and with a background in marine biology, marine geology and climate science. She worked as an academic researcher until joining Nordic Innovators where she is applying her experiences and background to writing successful project applications.

Teodora is very interested in sustainability and nature conservation and has a never-ending love for the oceans and for all creatures living in it.

She spends most of her free time playing with her little son and is looking forward to introducing him to her biggest passions if life: Travelling (the farther the better), scuba diving and underwater photography.

HR Responsible
BA. Law 

ad@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Ana has a degree in Law and is specialized in Human Resources. She joined Nordic Innovators to help us recrute the right people to our dynamic team and not least develop our HR department.

She brings more than 10 years of experience in Human Resources departments of multinational companies, in technology and innovation projects.
She thinks that the best way to work is to create the best environment, be generous, flexible and never forget a smile.

Her passion is her family and the museums, calling herself "friki of them".

Communications Manager
MSc. International Business Communication

sk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 60 75 26 34 

Susanne is shaping the internal and external communication of Nordic Innovators and help planning and conveying our communication activities.

She has a history of working with marketing communication, mainly Business-to-Business and digital marketing in the media and hearing aid industry. She has also organised several seminars and team events that have taking place around the world. 

During winter, Susanne can sometimes be hard to find as she either off skiing again or just away for her daily winter dip in the sea.

Marketing & Sales Assistant
MSC. English studies & intercultural comm.

vv@nordicinnovators.dk
+34 951 245 480

Being raised between two countries, Spain and Ukraine, Veronika has a hybrid personality. She has an English philology graduate from Ukraine and afterwards, she moved to Spain and did a master’s in English studies, multilingual and intercultural communication. The ability of speaking multiple languages has opened doors for her at the field of Marketing and Communication.

Veronika has some previous experience as a Copywriter, Digital Marketing Assistant and Communication Specialist and now she is growing in this field at Nordic Innovators.

In her free time, she enjoys the good life at "Costa del Sol" and likes hiking with her dog, going to the beach and reading.

Office Assistant 
BA. Business Administration 

gk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45  60 90 61 94

Gintare has many different tasks as office assistant at the Vedbaek office. She is always prepared to help everyone who reach out for help across the offices. However, luckily she is mostly busy with assisting the CFO.

Gintare is from Lithuania but has been living in Denmark for several years. Her 9 year old daughter corrects her Danish every day, so one day she will be able to speak it as fluently as her.  

When Gintare is not busy at Nordic Innovators, she enjoys renovating her house, travel to her home country to visit family, but also outdoors activities or just relaxing with a good movie or book.

IT Specialist 
MSc. Computer Engineering

csc@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

As Nordic Innovators has grown to be a mid-sized company with +60 employees so has our need for better IT competences.

Therefore, we are very happy to have our new IT specialist, Carlos on board. Carlos has experience with working for a couple of IT companies from the US and Canada as well as from the IT support area for a renewable's energy company.

Carlos is bit of an all-rounder as Nordic Innovators has so many remotely employees - Moreover, he is in charge of our IT systems in our four bigger offices so it is not an easy task, but Carlos takes it nice and easy.

In his spare time, Carlos likes to cook, read and enjoy walking along the Guadalquivir river in Spain.

Associate Consultant 
MSc. Business Administration

ivq@nordicinnovators.dk

Inma has an academic background in economics, business administration, and export and technology management. Her curiosity has always been a driving force for pursuing a long life learning based career, as well as sharing her knowledge and experiences everywhere she goes.

Before joining Nordic innovators, she worked at the Andalusian government in Spain, where she spent several years as a project manager in relation with entrepreneurship, business development, innovation, and EU and national funding programmes.

In recent years, Inma has happily settled in Aalborg, Denmark, where she enjoys learning Danish, researching the circular economy field, walking in nature, and painting water colours.

Associate Consultant 
MSc. Management 

nup@nordicinnovators.dk

Neelabh is our intern for six months at the Copenhagen office and looks forward to learning as much as he can about our business. Previously, he has also interned at an American AdTech company.

Neelabh has a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engeeniring with a specialization in Smart Grids and just recently he finished his Master in Management from ESCP Business School. Neelabh likes to travel and left India for doing the first year in Paris and the second year in London. Neelabh has specialised in three fields, Competition and Innovation in High-Tech, Business Consulting and Creative Marketing Management.

He has a number of creative hobbies, Neelabh loves singing, sketching and painting, writing and philosophy, as well as cooking. But his favourite hobby is gaming!