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...  

Country Manager, 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.

Partner, Country Manager, Spain
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. International Business Economics

kk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 53 89 32 36

Konstantina is a skilled project consultant specialized in proposal preparation and project management. She is passionate about innovative solutions which can be financed by Nordic and EU funding schemes.

Konstantina has prepared a number of winning project proposals and business cases in IT (IoT, machine-learning), clean tech, smart transport and infrastructure. 

When she is not working on projects for Nordic Innovators, Konstantina loves to play volleyball or lose a few hours in a video game.

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.

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 
MA Advanced Migration Studies 

ato@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 44 23 76

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.

Project Consultant 
MSc. Economics

mgl@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 42 36 37 46

The Danish office got their first German onboard and Max is quite the ray of sunshine and full of initiatives!

Max came to Denmark 6 years ago to get his masters in Economics and Finance, however, he also had the pleasure of living in Costa Rica, Hawaii and Australia. 

Before joining us, Max worked in banking, IT Operations and was running his own startup, JOYN for the past 3 years.

Off work, Max enjoys drumming, woodworking, writing mediocre code for apps or websites and doing sports.

Project Consultant
PhD Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering

msf@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 35 03 66

Maria is passionate about science and innovation - she would like to contribute to the development of bio-based circular economy and a more sustainable and greener future.

She moved to Denmark for studying her Master’s Degree and somehow 8 years have gone by... and she still lives here with her family.

Maria has done applied research in the section for Sustainable at Aalborg University for 5 years and was involved in several Danish-funded projects where her research focused on extracting proteins from plant leaves for food and feed applications in a green biorefinery context. 

As most Spanish, Maria loves good food and red wine. Moreover, she tries to meditate and practice Pilates and yoga to keep a good body mind balance.

Associate Project Consultant 
MSc. Industrial Engineering and Management

vzsb@nordicinnovators.dk

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
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
Msc. Statistic, Economic and Demographic Sciences

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

Giulia has a background in statistics, economic and demographic sciences and just recently started to match this scientific knowledge with the European project management. Before Giulia moved to Spain, she worked in Brussels helping agricultural entrepreneurs developing marketing strategies and getting support from European funding schemes under the CAP.

Like a good Italian, one of Giulia's big passions is cooking & sharing. She loves to organise dinners and share the traditional Italian – but also international – recipes. Moreover, she loves travelling and learning about new cultures, a passion that she cultivates by volunteering with international NGO. 

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
MSc. international affairs and EU integration

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

Internationalisation and multiculturalism is what defines Hana most. She has lived in several places but for now she is based in Spain.

Hana started to work at the Ministry of Finance on EU affairs. However, as she was more attracted to the practical and more human side of the EU integration, she got closer to Horizon 2020 and the world of innovative SMEs. This led her to be a consulant who is drawn to the topics of environment, biodiversity, circular economy, education, rule of law, etc. She aims to make EU better from within the Nordic Innovators' team. 

Hana spends her free time with family, doing crafts or go for runs enjoying beautiful Barcelona.

Project Consultant
PhD in Biomedical Research

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

Fernando has wide experience advising companies from the biotech, health and energy sectors and getting their projects financed by soft funding programmes. He was born in Southern Spain and, from an early age, showed a passion for learning and science. Before embarking in the exciting field of project consulting, Fernando worked in several labs around the world where he studied the neurobiology of memory consolidation and neurodegeneration. Additionally, he has studies in Psychology.

In his spare time, Fernando enjoys playing his Les Paul guitar while his little daughters dance around. Besides music and family, he loves traveling, mingling with people from other cultures and watching cult movies.

Business Developer R&D Consultancy
MBA, Industrial Engineer

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

Vittorio is known for having several irons in the fire. He is an industrial engineer, MBA, expert in international R&D project management and now completing a master's degree in Artificial Intelligence.

Vittorio has worked in the automotive sector and especially in R&D consulting where he has worked for the last 16 years with different roles and in different types of organisations, both public and private or as a freelance.

Vittorio is passionate about innovation and trusts it as the engine and basis for a better and fairer society and world for all.

In his spare time, he loves photography, travelling and of course... as a true Italian, Vittorio loves to prepare pizzas for his family and friends in his wood-burning oven.

Associate Consultant
MBA

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

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

Sandra has 8 years of experience within technology start-ups, in vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, medical last mile cold chain logistics and consumer products. She knows the pains of start-ups in raising funds and the challenges in bringing new technologies to the market.

She is a good communicator with a solid experience in writing business plans, pitch decks and investor materials and she looks forward to using all her experience as a consultant.

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

Project Consultant
MSc Environmental Industrial Engineering

lgr@nordicinnovators.dk
+34 625 320 778

Lucia is one of those non-typical engineers as she started as an EU Project Consultant before finishing her degree and soon moved into managerial positions. Most of her projects have been IT related which have given 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 focus on environmental issues.

For 11 years, she worked at Spain´s former Ministry of Environment, specifically in the Environmental Risks and Environmental management schemes area, after which she began working 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

Beatriz recently joined the Spanish office, and we are happy to have another non-typical engineers on board who has a strong vocation on social impact projects and a solid commitment on sustainability.

Beatriz devoted more than 6 years as international cooperation project manager expatriated in Africa, Middle East, and Central America.

Moreover, 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 been Project Consultant for EIC Accelerator as in many other European and Spanish founded programmes (FEDER, CDTI, etc).

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

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.

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.

Project Consultant
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.

Project Consultant
MSc. Political Science and European Studies

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

Jessica, who is Italian, moved to Denmark years ago to be together with her boyfriend.

She recently joined the Aarhus office and looks forward to working on different proposals. In her previous jobs, she worked as a manager of Horizon 2020 projects.

In her free time, Jessica is passionate about reading and cooking and she likes to go for hikes and immerse herself in nature. 

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.

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.

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. International Economic Consulting

th@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.  +45 26 80 58 14

Trine is part of the Aarhus team and brings a broad knowledge within business development, innovation management and development economics.

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. Digital Design

fm@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 92 37 10

Frederik has a background in digital design, aesthetic theory and computer science and is a part of our team in Aarhus. With prior experience in the fields of design and software development, and a passion for anything academic, Frederik loves diving into new fields of knowledge and help people frame their problems as well their research proposals.

Frederik has also experienced the startup environment first-hand working on developing virtual reality programmes for the Danish health sector.

When Frederik is not working on new proposals, he loves to read and write about philosophical classics and produce music from his home studio.

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.

Associate 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 HR Specialist 
MSc. Human Nutrition 

jw@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 79 71 22

As the number of new “Nordic Innovators” keeps growing, we have hijacked Julie as our new HR Specialist to help us make sure that we offer an attractive working environment.  

Julie has worked as a consultant for the last 15 years, mainly around change management. Her passion is to develop, support and implement effective projects, teams and organisations - create working environments with health, safety and wellbeing as the driver for high performance.

When Julie is not spending her energy on corporate health, she is, among others, burning it off on the tennis court or together with her husband and 3 children.

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.

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.

Investment Analyst
BSc. European Business

acw@nordicinnovators.dk

Albert has quickly become part of the Equity team at Nordic Innovators where his primary tasks include analysis work of various investor cases and assisting the senior consultants with various ad-ho assignments. 

While working with us, Albert is studying for a BSc in European Business Copenhagen Business School, and plans to top it with an MSc. in Finance and Economics.

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.

Head of Accounting 
MSc. Economics and Business Administration

mp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 24 40 51 53

Don’t be fooled by Mette’s young face! She is already an experienced accountant and is Head of Accounting.

When Mette started working for us - not only did she work full time, but studied also part time at Copenhagen Business School to finish her master’s degree in Science in Economics and Business Administration.

Mette is known for having several irons in the fire, so, when you ask her – “what do you do in your free time”, she laughs… and you understand why. The few hours left in her busy life is devoted to her boyfriend, her little son who thinks sleep is overrated, friends and the golden doodle, Laika.

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
+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.

Student Assistant 
Stud. MSc. Business Intelligence 

ts@nordicinnovators.dk

Tereza is our student assistant at the Aarhus office while studying MSc. Business Intelligence at Aarhus University. She will assist us in initiating internal business intelligence activities such as data gathering, analysis and data visualisations. 

Tereza is from the Czech Republic but has been living in Denmark for the last 4 years. She enjoys the Scandinavian culture and outdoor activities, such as cycling, hiking and tennis. On calmer days, yoga, books, sewing or board games take over.

Student Assistant
Stud. Finance

Concurrently with school, Kris is student assistent at our Norwegian office helping the consultants with the Norwegian funding programmes.

Kris is studying finance at BI Norwegian Business School. Alongside school, he has worked with stock analysis and coding, something that really interest him.

Despite limited spare time, he tries to stay active and does a lot of strength training or plays handball and of course during the winter season, he spends much time in the mountains skiing.

Project Assistant
Stud. MSc. Energy and Environmental Technology 

jo@nordicinnovators.dk

Jennifer feels like a real world citizen speaking Spanish, English, German, Norwegian and Portuguese! She comes from Colombia, however, moved to Germany when she was 17 to study Bioengineering. After 10 years Jennifer moved to Bergen, Norway and is still living there with her family only interrupted with a 3 months’ stay in India getting a Yoga Teacher Certification

In Norway, Jennifer has taken a bachelor’s degree in Energy Technology and has now year left on my Master in Energy and Environmental Technology. Next to her studies, Jennifer helps the Norwegian team with writing successful project proposals – her passion is science and trying to contribute to a more sustainable future.

Though being busy with work and studies, Jennifer enjoys family time, books, hiking, painting and teaching yoga.

Student Assistant
BA European studies /Stud. BA Business Law

dba@nordicinnovators.dk

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

Dyveke is a curious and knowledge thirsty soul! She has a bachelor’s degree in European studies and now she is studying Business Law with only one year left – and between her studies she enjoys helping the Norwegian office with writing application.

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