About me in short
I am a fully independent Nordic based Consultant, started in 1989
More than 30 years of experience, broad and deep both in Strategy, Operational, Branding, Entrepreneur and Re-engineering. Domestic as well as International.
Professional Experience - BoD (Board of Directors)
1991 – present:
2007 – 2008:
2001 – 2003:
2000 – 2005:
2000 – 2005:
1994 – 1999:
1992 – 1996:
1991 – 2006:
Chairman of the board and owner of MVH Holding AS and its subsidiaries
Chairman of the board of Market Development Partner AS
Chairman of the board of Brygga Fjordkro AS
Member of the board of Storebrand Luxemburg S.A
Member of the board of Norwegian Mutual Funds Association
Member of the board of EmProf AS
Member of the board of IE-Partner AS
Member of the board of Financial Marketing Services AS
Professional Experience - Executive Consulting
2022 – present:
The Advisory Board
Founder and Partner of The Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is there to be a discussion partner on both the Strategic as well as the Operational level. Both myself and my co-members of The Advisory Board have extensive experience in one or both. About 20 years of my consulting career have been as Management / Executive Consultant and I have met a large number of people whereof about 15+ of them are asked to be part of The Advisory Board – hence made available to you and your company for a short or long period – you decide. delayed and with the wrong focus. We delivered on time and budget.
2018 – 2023:
BankInvest A/S, Copenhagen
Executive Consultant and Program Manager
Responsible for proposing and implementing the new overall Master Plan for BankInvest hereunder
– Investment- and Risk Platform,
– Datawarehouse Platform,
– Fund Accounting Platform,
– Client Service Platform,
– Business Admin Platform and
– Market Making Platform, including re-engineering of systems, integrations, migration to Cloud and all related processes.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Took over as Project Manager implementing BlackRock Aladdin to support their Investment and Risk solutions – integrating with the existing overall value chain. The project was originally delayed and with the wrong focus. We delivered on time and budget.
2007 – 2018:
Danske Wealth Management (division of Den Danske Bank), Copenhagen
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Re-engineering the Performance Calculation solution.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Optimising and implementing a new and consistent Investment Structure in the whole value chain.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Re-engineering the Value Chain for Funds- and Discretionary Clients including selecting and implementing a new Communication and Reporting solution and DataWareHouse, hereunder STP in all processes.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Launching new derivatives instruments to the organisation as well as setting up optimised processes and control procedures, hereunder implementing an EMIR compliant solution.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Migrating the fund company Danske Invest into Danske Capital, Denmark.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Optimising the operations of the Fund- and Asset Management in Danske Capital, Finland.
Strategy Consultant for developing and implementing the Global Operational Strategy for Danske Capital, Denmark.
Executive Consultant and Project Manager
Responsible for migrating Mandatum Asset Management and Sampo Fund Management into Danske Capital, Denmark.
2001 – 2005:
Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning AS, Oslo
Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
2000 – 2005:
Storebrand Fondene AS, Oslo
Headhunted as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
1998 – 2000:
Storebrand Fondene AS, Oslo
Management-for-hire Consultant
IT Manager for Funds and Units Linked business with focus on Strategy and Development.
1998:
Provida ASA, Oslo (later acquired by TietoEnator)
Management Consultant
Marketing survey for system solutions for fund management in Central Europe
1996 – 1997:
Gjensidige, Oslo
Management Consultant and Project Manager
Establish new line of business – Unit Linked Business, including Market Strategy and Marketing, Product Development, System Development and establishing the company structure.
1996 – 1997:
Gjensidige, Oslo
Management Consultant and Project Manager
Establish new line of business – Unit Linked Business, including Market Strategy and Marketing, Product Development, System Development and establishing the company structure.
1994 – 1996:
Forsäkringsbolaget SPP Ömsesidigt, Stockholm (now Alecta)
Management Consultant
Implementation of new business strategy
SPP Liv AB, Stockholm (later acquired by Handelsbanken and Storebrand)
Strategy Consultant
Development and implementation of the company’s IT strategy.
Management Consultant and Project Manager
Establish new line of business – Unit Linked Business, including Market Strategy and Marketing, Product Development, System Development and establishing the company structure.
Management for hire Consultant – Head of IT
Development and implementation of IT-strategy
1992 – 1994:
Norsk Informasjonsteknologi AS, Oslo (later acquired by IBM)
Headhunted as Senior Vice President – Head of Software development – Distributed platforms
Also responsible for part-delivery of software to the Olympic Games of Lillehammer in 1994
In the period between 1982 to 1992 I spent the first 10 years working with primarily Fellesdata AS (later EDB Business Partner, Evry and lately TietoEvry) on Retail Banking Systems and Solutions including DBA, Programmer, Analyst, Test Manager and Project Manager – a wide range of experiences gathered during that period.
Technologies involved in the Consulting assignments
Professional Experience - eCommerce
2010 – 2019:
Launching Exclusive distribution of High-End product lines in Norway
Established an exclusive distribution network for High-End product lines in Norway including selecting professional dealers, B2B and setting up the net shop www.koffertkompaniet.no. Brands included were RIMOWA, CALVIN KLEIN, DKNY, RONCATO, VAUDE and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
All activities organized in MVH House of Brands AS (now merged with MVH Consulting AS)
MVH House of Brands AS established to organise R&D and distribution rights
Within the Holding Company, it was decided to establish a Product Line-of-Business in addition to the Consultancy Line-of-Business. The company is responsible for R&D activities, evaluating new brands and implementing them into the market segments decided within the Nordic region.
1994 – 1999:
EmProf Invest AS
Management for hire and CEO
Development and implementation of the company’s IT solution for Norwegian Real Estate brokers.
Responsible for the M&A activity with the objective to sell the company. Sold with success to Midas Data AS.
The system is currently the market leader in Norway.
2010 – 2019:
Launching Exclusive distribution of High-End product lines in Norway
Established an exclusive distribution network for High-End product lines in Norway including selecting professional dealers, B2B and setting up the net shop www.koffertkompaniet.no. Brands included were RIMOWA, CALVIN KLEIN, DKNY, RONCATO, VAUDE and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
All activities organized in MVH House of Brands AS (now merged with MVH Consulting AS)
MVH House of Brands AS established to organise R&D and distribution rights
Within the Holding Company, it was decided to establish a Product Line-of-Business in addition to the Consultancy Line-of-Business. The company is responsible for R&D activities, evaluating new brands and implementing them into the market segments decided within the Nordic region.
Professional Experience -Publicist
Series of different Publications, mostly in close relation to other parts of the businesses
3 books about Motorcycle tourism in Norway
[1st book EuroTouring – South 1, 2nd book EuroTouring – South 2 & 3rd book EuroTouring – North]
Reiseliv.blog (Travelling life blog) with hundreds of posts and thousands of images from our different travels around in Norway, Europe and some outside. More than 4.200 followers
SmartHouse.blog (Smart House blog) aiming at giving non-technicians motivation and competence to configure their own SmartHouse. This is very new – in fact fully operational starting this fall – until then, just a beta version
Consulting.NiceLife.no/The Blog is a new blog reflecting ideas compiled and experienced from the life as an Executive Consultant for more than 30 years
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