Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
I am a commercially oriented person with a Master in International Coaching and focusing on people. I have extensive experience in building commercial teams and companies and creating two-digit growth through several years with a high EBIDA margin. Today I run the company GoNorth GoNorth is a consulting company that focuses on the individual leader's ability to work with mental, professional and physical energy. GoNorth works with proven programs that focus on energy and values. All areas that have a strong and proven influence on the potential to create improved results for the company through significantly better performance through your managers and their teams. Being able to lead with energies and values creates better employees and greater results. We have a personal development program for managers and for who of you there want to develop yourself - we call it OUT OF OFFICE. If you want to find your energy sources and know your values, see my video and contact me for more information or for a meeting at [email protected] or phone +45 251 00 251 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6sVqva3Z8 My attitude to management is: • Management based on values and openness. • Results are created through the development of employees. • Results are created by remembering our successes and celebrating them. My results as a leader are: • Building commercial sales and marketing business. • Can create teams that can and will cooperate • Created a Nordic business with double digit growth over several years • Delivered high EBIDA margin. • Launch of strong brands. • Acquisition and aggregation of companies. My personality: • Committed • Energy Full • Ability to quickly change • Competitive person
My core expertise lies in leadership development, management optimization, and consultative sales. I specialize in creating interactive and engaging learning experiences that empower leaders to drive results. With a deep understanding of team dynamics, coaching, and organizational growth, I help businesses unlock their full leadership potential. GoNorth is a consulting company that focuses on consulting and optimization in management and sales to Danish and international produce company. We work with the individual manager's ability to work with mental, professional and physical energy. GoNorth's client list includes companies such as APM terminals, Novartis, Danske Bank, Gjensidige Forsikring, Canal Digital, Comon Networks Ltd., GKG Consulting and others. The core of our deliveries are based on Energize Leadership. and we do a lot of: • Management training • Team training and teambuilding / teamdays • Building and delivering training and developing programs for talents and managements teams. • Sparring / coaching with executives and management teams • Optimization and changes of routines - makes better performances
Discovery Networks Nordic is a media company that has TV channels Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC. In the North, there were between 120 to 125 employees in offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki. Annual revenue of over 700 million DKK, which came from advertising sales and subscription TV channels to Scandinavian customers. Over the last 3 ½ years I reported to Dee Forbes the MD and EVP of Discovery Networks Europe. Before Dee Forbes I reported to Arthur Bastings MD and EVP of Discovery EMEA during 6 years During my 14 years at Discovery Networks I manages 9 factual and entertainment brands. With a footprint reaches 19 million cumulative subscribers in the 5 Nordic countries. I joined DNN in 1999 as Nordic Ad Sales Manager and has over the last 14 years build the Nordic business to a standalone unit in EMEA WEST Responsibilities: • Administration • Personnel management • Business development • Strategy - sales / marketing / production • European sales strategy • Strategy • Budgets • Brand launch • Acquisition Tasks: • Manage and develop the Nordic organization • Renegotiate distribution contracts with all Nordic TV distributions companies • Low growth strategy and perform this in collaboration with my Nordic management team • Build strategy in sales, marketing and brand development • Restructuring of Nordic advertising sales organization • Part of the European management team and worked with structural changes in EMEA Results: • Created a Nordic revenue of over $ 100M with a variable profit ratio over 60%. • Landed the largest European distribution agreement for 15 years with a value of $ 34M per year runner 5 year contract • Successful expansion of the Nordic organization with over 40 new hires • Successful decentralization of the European sales organization • Successful restructuring of Nordic sales organization - local sales manager in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark begin reporting directly to me Ask for my CV to get more...
Discovery Networks Nordic is a media company that has TV channels Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC. Responsibilities: • Administration • Staff management • Development • Moving commercial functions from London to the Scandinavian • Building strategy for: sales / marketing / local promo production. • Budgets. • Brand localization • Acquisition. Tasks: • Make growth strategy and implement this in collaboration with my Nordic management team. • Develop the Nordic sales organization. • Renegotiate distribution contracts with all Nordic TV distribution companies. • Relocation of marketing, PR and Research team and functions from London to the local offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo • Build the Discovery Channel brand to be more locally • Achieve a stronger position in the Nordic media landscape. • Build strategy in sales, marketing and brand development. • Strengthen the "sharing principle in EMEA" as part of my European management group work. • M & A opportunities in Sweden and Denmark Results: • Promoted to SVP and General Manager of Discovery Networks Nordic • Successful expansion of the Nordic organization with over 30 new hires • Growths Nordic turnover by over 100% in the period and a profit of over 40% • Discovery Channel was localized with Danish / Norwegian / Swedish speaking. • Discovery Channel got few local Nordic programs • Builds common platform for marketing division with Copenhagen as a Nordic hub. • Implementation of strategy in sales, marketing and brand development • Initiated a number of structural changes in the entire region, including the expansion of local offices in Sweden and Norway, which became independent business in Denmark.
Discovery Networks Nordic is a media company that has the TV channels Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Responsibilities: • Administration • Personnel • Business development • Sales and Marketing • Strategy • Budgets • Acquisition (M & A) Tasks: • Building the Nordic sales organization • Construction of offices in Stockholm and Oslo • Budgets and business plan for Sweden and Norway • Renegotiate distribution contracts with all Nordic TV distribution companies • Building marketing department in Copenhagen • Acquisition of the CMI in Ringsted (Cable Marketing International) • Combination of CMI and existing Discovery Networks business in Copenhagen • Commercial TV measurement of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet in Scandinavian Results: • Nordic growth with 15 new hires • Revenue growth in Denmark and Sweden at over 300% in the period and a profit of over 40% • The Nordic region is Europe's largest growth market outside the UK. • Successful aggregation and optimization of the business after the acquisition of CMI • Successful expansion of Gallup and MMS platforms in the Nordic region with Discovery Channel and Animal Planet
Canal Digital is a company owned by Telenor, which is responsible for distribution of national and international TV channels in Scandinavia. I worked as Sales Manager at Canal Digital Media Nordic, Where I worked on the developing of a pan Nordic sales house. Responsibilities: • Personnel • Building business • Sales and Marketing • Strategy • Budgets Tasks: • Business plan for a Nordic sales organization. • Building a Nordic sales organization. • Building office in Denmark • Low cooperation with International TV Broadcaster Results: I was picked for Canal Digital to help build a Nordic sales organization with sales of advertising for international TV stations to Nordic customers. My role was sales manager with a focus on Danish customers. After six months, I was a sales manager for the entire department.
I worked in the outdoor advertising for AFA JCDecaux as Contact Manager Denmark – I restructured and developed a sales culture there lead into some of the best years in revenue for the Business.
Managing Director and owner of JAED Danmark a advertising agency with 7 employe. Clients: Danpo AS - Denmark and Sweden, CitiShip AS, Jacob Pita AS, Jacob BQ, MoneyVision System Polen and Denmark , Viking Group - Czech Republic