General Manager
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Tel:
- +4551937550
- Mobile:
- +4551937550
Summary
Inspiring, seasoned, visionary General Manager with proven achievements in operational management and revenue growth within large, complex and multi-cultural contexts.
I have more than 32 years of professional progressive experience from the United Nations, the European Community and from the non-governmental, private and Governmental sectors focusing on crisis or developing countries. I have several years of practical experience - gained from several years of working as a military officer, diplomat, senior humanitarian worker and from private businesses - from the field as well as at HQ level.
During my extensive career I’ve fundraised, established partnerships and implementing projects within the humanitarian area with budgets of several hundred million USD and several hundred staff. Some projects include building roads and schools in Afghanistan, clinics in Iraq and capacity building in post-conflict areas.
In a netshell; I have a track record of spearheading operational and administrative improvements, excelling in demanding environments while remaining pragmatic and focused.
Specialties include: management, financial, communications, solution orientation, capacity development, climate change, emergency humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation and establishing new operations in crisis/development countries.
Working experience include: Afghanistan, Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda), Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Pakistan, Russia (Russia, Ingushetia and Chechnya), Serbia, Syria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and the USA.
Education
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. MFA/FSB Peace and Stabilisation Response
Conduct after Capture training (CAC-A), First Aid and HEAT. DEMA http://brs.dk/eng/Pages/dema.aspx
European Union. European External Action Service http://eeas.europa.eu/background/about/index_en.htm
Hostile Environment Security Training Oct 2015
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative / Humanitarian Academy at Harvard University’s Office of the Provost and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health through the Department of Global Health and Population. USA
- The Building a Better Response. http://www.buildingabetterresponse.org/
- Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster.
The European Procurement Forum (http://eupf.org/eu/index.html)
- EU/UN-Procurement Seminar. New York City April, 2014.
The Inchcape Shipping Services Marine Academy. http://www.iss-shipping.com/corporate-corporatecompliance.aspx
- Corporate Compliance & Ethics Awareness training
The Chinese Academy for Governance. Beijing, China (http://nsaww.nsa.gov.cn/)
- Advanced Course on Crisis, Recovery and Transitions.
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC – unssc.org)
- UN Leaders.
- UNCT Leadership and Coordination Skills Course & Course on Applied Conflict Analysis for Prevention and Peace-building.
Cornell University, New York, USA
- Establishing Momentum, Managing Structure, Resources and Performance
- Strategic Thinking
The UK government. The Department for International Development (DFID).
- Training as Deployable Civil Expert (DCE).
The UK Government’s stabilisation unit, helping countries recover from violent conflict.
The Stabilisation Unit is a tri-departmental unit of FCO, DFID and MOD. www.stabilisationunit.gov.uk
- Hostile Environment Awareness Training course
Coffey International Development and GroundTruth Consulting Ltd.
Pippingford Manor, Pippingford Park, Nutley, East Sussex. United Kingdom
- Stabilisation Advisor
Mission Specific Field Training Exercise, Forward Operation Bases.
4 Mechanized Brigade Mission Rehearsal (4 Bde MRX) for OP HERRICK. Helmand, Afghanistan.
Westdown Camp, Tilshead, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
The European Community Project on Training for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management
The Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR – www.aspr.ac.at)
Senior Management and Command Training at the Defense School for Leadership.
- Staff College, the Officers Academy.
- Advanced Management Studies from the Defense School for Leadership in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Graduated from the Officers Academy, Denmark.
Experience
A highly effective, inspiring, enthusiastic and proactive international senior manager with a proven track record of outstanding achievement in both hostile and commercial environments, who possesses the motivation, drive and ability to exceed expectations. Recognized as a hardworking, and efficient individual with extensive managerial, security, risk management and liaison experience underpinned by first-class interpersonal, communication, business and team-working skills. Excels when working in an international context or under pressure. Has extensive experience of living and working in a multitude of developing and/or post conflict countries.
Skills
- • Organizational and strategic flair combined with a dedication that ensure, that initiatives are followed through and implemented.
- • Motivating, delegating leader who gets the team with him.
- • Visionary and ambitious, is a real initiator who follows the case through and manages to communicate and sell ideas to a broad forum.
- • Motivates by accomplishing the daily activities and keep the head cool when it goes fast.
- • Excels when working in an international context or under pressure.
- • Excellent interpersonal skills, excels in a multicultural environment with empathy and respect for diversity.
- • High personal integrity and credibility, confidence-building communication, independent, persistent and great sense of responsibility, understand the importance of the detail and take informed decisions.
- • High drive and finds particular energy by cooperate with others to create new innovative solutions.
Spoken Languages
- Danish, English