Who we are
Klaus Schröder Pagh, Managing Director, holds an MBA from Henley Management College.
Klaus was a Sergeant in the Danish Navy followed by 13 years of employment in A.P. Møller Maersk where he was posted in China for 8 years. Thus Klaus has lived in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai og Hong Kong, working as Sales Executive, Business Development Manager and PA for A.P. Møller Maersk's president in China.
As Global Product Director in Maersk Klaus has practised remote management of his team in China, India, USA, Panama, Italy, Germany and Denmark.
In addition Klaus has lived in London, Paris, Sevilla and Brussels.
ksp@livinginstitute.com
Heidi Andersen, Creative Director, Head of Training, Cross-cultural Trainer and founder of Living Institute in 2004, has for 10 years been the co-owner and driving force of a cultural institution in Copenhagen. She worked with communications and corporate identity at Bang & Olufsen and has held prominent positions in private organisations as well as cultural institutions. For a number of years she has been teaching social and historical factors of Danish society as well as Danish language and culture to foreigners living in Denmark.Heidi studied Strategy, Growth and Great Change Leadership Strategies on Innovation at Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania, USA.
Certified LEGO Serious Play Practitioner.
hra@livinginstitute.com
Dennis Nørmark, Cheif Consultant, MSc. Anthropology.
Dennis is one of the driving forces behind our courses and workshops. Former lecturer at Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University, a writer an actor and a commentator and reviewer for the newspaper Jyllands Posten.
Dennis has facilitated workshops and seminars for Vestas, Rambøll, Dong Energy, Ecco, Fujitsu, IDA Service, Leo Pharma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, Novo Nordisk, Embassy of The United States Denmark, Schneider Electric, F.L. Smidth, Chevron
den@livinginstitute.com
Mette Fog Skriver, Cross-cultural Consultant, Master in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen.
During her studies Mette has lived in Singapore and Indonesia and attained in-depth knowledge about Southeast Asia. In 2004 Mette was awarded the Darma Siswa scholarship from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and used this opportunity to perfect her Indonesian language at a university in Indonesia and study Indonesian culture. In her dissertation Mette discussed female labour migration from Indonesia and the Philippines to Denmark. The focus was specifically on Indonesian and Filipina au pairs coming to Denmark. Mette has work experiences from Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand and Hawai’i.
mfs@livinginstitute.com
Jens Rottbøll, partner, Diploma in Leadership, Leadership in the Knowledge Society at Insead and Wharton Business School, Candidate from Rhythmic Music Conservatory of Copenhagen.
Jens has worked as Director of Human Ressources at Bang & Olufsen where he was responsible for global HRM.
During the last decade Jens has managed projects with global management groups from Europe, Inda, China, Asia, South America dealing with diversity management and cross cultural management after mergers and acquisitions.
This work has primarily taken place in Brazil, France, Germany, Scandinavia, UK, Spain and Denmark and the companies involved were: B&O, NOVO NORDISK, BASF, E-Bay, LEGO Group, IC Company, Pandora and Maersk Logistics
jro@livinginstitute.com
Living Institute Faculty:
Speakers, teachers and facilitators
Johanne Mygind, MA in Anthropology of Europe, University of Sussex.
Johanne has worked as a journalist for Danish National Radio, the national daily newspaper Information and is currently connected to Weekendavisen where she reviews books, writes articles, essays and comments on culture, gender and immigration issues. Johanne has also been employed in the public innovation center MindLab and has taught journalism at Roskilde University. She is author of the book "Opdrift" on social mobility. Johanne is an outstanding communicator and passionate about her areas of interest.
She is married to an Englishman and is familiar with the challenges and pleasures of living with a foot in two countries.
Johanne facilitates workshops on cultural understanding and diversity management
Martin Glisby, has held positions as chairman, managing director and board member of several companies with special reference to Asia. A frequent speaker at business schools and practitioner seminars world-wide, he is trained in strategy and management from Harvard Business School and INSEAD in Singapore. He is currently pursuing an industrial PhD at the Copenhagen Business School from which he holds a BSc and MSc degree. A Danish citizen, he is fluent both in Japanese and English. Martin Glisby is co-author with UK Professor Nigel Holden of several academic articles. One of their articles has been cited globally and has been selected for publication in Russia’s first handbook of knowledge management. Their first joint book, Creating knowledge advantage: the tacit dimensions of international competition and cooperation, was published in 2010.
Martin designs and facilitates workshops in Living Institute
Mads Fuglede MA History and Philosophy. Apart from being one of Danish media’s most popular USA-analysts Mads Fuglede is a vivid and entertaining speaker and a highly esteemed author.
Mads is a historian and philosopher from The University of Aarhus and now a researcher at University of Copenhagen.
He won an award for his outstanding and entertaining communication-skills in 2008 - the same year his highly praised book: “USA – Den Universelle Nation” came out.
As a speaker he has created a series of wide range of talks – all of them with the US as a focal point.
Mads designs and facilitates country-specific workshops in Living Institute
Tom Hale, BFA, Theatre, University of Texas, Austin. After receiving a classical education in theatre, Tom went on to study and perform comedy and improvisation at the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, California. He has since used these skills to further his career in the service industry, managing fine dining restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, and Copenhagen. He is currently managing director of Cafe World Aps. in Copenhagen where he oversees his own restaurant, as well as consults.
Tom facilitates country-specific workshops
Anne Mette Lundtofte is the author of the bestseller ’New York New York’ (Gyldendal) and holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from New York University. Anne Mette has lived in New York with her family for 13 years while reporting on the city's cultual life in Danish media. She has teached both at New York University and at University of Copenhagen.
Anne Mette facilitates country-specific workshops
Michael Green PhD, Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Business School, UK. Michael works with executive clients developing them as leaders and doing research into modern leadership ideas and practices as well as lecturing in cross-cultural leadership to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Michael facilitates country specific workshops and leadership development & training
Robson Sø Rocha is Associate Professor at Aarhus School of Business and Social Science, Aarhus University.
Robson has a degree from University of Sao Paulo- Brazil (USP) and Ph.D. in Business and Economics from Copenhagen Business School. His research interest is in international business. His objects of research have been the multinational corporation, the internationalization process and the transformation of managerial models across national borders. He has published in several scientific journals in the areas of management, industrial relations, human resources management, corporate governance and health and safety.
He has also taught at the École de Management de Lyon (France), and the Fundacão Getúlio Vargas (Brazil)
Robson designs and facilitates country-specific workshops in Living Institute
Katinka Hyllested, MA in French and Sociology. Katinka has taken parts of her education in France and worked in various international companies. She has been general manager of an NGO project in Nicaragua.
Katinka has written articles in newspapers and magazines, among others Berlingske Tidende and Euroman. She is a strong communicator, among other things specialized in facilitating complex group processes. For more than ten years she has taught French, Danish and general language comprehension.
Katinka facilitates workshops on cultural understanding, lectures and provides individual counseling
Kirsten Weiss
Kirsten Weiss is a journalist, writer, lecturer and a true Scandinavian who has specialized in helping Scandiavian companies to enhance cooperation across cultural and national differences.
Kirsten Weiss is the author of the bestseller ”Når vikinger slås – hvorfor skandinaviske virksomheder har det så svært med hinanden” which translates into something like "When Vikings Fight - why Scandinavian companies don't get along so well" - and is therefore a very demanded speaker.
The topic of Kirsten's talks and workshops is the minor but critical differences that can grow massive when companies merge or has to cooperate across the Scandinavian borders.
As a journalist Kirsten was educated at Danish School of Media and Journalism. She has lived and worked in Australia, Israel and Stockholm, as a consultant for SAS. Kirsten has furthermore worked with Denmarks Radio.
She speaks a distinct and easy-to-understand Scandinavian and has a vast experience as a speaker in front of Scandinavian groups all over Scandinavia.
Kirsten designs and facilitates workshops and talks in Living Institute.
Claudia Manqi Shan, MSc International Strategic Management (UK) originally from Shanghai, China. Lived in England for 3 years and worked for Carillion and Balfour Beatty Joint venture during Master study. She had her field research in Beijing where she finished her final dissertation: Examination of China's full membership of WTO on its domestic auto-mobile industry. Came to Denmark 4 years ago with her Danish husband and started working for A.P. Møller.
She had various positions at Group HR and Maersk Drilling in the following areas: leadership management, transactional HR and Organisational HR.
Claudia designs and facilitates country-specific workshops in Living Institute
Cécile Renault, China Cultural Awareness Consultant, holds an MA in
Management and in International Trade.
She started her career as an export manager and gained an extensive experience in negotiating contracts in a variety of multi-cultural and multi-lingual contexts while developing a deep interest for booming China.
In 2004, she was awarded a scholarship by the Chinese government and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct some research on French SME’s
in China. She lived and worked in China for 4 years and worked for the Knight Frank Group in charge of developing and coordinating the China relocation business. She offered some trainings for multinationals’ high
profile expatriates upon their arrival in China. Among her customers were Avis, Porsche and Kiabi.
Back in France, where she is now based, Cécile, who is fluent in Mandarin, uses her in-depth knowledge of expatriate issues and of the Chinese culture
to deliver cross-cultural and China expatriation training seminars.
In cooperation with Living Institute Cecile facilitates the workshops and seminars: "Managing and communicating across cultures, the China experience" and "Doing Business in China".
Nina Poulsen, Ma in Anthropology and Ethnography, PhD fellow at Copenhagen Business School where se teaches Corporate Social Responsibility and qualitative methodology at the International Business program.
Nina has lived and worked in Spain, Cuba, Papua New Guinea and India. Her research focuses on themes of value and trust and how these are staged and negotiated within and across cultures. Nina also works with coaching, conflict management, she makes films, exhibitions and writes- primarily about contemporary art.
Nina designs and facilitates country-specific workshops
Line Mark Rugholt, Cross-cultural Consultant - India Expert, MA Indian Studies
Line has worked with, and is specialized in, Indian - Northern European/Danish work culture interaction since 2004. Line conducts workshops, presentations and helps companies adjust their communication and management in virtual/offshore/onsite teams for optimal effectiveness. Line also works with processes for recruitment, quality understanding, negotiation and expatriation to India. Besides her Masters degree in Indian Studies, Line also completed a one year program on Process Facilitation and Change Management, and she is a Certified Cultural Detective and a Certified Scrum Master. Line speaks and teaches Hindi, she has worked, done research, travelled in India and now lives in New Delhi with her family.
Line designs and facilitates country-specific workshops
Victoria Vorting, MSc in Economics & Business Administration, English and Intercultural Market Studies from Copenhagen Business School.
Victora facilitates presentations on Indian culture and Indian affairs based on her own experiences from her stays in India.
Victoria focused on India during her education and when she was attached to the Trade Commision of Denmark in Bangalore.
Victoria works a IT Systems Administrator at Copenhagen Business School concurrently with her work as cross cultural facilitator and consultant in Living Institute
Yevheniya Mykhaylova, Cand. Ling. Merc. Inter-cultural Market Studies and Russian-Danish Interpretation relating to business, law and technique at Copenhagen Business School. Yevheniya originates from Ukraine and speaks fluent Danish, English, Russian and Ukranian. She has specialized in working- and management culture in relation to offshoring to Ukraine and has assisted Danish companies in offshore projects. Professional experience within biotech with special focus on Eastern Europe, courses in pharmaceutical marketing management at Copenhagen Business School.
Yevheniya facilitates country-specific workshops and counselling related to outsourcing projects to Ukraine
Marcin Winiarczyk
Marcin is educated as cand.merc. from the Copenhagen Business School. Originally from Warsaw, Poland, he has more than 17 years of experience of living and working in Bulgaria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark.
In his various professional duties, he is constantly involved in cross-cultural communication and has on numerous occassions facilitated contacts between Polish and Danish companies.
Marcin facilitates country specific workshops at Living Institute
Marlene Mohr, specialist doctor in gynaecology and obstetrics.
Besides her medical duties Marlene is responsible for the training of supervisors in the capitol region.
She has a vast experience in teaching and is now taking a masters degree in medical pedagogy.
Marlene has a for many years worked with doctors responsibilities and health law and she is the chairman of the Commettee of Medical Responsibilities in Danish Medical Association
For eleven years she has been involved in union politics activities thus she has a detailed knowledge of the structure of the Danish healthcare system
Marlene designs and facilitates workshops for employees in the Danish Healthcare System
About Living Institute's faculty members
The faculty members are anthropologists, psycologists, sociologists, physicians, project managers and cross-cultural trainers.
In order to achieve the best results for our clients our faculty members, wih their different competencies and professional backgrounds, are skilled presenters and excellent facilitators