Who we are
Heidi Rottbøll Andersen, Managing Director 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.
heidi@livinginstitute.com
Dennis Nørmark, Senior Consultant, MSc. Anthropology.
Dennis is one of the driving forces behind our courses and workshops. He is part time lecturer at Department of Antrhopology at Aarhus University, a writer an actor and a commentator and reviewer for the newspaper Jyllands Posten.
den@livinginstitute.com
Jens Rottbøll, Diploma in Leadership, Leadership in the Knowledge Society på Insead og 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, Southamerica 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 og Maersk Logistics
jro@livinginstitute.com
Michael Green BA, Economics, is currently finalizing his PhD in cross-cultural leadership with Aston Business School and has over 25 year’s international corporate experience in senior line and strategic management positions. Latterly he was Senior Vice President in the M-real Corp. of Finland where was responsible for HR and administration.
Michael has lived and worked in Finland, Belgium, The Netherlands and France as well as his native U.K. and has extensive experience of leading change management programmes for re-structuring, post A&M integrations, efficiency improvements, strategy implementation and business alignment. He is an expert in cross-cultural leadership consulting and training.
mig@livinginstitute.com
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 to 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.
cer@livinginstitute.com
Living Institute Faculty:
Speakers, teachers and facilitators
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
UMarlene designs and facilitates workshops for employees in the Danish Healthcare System
Jeppe Kristensen, MA, Phd in Comtemporary History, part time lecturer at Department of International Culture and Communication Studies at Copenhagen Business Schoole and Institute of History and Civilization at University of Southern Denmark
Jeppe teaches at Danish Living Crash Courses
Mette Zølner, MA, PhD in Political and Social Sciences from EUI in Florence, Associate Professor Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School.
Mette teaches at Danish Living Crash Courses and facilitates workshops in cross cultural training
Sidsel Rastrup Magnussen, MA in China and Asian studies. She has specialised in Danish corporate relations in Asian cultures. Sidsel works with both the private and the public sector.
Sidsel facilitates country specific workshops at Living Institute
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
Tamara Wiedemann, has an academic background in
Communication and Cultural Encounters from Roskilde
University. She works with intercultural
communication, counselling and mentorship.
Tamara facilitates country specific workshops at Living Institute
Jørgen Delman , Director of Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Jørgen has 27 years of experience as researcher, consultant and manager.
Jørgen does culture specific lecturers at Living Institute
Anette Villemoes, Lecturer and head of Department of International Culture and Communication Studies at Copenhagen Business School
Anette does culture specific lecturers at Living Institute
Irene Nørlund, MSc. and PhD in History and Anthropology, Part- time lecturer, Saxo Institute at University of Copenhagen.
Irene does culture specific lecturers at Living Institute
Arne Wangel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, DTU Management at Technical University of Denmark.
Arne does culture specifik workshops at Living Institute
Solution Managers
In order to achieve the best results for our clients a group of solution managers wih different competencies and professional backgrounds are involved in managing and solving our assignments.
The solution managers are anthropologists, psykologists, physicians, project managers, language teachers and cross cultural trainers.