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FRONTTIERSenior Advisor
Oct. 2024
BlueprintOslo Host for Blueprint Official Community
Jan. 2024Oslo, NorwayBlueprint is a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with Al.
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McKinsey & CompanySustainability Consultant
Jan. 2024 - Oct. 2024Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Material EconomicsSustainability Consultant
Jan. 2024 - Oct. 2024Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Startup NorwayHead Of Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships
Mar. 2021 - Oct. 2023Oslo, NorwayLeading the Sustainability Unit at Startup Norway. Develop products & services for corporates, startups and public entities in Norway & the Nordics. Help achieve growth & sustainability goals, while ensuring innovation is part of the process. Primary Focus - Circular Economy, through the LOOP Lab Project.
The Initiative will accelerate the transition towards circular economy business models, through matching corporates and startups that want to become circular. Lead collaborations across multiple corporate levels, startup accelerators and incubators to drive an integrated approach aligning with business priorities to deliver against both, profit, and compliance with European Green Deal, ESG Standards + sustainability targets. Set sustainability linked pilots for Norway’s corporates, assess industry risks, optimize to create radically better products and services, introduce innovation management mindset and frameworks. Adjust the implementation roadmaps according to priorities & performance. Partner across industries & value chain partners to drive leading decarbonization efforts through innovative solutions from the startup ecosystem & enable market leadership Evaluate the decarbonizing potential of new technologies and products for corporate customers across industries. Work on sustainability impact assessments, risk modeling, economic valuation, customer analytics, nature-based solutions + materials innovation to deliver solutions with the greatest long-term impact for corporate customers. Create science-based, data-informed decision tools to empower internal & external stakeholders adopt sustainable decisions to satisfy specific needs and the best available science, scaled into the simplest decision support tools. Identify, orient, measure & solve for the largest sustainability impacts & risks across businesses, to enable corporates to identify where they need to be in 5-10 years to achieve long-term sustainability goals.
AIESEC Alumni InternationalExecutive Board Member
Aug. 2016 - Jul. 2018Rotterdam and The HagueDevelop partnerships with private sector, donors & NGO’s to promote a mirroring UN SDG’s agenda
- Recruit & lead a virtual team of project managers to deliver against the global agenda goals and
address stakeholder’s interests.
- Develop strategies for global campaigns to advance UN linked global initiatives. - Coordinate & develop the strategy to generate partner engagement and drive attention to key issues on AAI’s agenda & SDG’s achievement.
- Lead the development and implementation of the global communications and coordinate with all the regional and national leaders on local impact initiatives.
- Spokesperson at global conferences
Innovation Architects Founder & Innovation Lead
Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2022Hong Kong- Work with forward thinking corporations in the Great Bay Area, ready to unlock innovation by engaging with the startup ecosystem (Shenzhen & Hong Kong) to design solutions through innovative entrepreneurship & first principle thinking.
- Facilitate ideation sprints, via Agorize (HK) that cater to corporate solutions through fresh, innovative start-up approaches & business gamification and design thinking (clients: BYD, HSBC, Siemens) - Develop initiatives to fit industry signals within relevant categories: ed-tech, manufacturing, health-tech, food tech.
- Identify partnership opportunities & cultivate strong business relationships that will be responsive to business trends - Support & partner with cross functional, globally distributed teams
- Experience with influencing executive stakeholders & drive organization-wide measurable results
- Develop and Implement Pilot Investment Trips for Chinese Investment Funds to Europe through impact investing.
- Experienced in matrixed environments & development of key business processes to manage stakeholder engagement.
- Experience in managing teams of scientists across new product development to generate value from R&D + identify commercial potential in new product management categories
- Ability to think strategically & analytically about business, scientific + technical challenges with capacity to build and convey compelling value propositions to build consensus.
- Experience in communicating with both technical & non-technical stakeholders across multiple teams + internal & external executive stakeholders. - Demonstrated ability to build rapport with executives across branches during innovative product research & launches.
Mercuris Fine WinesRegional Sales Manager
Oct. 2012 - Dec. 2017Guangzhou City, China / Shanghai- Responsible for the strategic product direction, negotiating with distribution networks - Develop product lines for top 5* & boutique hotels across Mainland China, 1st & 2nd tier cities. - Strategically coordinate brand’s exposure to fit & ensure the product direction is serving company’s vision. - Develop customer & market analyses for primary & secondary data based on research to adjust the direction of product design across 15k+ customers.
- Apply reverse product thinking to generate creative ideas for the new products for a deep understanding of customer desires & behaviours. - Develop & track 48+ product KPIs to measure company’s delivery across revenue, customer growth, engagement & retention.
Celebrity CruisesHead Sommelier
Jun. 2010 - Oct. 2012Miami/Fort Lauderdale AreaSales and event management; developing concepts for new wine events to generate sales; advisor to VIP clients on their wine purchases; updating constantly the wine lists and creating innovative food and wine pairing concepts to keep up with the fast developing market; working on the wine program development and updates to generate top client satisfaction (#1 on company's KPI list) and increase the profit.
Donatella Cinelli ColombiniMarketing and international sales consultant
Nov. 2009 - May. 2010Research for international wine markets; promoting winery's products, preparing and translating the sales and presentations materials;
AdveritasProject Manager for Good Wine, 1st Wine Exhibition in Romania
May. 2009 - Oct. 2009Establish communication with media with catchy press releases
Leverage Media contacts for maximum exhibition exposure with interesting articles proposals, interviews, etc.
Coordinate the communication strategy nationwide and attract participants for both exhibiting and visiting
Manage the Social Media Channels, Handle occasional unfavorable situations and serve as the main public face for the exhibition
AdteamEvent Management, Sales and marketing
Feb. 2009 - Apr. 2009Event management, Project management and sales of exhibitions
ArtemediaProject Manager
Nov. 2008 - Dec. 2008Project Manager for the Night of Adeaters
HosuS MediaProject Manager
Aug. 2008 - Nov. 2008Project manager for the Night of AdEaters
TELEZIMEX SAPurchasing operator
May. 2007 - Jan. 2008China purchasings
University of Babes BolyaiNegotiation & Decision Making Lector
Oct. 2006 - Jan. 2010Develop Lecture Plans to ensure rapid assimilation of basic & advanced decision making models and negotiation techniques
Developing live simulations to force the direct application of Decision Making & Negotiation material (The Apprentice Style, UK version)
Innovative Grade System
AIESECAlumni Coordinator
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2008Coordinating the network of AIESEC Cluj alumni Club, developing monthly events; inviting notorious speakers,maintaining the relations of the alumni with the organization and constantly seeking ways of mutual benefits out of different collaborations;
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