ebmsc
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Education: UN Guiding Principles for Human Rights and Business, Advanced SA8000 Auditor (social certification and process consultant) from Social Accountability International. M.Sc. in Development Studies from Uppsala University (2000), M.Sc. Market Research and International Business Development, CBS.
Research interests and topics I teach:
- Strategic Corporate sustainability, ESG, Impact investment and Human Rights Due Diligence
- Value chain optimization
- Turning waste into value applying circular economy principles for value chain upgrading and community development
- Public-Private Partnerships
More than 25 years of professional experience working with business and value chain development in emerging markets. As well as sector wide initiatives to raise the standard pre-competitively - related to development aid, development loan programs and advisory for large corporations, bilateral (Danida) and multilateral donors, Governments, EU, Asian Development Bank, business associations and NGO’s operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia. I.e. extensive country experience from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Tanzania, Thailand, Zimbabwe.
Managing partner, Sociability (www.sociability.dk), CEO of the Sociability impact investment: Global River Center A/S (www.globalrivercenter.com). External Lecturer CBS.
M.Sc. in Business Administration and research from CBS (1994) and M.Sc. And P.G. Diploma in Development studies from Uppsala University (2000). I am Advanced SA8000 auditor (2009) from Social Accountability International.
My approach to responsible business development is founded on sound theoretical and practical experience in making the case for and implementing economic and social sustainability solutions.
I offer and coordinate this elective together with Michael Wendelboe Hansen:
https://kursuskatalog.cbs.dk/2022-2023/KAN-CPOLV1025U.aspx
Making the Private Sector Work for Sustainable Development: Tools to Enhance Impact of Development Interventions.
Since 2015 I supervised master students from programs in the 'Management, Society and Communication Department and since 2018 I further developed and coordinated the compulsory course 'Managing development interventions in Sub-Saharn Africa'. The course was developed to enhance the focus of the private sector driven aspects of sustainable development and today it is offered as an elective titled: "Making the Private Sector Work for Sustainable Development: Tools to Enhance Impact of Development Interventions" together with Michael Wendelboe Hansen: https://kursuskatalog.cbs.dk/2022-2023/KAN-CPOLV1025U.aspx
Together with Søren Jeppesen I teach at the course: "Business Strategy in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets" https://kursuskatalog.cbs.dk/2022-2023/KAN-CCBDO1001U.aspx
I supervise master's thesis and internship reports in the fields of:
- Strategic Corporate sustainability, ESG, Impact investment and Human Rights Due Diligence
- Value chain optimization
- Turning waste into value applying circular economy principles for value chain upgrading and community development
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Inclusive and impact business development
Specific sector experience: Ready made garments, commodities like: fresh vegetables, cane sugar, fishmeal, juice, cocoa, coconut based products, clean cotton, diamonds and gold, in addition to a number of B-to-B products and services.