Business Delegation from and Næstved, to Finland and Estonia 26-28 April 2017

Presentation and contact details of the members of the delegation

Final version as of 21 April 2017

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Overview – Members of the Delegation

NÆSTVED MUNICIPALITY / Carsten Rasmussen, Mayor – Næstved Municipality * Mikael Smed, 2nd Deputy Mayor – Vordingborg Municipality * Asger Bernt Diness Andersen, Municipal Councillor – Vordingborg Municipality Leif Jacobsen, Senior Advisor – Næstved Municipality

INDUSTRY Anders Moestrup Rasmussen, CEO – P. K. Jeppesen & Søn Julius Olsen, CEO – Teqton Einar Jon Skulason Hansen – CEO – Nordic Playgroundinstitute Danny Brandt Jørgensen, CEO – Agro Block

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY John Hygild Andersen, Director – Edu-caching.dk Morten Matras, CEO – LeadDoubler Anders B. Skjønaa, CEO – Procurati Thomas Christfort, CEO – Ranch Systems Europe

CONSUMER GOODS Andrea van Webber, CEO – Van Webber Design Thomas Krøll, CEO – Møn Bolcher Henrik Bolvig Nielsen, CEO – Cafax Vordingborg Christian Bhishma Jespersen, Sales Director/Founder – DK Firm IVS

BUSINESS SERVICES Jens Løvstrøm, Head of International Recruitment – JKS Jonna Rasmussen, Head of Department – JKS Brian Henriksen, CEO – XportPartner Filip Rasmussen, Owner – Jungshoved Vicarage Peter Thøgersen, Business Manager – Lollands Bank Ib Bojer Rasmussen, Lecturer – ZBC

BUSINESS VORDINGBORG / BUSINESS NÆSTVED Susanne Kruse Sørensen, CEO – Business Vordingborg Dan Holck-Hansen, Business Manager – Business Vordingborg Henrik Høyer, Business Consultant – Business Vordingborg Thomas E. R. Jakobsen, City Manager – Business Vordingborg Rasmus Holst-Sørensen, Director – Business Næstved Lars Schak, Senior Business Adviser – Business Næstved Peter Fjerring, Business Adviser – Business Næstved

* Please note that Carsten Rasmussen and Mikael Smed only will take part in the programme on 28 April

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Carsten Rasmussen POLITICAL LEADER Mayor – Næstved Municipality Cell phone: +45 25 45 09 43 – e-mail: [email protected]

Carsten Rasmussen has been the Mayor of Næstved since 2011 and a member of the municipal council since 2002. He is actively involved in the development of a business-friendly environment for local companies and entrepreneurs; this includes the position as chairman of the board of Business Næstved.

Mikael Smed POLITICAL LEADER 2nd Deputy Mayor – Vordingborg Municipality Cell phone: +45 22 78 34 55 – e-mail: [email protected]

Mikael Smed has been a member of the municipal council in Vordingborg since 2013. At the upcoming municipal elections in November 2017, he is running for Mayor of the municipality for the Social Democratic Party. In his professional career, Mikael Smed is a Police Inspector with responsibility for combatting international and border-crossing crime in relation to human trafficking, narcotics and weapon smuggling. Mikael Smed’s vision is to make Vordingborg a better place to live, to visit, to work and for businesses to settle. Along with that, Mikael Smed believes that Vordingborg needs to have much more focus on international contacts.

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POLITICAL LEADER Asger Bernt Diness Andersen Municipal Councillor / Chairman of the municipal council’s Business Committee – Vordingborg Municipality Cell phone: +45 20 13 90 40 – e-mail: [email protected]

Asger Bernt Diness Andersen has been a member of the municipal council since 1998. He is the Chairman of the council’s Business Committee and the Deputy Chairman of the board of Business Vordingborg. Beside his political career, he is a farmer and the owner of Farmershop.dk – a web shop for agricultural products.

Leif Jacobsen MUNICIPAL ADMINISTATION Senior Advisor – Næstved Municipality Cell phone: +45 40 92 20 11 – e-mail: [email protected]

Leif Jacobsen is responsible for a number of Næstved Municipality’s digitalized services and applications for citizens and companies. He is furthermore involved in various international projects and contacts in the municipality.

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Anders Moestrup Rasmussen INDUSTRY CEO – P. K. Jeppesen & Søn Cell phone: +45 30 71 41 52 – e-mail: [email protected]

Anders Moestrup Rasmussen is the CEO and owner of P. K. Jeppesen & Søn – a modern and well-equipped company manufacturing industrial process machines. He took over the ownership of the company in 2014.

Julius Olsen INDUSTRY CEO – Teqton Cell phone: +45 20 69 10 51 – e-mail: [email protected]

Julius Olsen is the CEO and owner of Teqton. The company’s specialities are floor renovation and construction of new floors. Teqton already works all over Scandinavia and throughout the Baltics.

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Einar Jon Skulason Hansen INDUSTRY CEO – Nordic Playgroundinstitute Cell phone: +45 61 69 93 60 – e-mail: [email protected]

The Nordic Playgroundinstitute specializes in personal and product certifications for the playground industry and playground inspections. The institute consists of ten certified inspectors whereof two are advisory engineers, with technical test-equipment and own laboratory. The institute functions in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

Danny Brandt Jørgensen INDUSTRY CEO – Agro Block Cell phone: +45 26 30 77 36 – e-mail: [email protected]

Agro Block has developed a new and unique material from recycled plastic – for the benefit of the environment and also the health and safety at work. The product thus has an advantage to many of the present materials in the market.

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John Hygild Andersen INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director – Edu-caching.dk Cell phone: +45 52 39 79 49 – e-mail: [email protected]

John Hygild Andersen founded the company Edu-caching.dk in 2014. It has developed a digital platform for the navigation of tourists or students at a certain location. Previously, he was working in various positions in both the private sector and educational system.

Morten Matras INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CEO – LeadDoubler Cell phone: +45 61 71 11 03 – e-mail: [email protected]

Morten Matras runs an agency specialized in online marketing through the social media. The LeadDoubler platform turns Excel spreadsheets into beautiful interactive content – helping companies to generate leads through Google and Facebook with unbeaten conversion rates.

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Anders B. Skjønaa INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CEO – Procurati Cell phone: +45 21 70 06 97 – e-mail: [email protected]

Procurati is a software and services company offering an innovative platform for its governance and compliance. The company is specialized in Microsoft online services like Office 365, SharePoint and Azure, and is a leading advisor on complying with the new GDPR legislation in these popular technologies.

Thomas Christfort INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CEO – Ranch Systems Europe Cell phone: +45 40 59 77 88 – e-mail: [email protected]

Founded in 2005 in the USA, Ranch Systems is an established high-technology company focused on wireless solutions for field monitoring and control in agricultural and environmental applications. Thomas Christfort is the company’s head of operations in Europe.

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Andrea van Webber CONSUMER GOODS CEO – Van Webber Design Cell phone: +45 26 85 35 26 – e-mail: [email protected]

Andrea van Webber runs a design agency, developing and producing jewellery and urns for pets and thus enabling the owners of pets, which have passed away, to have a funeral in dignity.

Thomas Krøll CONSUMER GOODS CEO – Møn Bolcher Cell phone: +45 29 17 07 78 – e-mail: [email protected]

Møn Bolcher is local producer of high quality sweets – hard candy, chocolate and dragée. It was established in 1993 as a start-up company – today it has ten employees and sells its products through supermarkets, wholesale and in their own boutique. The company also has export to Scandinavia, Germany and Italy.

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Henrik Bolvig Nielsen CONSUMER GOODS CEO – Cafax Vordingborg Cell phone: +45 22 70 68 85 – e-mail: [email protected]

Cafax is Denmark’s oldest whole seller of roasted coffee beans and coffee machines for households and work places. Henrik Bolvig Nielsen is the head of Cafax’s office in Vordingborg, serving the west and south of and the islands -.

DK Firm IVS CONSUMER GOODS Sales Director/Founder – Christian Bhishma Jespersen Cell phone: +45 30 38 14 71 – e-mail: [email protected]

Our BulkTracSystem is a unique Pick & Mix system for dry food, e.g. confectionery, nuts & snack, breakfast products, coffee and etc.

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Jens Løvstrøm BUSINESS SERVICES Head of International Recruitment – JKS Cell phone: +45 20 33 30 45 – e-mail: [email protected]

JKS is one of Denmark’s leading agencies for temporary workers and recruitment. Jens Løvstrøm is responsible for JKS’ recruitment of labour force from abroad to Danish companies.

Jonna Rasmussen BUSINESS SERVICES Head of Department – JKS Cell phone: +45 61 63 07 29 – e-mail: [email protected]

JKS has local branches across Denmark, and Jonna Rasmussen is the head of JKS’ branches in the towns Næstved and and thus in charge of JKS’ activities in the areas Eastern Zealand and Lolland-Falster.

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Brian Henriksen BUSINESS SERVICES CEO – XportPartner Cell phone: +45 30 82 53 12 – e-mail: [email protected]

Brian Henriksen is working as a self-employed export specialist and advisor. He has 20 years’ professional experience from the Danish biotech industry within sales via partners in “new markets” and has been stationed abroad for 15 years.

Filip Rasmussen BUSINESS SERVICES Owner – Jungshoved Vicarage

Cell phone: +45 21 20 62 69 – e-mail: [email protected]

Filip Rasmussen runs Jungshoved Vicarage, an old clergy house which nowadays is a Bed & Breakfast and a venue for Danish-Estonian events. He has, the past 25 years, been the organizer of numerous projects and activities creating links between Denmark and Estonia within culture, education and business.

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Peter Thøgersen BUSINESS SERVICES Business Manager – Lollands Bank Cell phone: +45 55 36 52 30 – e-mail: [email protected]

Lollands Bank is a regionally based bank in the southeast of Denmark with its main office in the town and five other branches in the towns , Nykøbing Falster, Rødbyhavn, Vordingborg and Nørre Alslev. Peter Thøgersen is heading the bank’s services towards the business community.

Ib Bojer Rasmussen BUSINESS SERVICES Lecturer – ZBC Cell phone: +45 30 20 34 86 – e-mail: [email protected]

ZBC (Zealand Business College) is offering a variety of degrees related to the private sector. It has branches in the towns Vordingborg, , and Næstved. Ib Bojer Rasmussen is based in Vordingborg and specialized in teaching business innovation.

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Susanne Kruse Sørensen BUSINESS VORDINGBORG CEO – Business Vordingborg (Vordingborg Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 23 80 90 46 – e-mail: [email protected]

Susanne Kruse Sørensen was appointed CEO of Business Vordingborg in January 2015. In prior to this position, she has been working with development issues in both and a number of companies in the private sector.

Dan Holck-Hansen BUSINESS VORDINGBORG Business Manager – Business Vordingborg (Vordingborg Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 91 25 60 00 – e-mail: [email protected]

Dan Holck-Hansen has the past two years been the Business Manager of Business Vordingborg. Previously, he held numerous positions in the business community, with responsibility for entrepreneurship and development.

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Henrik Høyer BUSINESS VORDINGBORG Business Consultant – Business Vordingborg (Vordingborg Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 40 15 52 15– e-mail: [email protected]

Henrik Høyer is responsible for Business Vordingborg’s services for local entrepreneurs. He has earlier been working as a self-employed advisor in, among other topics, sale, marketing and business development.

Thomas E. R. Jakobsen BUSINESS VORDINGBORG City Manager – Business Vordingborg (Vordingborg Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 21 55 65 29– e-mail: [email protected]

Thomas E. R. Jakobsen is as of 1 May 2017 the new City Manager in Business Vordingborg, responsible for development of the local retail sector. He has a background in both Business Næstved, private companies and as a lecturer at a business academy.

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Rasmus Holst-Sørensen BUSINESS NÆSTVED Director – Business Næstved (Næstved Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 55 88 52 51 - e-mail: [email protected]

Rasmus Holst-Sørensen has been the director of Business Næstved since 2015. He is overall responsible for Business Næstved’s services and activities and for the co-operation with local stakeholders on development of Næstved’s business community.

Lars Schak BUSINESS NÆSTVED Senior Business Adviser – Business Næstved (Næstved Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 55 88 52 17 - e-mail: [email protected]

Lars Schak has been working in Business Næstved since 2013. He is responsible for advice to local companies on management, marketing, financial matters, export and mergers/acquisitions.

Peter Fjerring BUSINESS NÆSTVED Business Adviser – Business Næstved (Næstved Erhverv) Cell phone: +45 55 88 52 18 - e-mail: [email protected]

Peter Fjerring joined Business Næstved in 2014. His main responsibilities are development of the local construction sector and managing a new network of manufacturing industries in Næstved.

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