The following distinguished representatives from the Baltic Sea Region comprise the Advisory Board of Baltic Development Forum, chaired by Hans Skov Christensen:
Anne Christine Brusendorff
General Secratary at ICES, Copenhagen Area, Denmark
Henrik Holelei
Head of Cabinet at Vice-President of the European Commission Siim Kallas, Estonian
Arminta Saladžienė
CEO, NASDAQ OMX Vilnius AB
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance
Curriculum Vitae (Alaminta Salandziene)
Experience:
Member of the Board of Directors
Central Securities Depository of Lithuania
May 2009 — Present (11 months)
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance
April 2009 — Present (1 year)
CEO
NASDAQ OMX Vilnius AB
January 2007 — Present (3 years 3 months)
NASDAQ OMX Vilnius AB operates in Lithuania since 1993. NASDAQ OMX Vilnius is part of the world‘s leading exchange company NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. and is the only securities market operator in Lithuania. Our regionally integrated infrastructure and advanced products enable investors to efficiently and safely invest into a variety of financial products and issuers to raise capital for future growth and development.
Head of Market Development
OMX Vilnius Stock Exchange
July 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Education:
Baltic Management Institute
EMBA , 2007 — 2009
Vilniaus Universiteto Tarptautinio Verslo Mokykla
MBA , 1996 — 2000
Prof. Dr. Bernd Henningsen
Founding Director of and Honorary Professor at the Department for Northern European Studies, Berlin Humboldt-Universität
Curriculum Vitae (Prof. Dr. Bernd Henningsen)
Prof. Dr. Bernd Henningsen is founding director of and honorary professor at the Department for Northern European Studies, Berlin Humboldt-Universität. He is also head of Baltic Sea School Berlin, since 2005 and honorary professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
Research/publications on philosophy, culture, and identity of the North, political and welfare systems of the Nordic countries and Baltic Sea region.
Education:
1972 M.A – Political Science, Nordic Philology, Philosophy and Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilians University München;
1974 Ph.D. – Die Politik des Einzelnen. Zur Genese der skandinavischen Ziviltheologie;
1984 – Habilitation (Der Wohlfahrtsstaat Schweden);
Guest Lecturer at various universities:
1989-1992 Free University Berlin;
1992-2002 Professor of Scandinavian studies/Culture studies at the Department for Northern European Studies of Humboldt University Berlin;
Since May 2002 Professor of Political Science at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald.
E-mail: Bernd.Henningsen@rz.hu-berlin.de
René Nyberg
CEO, East Office of Finnish Industries
Dr. Christian Ketels
Principal Associate, Harvard Business School, Germany
Curriculum Vitae (Dr. Christian Ketels)
Dr. Christian Ketels is a member of the Harvard Business School faculty at Professor Michael E. Porter’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. He holds a PhD (Econ) from the London School of Economics and further degrees from the Kiel Institute for World Economics and Cologne University. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm School of Economics and a Director of The Competitiveness Institute, a not-for-profit global network of cluster practitioners and researchers.
Dr. Ketels has led cluster and competitiveness projects in many parts of the world, is a member of economic advisory groups in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, has written widely on economic policy issues, and is a frequent speaker on competitiveness and strategy issues. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Stockholm, Sweden and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Email contact: cketels@hbs.edu
Web sites: www.isc.hbs.edu, www.sse.edu
Detailed CV: Harvard Business School
Andrzej Olechowski
Chairman of the Central European Trust Fund, Former Minister, Poland
Curriculum Vitae (Andrzej Olechowski)
Andrzej Olechowski graduated in 1973 with an M.A. in Economics from the Central School of Commerce in Warsaw. From 1974 until 1978, he was employed as an Economist with UNCTAD in Geneva. In 1979, he received his PhD.
After four years with the Institute of Foreign Trade and Market Conditions, he was offered a position as an Economist with the World Bank in Washington. In 1987, Andrzej Olechowski moved back to Poland again and worked first as Advisor to the chairman of the National Bank of Poland, second as First Deputy Chairman. In 1992, he was made Minister of Finance. In 1993, he became Foreign Minister, a position which he held until the following year. Today, Andrzej Olechowski is Chairman of Bank Handlowy w Warswawie S.A. and the Central Europe Trust.
Žaneta Ozoliņa
Professor at University of Latvia, Head of Department of Political Science, Latvia
(Foto: ©Ieva Čīka/LETA)
Curriculum Vitae (Zaneta Ozolina)
Žaneta Ozoliņa is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Latvia. She chaired the Strategic Analysis Commission under the Auspices of President of the Republic of Latvia (2004-2008). The key fields of her expertise are European integration, the EU and NATO enlargement, international and regional security, as well as the security of the Baltic Sea region.
Žaneta is an Author of more than 70 publications, chief editor of several books, member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Baltic Studies. She is an Adjunct professor of the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL), Member of the European Research Area Board, European Commission and the Baltic Development Forum Advisory Board.
Contact e-mail: zaneta.ozolina@lu.lv
Website: http://www.lza.lv/scientists/ozolinaZ.htm
Paweł Świeboda
Director Demos Europa, Poland
Curriculum Vitae (Pawel Swieboda)
Paweł Świeboda is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of London. He served as the EU Advisor to the President of Poland in the years 1996-2000. He then headed the Office for European Integration in the Chancellery of the President.
In the years 2001-2006 he served as Director of the Department of the European Union in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he was responsible for EU accession negotiations and subsequently institutional reform in the Union and negotiations on the Financial Perspective.
In July 2006 he became President of demos EUROPA – Centre for European Strategy. In addition to his role at the BDF, he is also a Member of the Lisbon Council, Member of the Advisory Board of the European Policy Centre, Co-President of BELA (Broader European Leadership Agenda) Foundation, Member of the Council of the Amicus Europae Foundation. He also serves on the Commission on Europe After 50 set up by Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London and chairs the “L’Esprit de Sel” Group of Experts which is preparing recommendation for the EU Agenda 2020 and is the author of numerous articles on issues of European integration and international relations. He has a column on foreign policy in “Gazeta Wyborcza”, Poland’s largest daily newspaper.
Igor Yurgens
Chair of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development; and Chair of the Board of Renaissance Capital, Russia
Curriculum Vitae (Igor Yurgens)
Igor Yurgens is a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council on Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy, First Vice President of Renaissance Group, Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists & Entrepreneurs.
Mr. Yurgens graduated from the Moscow State University. He has a Ph.D. in Economics and is a professor at the Higher School of Economics.
Starting in 1974 he served in various positions with the international departments of the All-Nation Professional Unions Confederation and of the UNESCO Secretariat. His previous positions include Chairman of the Financial Markets Committee, Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2000-2004); head of the All-Russian Insurance Association (1998-2000); Chairman of the Board of MESKO Insurance Company (1996-1997); and First Deputy of the CIS Trade Union Confederation (1992-1997).
Igor Yurgens has received a number of Russian and international awards including Russian Federation State Order of Honor, the French L’Ordre National du Merite, Orders of the Reverend Sergiy of Radonezh and of Daniil of Moscow from the Russian Orthodox Church.
Johnny Åkerholm
Curriculum Vitae (Johnny Åkerholm)
Johnny Åkerholm has served as President and CEO of NIB since April 2005. Mr Åkerholm, born in 1948, holds a Licentiate degree in Political Science (Economics) and a Master of Science degree (Economics). Prior to becoming President and CEO of NIB, he was Secretary General of the EBRD in London. He has also served as Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance in Finland. From 1982 to 1995 he held various leading positions with the Bank of Finland. Among his other tasks, Mr Åkerholm has also been President of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union and President of the Nordic-Baltic Monetary and Financial Committee.
E-mail: info@nib.int
