Yohanna Gustafsson

Program Manager

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yg.cse@cbs.dk

Yohanna oversees and manages all program and communication activities for the Founder to Leader program. With a passion for developing ambitious startups and with a background as a business developer, Yohanna is committed to supporting leadership development for new and first-time founders looking to pave the way as they build their companies.

Hjalte Gutzon Børglum

Project Coordinator

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hgb.cse@cbs.dk

Hjalte has a background in Communication and will support program activities together with Yohanna. With a keen interest in the in the unspoken and facilitation, he is a supporting the program as well as communication activities. He will help with the coordination of the cohort and explore the communicative toolbox of leadership development. 

Mia Jung Elmertoft

Head of Leadership Development and Leadership Coach

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Mia is in charge of methodologies and quality of leadership development and coaching activities for entrepreneurs at CBS. When she’s not on the floor in her role as a leadership coach, she collaborates with researchers and experts to bring in evidence-based knowledge and methods to develop impactful and tailored learning formats.

Nina Uller

Leadership Coach

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With more than a decade of experience in leadership, covering tech, entrepreneurship and military, including a leadership advisor role in Afghanistan, Nina offers a unique insight and practical knowledge of the many facets and challenges that leaders face. She brings her knowledge of how human beings can collaborate in high-risk environments into the setting of entrepreneurship, helping founders create a space for innovation and sustainable productivity in the midst of uncertainty

Marisa Matarese

Leadership Coach

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Marisa brings a blend of hands-on experience and strong theoretical base to support founders in navigating the complexities of today’s business landscape. She draws on more than 20 years experience working as an Organisational consultant for a wide range of organisations, spanning from multinationals to start-ups in Denmark and abroad. Focus areas for her work are leadership and team development, change mangement and coaching – always with a focus on creating safe spaces that foster personal and professional growth.

She holds a Master in Organisational Psychology and has training in psychodynamic coaching.

Magnus Stawicki Blak

Leadership Coach

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A seasoned entrepreneur with more than 20 years of being a founder himself, Magnus knows the ins and outs of the startup leadership journey. Backed by a Master’s in Psychology and a second Master’s in Organizational Psychology, as well as training in psychodynamic coaching, Magnus has the expertise and knowledge to offer competent set of eyes to help founders take  their leadership journey to the next level.

Mia Jung Elmertoft

Leadership Coach

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With a Master in Organizational Psychology and certification in Leadership Coaching on top of a founder background, Mia has a balance of theoretical and hands-on practical knowledge about the entrepreneurial journey that founders find themselves on, with all the context specific challenges. She routinely coach founders on their personal and leadership challenges and makes her insights in the psychology of startup organizations widely available.

Nana Therkildsen

Executive Coach and Psychologist

As seasoned psychologist and certified coach with more than a decade of experience working in-depth with educating and coaching on employee performance, well-being, and prevention of stress in workplaces. Having founded the Nordic Mindware Nana focuses on executive coaching, conflict resolution, stress management, and leadership development.

Anette Højaard Jønson

Leadership Consultant

Anette is a senior consultant and external university lecturer, possessing a professional journey spanning over two decades of consulting and leadership expertise in both the public and private sectors. With solid expertise she offers  profound insights into organizational development, change management, strategy, team and group dynamics, and organizational psychodynamics.

Janie Ella Tange

Insights Discovery Specialist

As a certified specialist, Janie manages and leads Insights Discovery sessions for diverse teams, including the teams from the Copenhagen Business School participating in global competitions. As a Team and Case Coach, Janie has in-depth experience analysing and coaching high-performance teams, in addition leaning on 9 years of leadership experience herself.

Adjunkt, Ph.D. at Copenhagen Business School

The focus of Pernille Steen Pedersen’s research activity is the notions of shame and work-related stress, and the problem of how shame may be decisive in some situations of sick-leave due to stress. She is particularly interested in leadership and how leaders, in cooperation with employees, can work with stress-mitigation in a day-to-day practice without imposing a therapeutically task on managers. 

Troels Gottlieb

Leadership Consultant, Ph.D. and External Lecturer

Troels Gottlieb is a partner in Gottlieb & Klewe with a focus on Personal Leadership and Leadership as Stress Management. His core expertise covers change management and strategy implementation, data collection and analysis, and executive coaching. In addition to being lecturer at CBS and author, he has a Ph.D. on personality and leadership effectiveness.

Rasmus Johnsen

Leadership Consultant, Ph.D. and Vice Dean
For Lifelong Learning at CBS

Rasmus Johnsen, Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Lifelong Learning at Copenhagen Business School is an accomplished executive educator and teaches leadership, organizational understanding, and personal development within the Master of Business Development program at CBS Executive Education. Rasmus’ influential role at CBS highlights his dedication to promoting continuous learning and professional advancement. 

Michael Pedersen

Associate Professor and Ph.D. at Copenhagen Business School

Michael Pedersen, Ph.D. and Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, studies the professional as well as the personal consequences and effects of the challenges modern leadership and organizations face – including the increasing pressure to meet new demands and needs across industries.

Eric Guthey 

Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School

Eric Guthey research and teaching he leverage his multiple years of experience at business schools in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, along with his background in the humanities and cultural history, towards the development of interdisciplinary perspectives on leadership, management, and cultural dynamics in a variety of organizational and social contexts. His current research project brings these interests to bear on the ebb and flow of fashionable leadership concepts, on the delivery of leadership products and services via the leadership industries, and on the connections between these commercial/industrial/professional dynamics and prevailing conceptions of leadership itself.