ERIK ALMQVIST
Mr. Almqvist is the Founder and CEO of Sense Strategy, and Owner at The Almqvist Family Office. Together with his team of advisors, he is advising multiple Governments in the Middle East, Asia and Africa on strategy, inwards and outwards investments, institution building, and the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). He is with his Firm driving digital transformation in Africa, with multiple landmark projects in the realms of connectivity, data protection and privacy, and cybersecurity. He is an advisor to leading Energy companies in Europe and in the GCC, and has done financial rescues of Mobily in KSA, and of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. He has also helped to significantly improve the international rankings of his Alma Mater, the Stockholm School of Economics, to one of the leading positions in Europe and globally.
Mr. Almqvist performed the world’s first scientific measurement of broadband speed upgrades on the economy in 2010/2011, and is Owner of The Almqvist Family Office. The Almqvist Family has a long tradition in innovation and business, and in 1878 Mr. Almqvist great-grandfather Sven Alexander Almqvist built the world’s first oil tanker together with Ludvig Nobel.
He holds a Masters degree in Economics and Business Administration from The Stockholm School of Economics and advises on a range of strategic, digital economy, 4IR, transformation and M&A matters for Government, Energy and TMT companies.
KAROLINA TEMELJ ALMQVIST
Karolina is our Director of Corporate Affairs, and Co-Owner at The Almqvist Family Office.
She has 23 years experience from diplomatic and foreign affairs services, management consulting and investment banking.
She has served in multiple creative, managerial, research and administrative positions for the Croatian Embassy, The Boston Consulting Group, and Union Bank of Switzerland.
During her tenure at the Croatian Embassy, the Republic of Croatia joined the European Union and NATO.
Karolina has studied Political Science and Journalism at the University of Zagreb and speaks four languages - English, Swedish, Croatian and German.
TÕNU GRÜNBERG
Tõnu is a senior executive and telecom expert with over 30 years experience.
He has served as CEO of Ucell Uzbekistan, CTO and VP of Telia Company Eurasia, and VP of Telia Company Nordic Mobility.
He is a previous Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Uzbekistan, a Member of the Management Board of GS1 Estonia,
Supervisory Council Member of Telecommunications & IT Faculty at the Tallinn Technical University, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Broadband Development Foundation, Vice President of the Association of Estonian Information Technology & Telecommunications (ITL), Member of the Supervisory Council of the Estonian Information Technology Foundation (EITSA), and Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Foundation Look@World.
He has led the technology strategy for the first mobile operator worldwide to launch 4G (LTE) commercial services, and enabled the first Mobile-ID assisted parliament elections in the world.
Tõnu advises on technology strategy, network rollouts, innovation & new service development, performance management and governance issues.
ERIK HALLBERG
Erik is a senior executive with over 30 years of operative experience.
He has held various executive leadership positions for Telia Company (Head of Global Business Segment and EVP & President of Eurasia, President International Carrier, SVP Head of Broadband Sweden, SVP Head of Mobility Sweden, Head of Baltic Region at TeliaSonera) and served as Chairman of Eesti Telecom, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons, Omnitel, SIA, TEO, Ncell, Ucell, Tcell, Geocell, Azercell. He has been a board member of Yoigo Spain and Northwest Telecom St Petersburg. He is a former Chairman and co-founder of Glocalnet AB and has served as CEO of Carl Lamm System AB and Diners Club Sweden.
He presently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors at Fidesmo, Chairman of Zynapp, and is a Board Member of HiQ.
He advises on telecom, strategic, operational and board matters.
DR. HÅKAN HEDERSTIERNA
Dr. Håkan is a renowned international expert on building world-class organisations in the private and public sector, for profit and-non profit organisations, with a particular emphasis on branding, pricing, funding, revenue generation and sales transformation.
Håkan is a Previous President and CEO of the Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education, President of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Chairman Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. He has served as a President and CEO of Mercuri International Group, a global leader in sales transformation.
Håkan has participated in and organised workshops with Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, George Soros and others.
He advises on organisational excellence, branding, pricing, funding and revenue generation matters.
GEORGE KOVACIC
George is a senior energy advisor to Sense Strategy with nearly 3 decades of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry.
George has advised some of the world’s most recognized corporations including ExxonMobil, IHS Markit and advises other leading corporations. His diverse expertise and knowledge provide him a unique perspective that facilitates results for his clients. He has been able to design legally supportable models that create projects, facilitate the receipt of permits as well as hydrocarbon exploration and production licenses. Throughout his career, George has played a leading role in the launching of hydrocarbon license rounds; the establishment of regulatory and fiscal regimes, investment attraction and receipt of drilling and oilfield service contracts. His work has resulted in dozens of new market entries and has generated well over a half of a billion dollars in contracts for his clients.
George has an MBA High Honors from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay Business School) in Brussels, Belgium and a BA from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
EMRULLAH KOYUNLU
Emrullah is an Expert at Sense Strategy with a focus on Digitalization and Media matters. He has over 7 years of management consulting experience from McKinsey, Ernst & Young, goetzpartners and Sense Strategy. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Bilkent University.
Emrullah leads projects in a range of industries including Government, Energy, TMT and Financial Services where he advises on a range of strategic, operative and M&A matters.