Nader is the founding partner and CEO of Macro Advisory Partners. Since establishing the firm in 2013, he has led engagements across our entire portfolio of clients. Nader has spent the past 20 years in leadership positions in global institutions at the intersection of geopolitics, policy and markets. From 2010-2013, Nader was Chief Executive of Oxford Analytica, a leading global analysis and advisory firm. Previously, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the Financial Industries M&A group in New York and in the Executive Office in London. Before entering the private sector, Nader served at the United Nations, first as a political officer in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and subsequently in the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 1997-2003. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford where he received his M.Phil. in International Relations from Christ Church College, Nader received his MBA as a Sloan Fellow at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nader is a widely published contributor of essays to The Financial Times, The New York Times and Foreign Policy. In 2012 Nader authored, with Kofi Annan, Interventions: A Life in War and Peace, and is the editor of the Black Book of Bosnia, published in 1996. Nader is a member of the Global Board of Directors for the World Resources Institute and is a Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Geopolitics and was elected by the WEF as a Global Leader for Tomorrow.
Welcome to the 2023 Annual VL Summit
Navigating Uncertainty
Look forward to exciting keynote speakers and panel discussions
The programme will feature keynote speakers from both Denmark and abroad who will focus on the sub themes of “Navigating Uncertainty”. Furthermore, highly topical panel discussions will be moderated by business journalist Charlotte Beder.
Be ready for an engaging and compelling afternoon
The afternoon will focus on specific and topical business cases, and participants will work actively with the “Uncertainty”-dilemmas that emerge.
The theme “Navigating Uncertainty” reflects the uncertain world our companies and our members currently find themselves in the midst of. It is a theme in constant motion because current and upcoming events will continue to shape the ever-changing circumstances that companies and leaders attempt to navigate through.
With valued guidance from a highly competent Advisory Board, specific sub themes have been narrowed down. The goal is to keep the sub themes relevant for leaders from both the Eastern and Western part of Denmark as well as for both SMEs and big global corporations. This will also be reflected in the speakers and specific cases on the day of The Summit, and the program is already taking shape. Several speakers have already been confirmed, and they will all be physically present at the Summit. See more below!
The Annual Summit always revolves around a business-oriented leadership perspective, also when we dive into how companies and their CEOs navigate through topics such as:
• The challenges for companies affected by the current geopolitical and global uncertainty as well as the shift in global power emerging from the war in Europe and the current US/China relationship.
•The roaring inflation – how do you as a company navigate through this scenario, and what significance do price increases have for company as well as customers?
• Higher demands for a leaner organization, especially for SMEs. It is becoming a question of survival!
• Recruitment and retention of employees. Even though overall growth is lower, certain industries continue to see labour shortage.
• The ongoing and two-sided challenge between digital transition and green transition.
• Besides the above-mentioned topics, a substantial number of VL’s members are highlighting the possibilities that might exist in the current world crisis – thus, the VL Summit will also focus on how business leaders can seize “the transformation and upside of uncertainty”.
VL presents the podcast VL Insights!
VL Insights takes off with the series Navigating Uncertainty which focuses on VL’s annual theme and culminates in Navigating Uncertainty LIVE at the VL Summit 2023.
Meet the team behind VL Insights at the Summit, where they will be recording podcast!
Listen here – in Danish
Nader Mousavizadeh
10:15 Keynote: "Geopolitical disruption"
Philipp Hildebrand
10:30 Keynote: “A choice of risk in investment”
Jakob Stausholm
10:45 Keynote: “Rio Tinto and the navigation of uncertainty”
First panel discussion
11:00 ”Geopolitical and financial challenges and the role of global businesses”
Second panel discussion
12:00 ”Leading a global company through massive uncertainty”
Anja Monrad
12:00 Second panel discussion: ”Leading a global company through massive uncertainty”
Jens Bjørn Andersen
12:00 Second panel discussion: ”Leading a global company through massive uncertainty”
Alexander Lacik
12:00 Second panel discussion: ”Leading a global company through massive uncertainty”
Åse Andersson
13:40 Keynote: ”Eyewitness account from Ukraine”
"Leadership of dilemmas"
14:00 An active and engaging session
Eva Berneke
16:20 Keynote: “Doing business with both sides in a conflict”
Morten Bødskov
16:40 Danish businesses and Navigating Uncertainty
The Danish Chamber Orchestra
17:00 "Leadership in music"
Charlotte Beder
Host/moderator
Solveig Bjørnestad
VL Insights
Freia Dam
VL Insights
Lisbeth Knudsen
Altinget and Monday Morning, former Editor in Chief and commentator.
Ida Bratting Kongsted
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
When and where does the 2023 Annual VL Summit take place?
The Summit takes place on 31 May at 10.00 - 18.00 at Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center, Arni Magnussons Gade 2, 1577 Copenhagen.
How do I sign up?
Once you have signed up through the link on this site (in Danish), you will receive a confirmation e-mail. Participation is included in your membership fee to the Danish Management Society.
Please note that registration for the following dinner should be done by separately checking off the relevant box during the registration process - the price of the dinner is DKK 700 incl. VAT.
Read the registration terms & conditions here (in Danish).
Hotel booking
Accommodation at Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center:
Book here - special price for VL members.
Please contact the reception at +45 44 87 00 00 if you have any questions regarding your stay.
Accommodation at Wake Up Hotel:
Rooms from DKK 460 - first-come-first-serve principle. Book here.
Please contact the reception at +45 44 80 00 10 if you have any questions regarding your stay.
Parking and transportation:
At Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center, there is space for 500 vehicles and the parking spaces are available on a first-come-first-served basis - please note that the carpark is for public use, so it is not possible for us to book a space for you in advance. Read more here about parking as well as transportation and directions to Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center.
If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to write to info@vl.dk or call +45 33 43 92 92.
PROGRAMME
10:00 AM
15 min
Welcome w/ Chair Lisbeth Knudsen and CEO Ida Bratting Kongsted
10:15 AM
15 min
"Geopolitical disruption" w/ Nader Mousavizadeh, Founding Partner & CEO, Macro Advisory Partners
10:30 AM
15 min
"A choice of risk in investment" w/ Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, BlackRock
10:45 AM
15 min
“Rio Tinto and the navigation of uncertainty” w/ Jakob Stausholm, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto
11:00 AM
30 min
Panel discussion: "Geopolitical and financial challenges and the role of global businesses" w/ Nader Mousavizadeh, Philipp Hildebrand, and Jakob Stausholm
11:30 AM
15 min
Dilemma exercise
11:45 AM
15 min
Coffee break
12:00 PM
40 min
Panel discussion: "Leading a global company through massive uncertainty" w/ Jens Bjørn Andersen, Group CEO - DSV, Alexander Lacik, CEO & President - Pandora, and Anja Monrad, Board Professional | Keynote Speaker | Angel Investor | Ex-Dell Executive
12:40 PM
10 min
Dilemma exercise
12:50 PM
55 min
Lunch
01:40 PM
20 min
"Eyewitness account from Ukraine" w/ Åse Andersson, Communications Director, JYSK & Lars Larsen Group
02:00 PM
120 min
"Leadership of dilemmas": Everyone gets involved, specific case, discussions among the participants. Results from the VL analysis 'Navigating Uncertainty' and specific tools are facilitated.
04:00 PM
20 min
Coffee break
04:20 PM
20 min
"Doing business with both sides in a conflict" w/ Eva Berneke, CEO, Eutelsat
04:40 PM
20 min
"Danish businesses and Navigating Uncertainty". w/ Morten Bødskov, Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs
05:00 PM
35 min
Lars Barfoed introduces "Leadership in music" w/ Andreas Vetö, CEO, the Danish Chamber Orchestra
05:35 PM
15 min
Signing off on the VL Summit w/ Chairman of the board Lisbeth Knudsen
05:50 PM
35 min
Bubbles and networking
06:25 PM
110 min
Dinner - don't forget to register!
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