Network

Speakers & Jury

Meet our speakers and jury!

Meet our speakers and jury!

A worldwide network does not form itself. In order to support the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and to make a contribution to the future and society, creative minds and experts are needed. People with in-depth knowledge, a passion for the creative sector, with experience, who know what it means to be successful but also have to deal with defeats.

Get to know these bright minded people and experts of Creative Business Network. They have seen, evaluated and supported hundreds of startups. They contribute to what we are today and what we have achieved over the years.

Here's our growing list of proponents of the global creative industry.

Members

John Wali

CBC Kenya
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Jonathan Ortmans

President Global Entrepreneurship Week United Kingdom
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Jon Gunnar Thordarson

CEO, Mussila ehf.
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Jordi Sellas i Ferres

Director Catalan Creative Industries Spain
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Joseph Ogutu

Director of Strategy and Innovation Safaricom Kenya
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Julian McGowan

Founder The Guild Group South Africa
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Julie Virkus

Board & Advisory Manager, CVX Ventures
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Kaja Kallas

Member European Parliament Estonia
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Kåre Wanscher

Lawyer and professional drummer NJORD Denmark
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Karim Sy

President Digital Africa France
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Karine Storaker Braaten

Agency Lead Deloitte Digital Norway
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Karolina E. Osipowska

Director, CORO Lab
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Kathrine Fremming

XR Arts and Sustainability Lead, Khora Virtual Reality
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Kati Uusi-Rauva

Director of Licensing Intl Nordics/AGMA
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Kavita M. Shukal

Fenugreen Founder and CEO United States of America
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Kei Hareyama

Founder and CEO Rock Climbing Partners Japan
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Ken Arnold

Head of Cultural Partnerships at Wellcome
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Kenneth Kruse Simonsen

Head of Logistics, Gyldendal
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Kenneth Madsen

Former CEO of DXTR Labs
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Kirstin Maskow

Green City Solutions
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Kristina Svetanova

Founder of BLITAB
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Lars Bastholm

Scandinavian Creative AI Summit
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Lars Holm Nielsen

Director of the Confederation of Danish Industry
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Lars Seier Christensen

CEO Seier Capital Denmark
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Laura Callanan

Founding Partner
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Lauri Eurén

General Manager of Columbia Road
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Lilian Klages

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg / Animationsinstitut
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Lina Burghausen

At Mona Lina
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Lisa Russell

Emmy winning filmmaker, Arts Curator and founder of Create2030
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Liva Echwald

Founder & Head of Board of Female Founders of The Future
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Līva Stūrmane

Board member of Creativity Lab
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Liz Wald

Vice President International Indiegogo United States of America
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Lone Ditmer

Marketing Manager at DANSK WILTON
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Lotte Tisenkopfa-Iltnere

Co-Founder, MÁDARA Cosmetics
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Louise Baunsgaard

Founder of Ertman.dk
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Luis Salazar

Founder of Investa VB
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Luka Lu

Managing Partner Capital Associates China
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Maged Farrag

Creative and Managing Director at 5dVR
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Magnus Scheving

Entrepreneur-Actor-Producer-Director Lazy Town Iceland
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Maija Peltola

FuturaLab
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