Speakers
Meet our Phenomenal Speakers for
the 2024 Diversify Nordics Summit.
Scaling Hope Join Us! 27 • 09 • 2024 Oslo
Scaling Hope Join Us! 26 • 09 • 2025 Oslo
Scaling Hope Join Us! 27 • 09 • 2024 Oslo
Scaling Hope Join Us! 27 • 09 • 2024 OsloScaling Hope Join Us! 27 • 09 • 2024 Oslo
Chisom Udeze (She/Her)
Economist | Founder of Diversify and HerSpace
Wenche Fredriksen (She/Her)
SVP Head of Inclusion & Diversity
Lori George (She/Her)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist | Public Affairs & Communications Expert | Social Impact & Sustainability Specialist | Former Global Chief DEI Officer, Coca-Cola
Tine Austvoll Jensen (She/Her)
Country Director Google Norway
Momodou Malcolm Jallow (He/Him)
Member of the Swedish Parliament
Dr. Poornima Luthra (She/Her)
Educator, DEIB Expert & Author | Founder & CEO of TalentED Consultancy ApS | Associate Professor
Winta Negassi (She/Her)
Head of HR, Northern Europe at Google
Ms. Naaja H. Nathanielsen (She/Her)
Minister of Business, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice and Gender Equality, Greenland
Abu Bundu-Kamara (He/Him)
Senior Director, Global Inclusion & Diversity
Astrid Sundberg (She/Her)
Executive Director
Neil Chatterjee (He/Him)
Director, Travel Partners & Media, Nordics
Helin Herlbauer (She/Her)
Human Rights Lawyer and GEEW Specialist
Tor Andreas Bremnes (He/Him)
Managing Director
Chi Lee (They/Them)
DEIB Advocate
Lawrence Akpore (He/Him)
Business Excellence Lead (Director) – Global Engineering
Thandi Dyani (She/Her)
Regional Network Organizer, Africa and The Nordics – BMW Foundation
Áslat Holmberg (He/Him)
President at Saami Council
Lola Akinmade Åkerström (She/Her)
Award-winning Visual Storyteller | International Bestselling Author | Keynote + TEDx Speaker | CEO, Geotraveler Media
Safir Boukhalfa (They/Them)
DEI Consultant & Founder at Safir Boukhalfa Consulting
Iva Ogrizovic (She/Her)
Director, Diversify and People & Culture Partner
Mark Ivan Serunjogi (He/They)
Strategy Director at TheTruthWorks
Kerin Ayyalaraju (She/Her)
Australian Ambassador for Australian Embassy to Denmark, Norway and Iceland
Melanie Coffee (She/Her)
VP of PR and Communications
Dr. Ferdinand Mirbach (Er/Ihm – He/Him)
Senior Expert, Immigration Society, Global Issues & Diversity Officer
Stephen Burrell (He/Him)
DE&I Advocate | Consultant | Coach
Antony Hutchings (He/Him)
Director of Organizational Development, Global Regions
Plamena Cherneva (She/Her)
Founder, Nordic Women in Tech Awards and WonderCoders
Alex Coburn Davis (He/Him)
CX Team Leader & HiPride BRG Lead
Loubna Messaoudi (She/Her)
Founder & CEO
Mette Buhl Christoffersen (She/Her)
Strategy Director and D&I Lead
Sarah Reynolds (They/Them)
Chief Marketing Officer
Charlotte Jónsdóttir Biering (She/Her)
Global Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
Thorey V. Proppe (She/Her)
Founder & CEO
Kogulan Kugathasan (He/Him)
DEI & Wellbeing Lead, Global People & Culture
Selena Støback (She/Her)
Capacity Development Specialist, NRC
Michael Watson (He/Him)
People Business Partner
Henri Terho (He/Him)
Head of Arts Support
Tania Nathan (She/They)
Community organizer, artist, producer, DEI & Antiracism activist
Justin Hester (They/Them)
Managing Partner
Aminkeng A Alemanji (He/Him)
Program Director and Senior Lecturer for the Master of Social Exclusion
Lynn Roseberry, Ph.D. (She/Her)
Founder and Director
Marcus Jarl (He/Him)
Client Executive Organization & People, EY Markets & Business Development
Adamu Haruna (He/Him)
Senior Solutions Architect
Anna Conneryd Lundgren (She/Her)
Chief People Officer
Daniel Brämhagen (He/Him)
Partner
Flemming Kehr (He/Him)
Partner at KEHR+NIELSEN | Founder & CEO
Ritika Wadhwa (She/Her)
CEO & Founder
Stine Rebekka Aksnes (She/Her)
CEO
Ingibjörg Lilja Þórmundsdóttir (She/Her)
Chairperson of the board at Rafal.
Amy Baker (She/Her)
Ambassador of Canada to Norway, Government of Canada
Greg Fernando (He/Him)
Founder
Lars Rinnan (He/Him)
Angel investor | Board member | Public speaker & Futurist
Sarah M Przedpelska (She/Her)
Educator and Collaborator | Founder
Tendai Angela Jambga-Rokkones (She/Her)
Yoga Teacher, Wellness Curator & International Speaker
Salamatu Kamara (She/Her)
Special adviser and activist | Kamara’s Utopia
Tom Miskin (He/Him)
Oslo Innovation Week and Nordics Lead
Monica Ifejilika (She/Her)
Senior Advisor
Martin Devor (He/Him)
VP Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Ida Helene Benonisen (She/They)
Poet and Activist
Anne Lajla Utsi (She/Her)
Managing Director
Siw Andersen (She/Her)
CEO
Nivi Katrine Christensen (She/Her)
Museum Director
Phaedria Marie St.Hilaire (She/Her)
Ada Angel Investor at Ada Ventures
Arbab Dar (He/Him)
Country Managing Partner EY Norway
Faye Hobson (She/Her)
Director, Culture
Katja Vahl (She/Her)
Marketing manager
Fadzi Whande (She/Her)
Chief of Section - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
John Michael Schert (He/Him)
Founding Principal at JMS & Company
Alex Jørgensen (He/Him)
Journalist and communications advisor
Kristine Dahl Steidel (She/Her)
General Manager/CEO
Áslaug Eva Björnsdóttir (She/Her)
Leadership and Team Development Consultant | Digital Transformation Advisor | Strategic Workshop Facilitator | Culture Impact Consultant | UN Women Iceland board member
Jeff Kwasi Klein (He/Him)
Political Innovator
Regine Larsen Lindtvedt (She/Her)
CEO, If Services | Nordic Head of Market Strategy, If P&C Insurance
Karolina Sveiby (She/Her)
Country Manager of Instruction & Intercultural Trainer
Julie Forchhammar (She/Her)
Co-founder
Jessica Petersen (She/Her)
Project Manager, DEIB & Climate Justice
Alyx Gilham (She/Her)
People & Culture Partner
Julius Einan Støback (He/Him)
Strategy Director & Partner
Qivioq Løvstrøm (She/Her)
Chair of the Human Rights Council of Greenland
André Biveti (He/Him)
Legal Advisor
Amruta Vaidya (She/Her)
Country Director Norway & Iceland
Louna Sbou (She/They)
Director
Emma Jackson (She/Her)
People and Culture Specialist
Raja Skogland (She/Her)
Board & VC | Founder & Chair
Ida Faldbakken (She/Her)
CEO of KatapultX and co-founder of Katapult Future Fest (KFF)
Espen Rustad (He/Him)
Head of Customer Engineering Google Cloud
Dan Bjørke
Executive Director of Oslo Pride
Jason Ryle (He/Him)
International Programmer for Australia, New Zealand, and Global Indigenous Cinema
Sayantani Saha (She/Her)
Senior Manager and Chief of Staff
And many more to come...
Lightning Presenters joining us at the Speaker Dinner are:
Patrick Konde (He/Him)
DEI-consultant, lecturer, and workshop leader | Founder
Raja Skogland (She/Her)
Board & VC | Founder & Chair
Abel White Buko (He/Him)
Social Sustainability Consultant
Anna Adeniji (She/Her)
Head of Education and DEIB expert at Inclusion Academy
Ulkar Aghayeva (She/Her)
Sustainability Consultant and DEI-specialist
Lola Akinmade Åkerström (She/Her)
Award-winning Visual Storyteller | International Bestselling Author | Keynote + TEDx Speaker | CEO, Geotraveler Media
DNS 2024 Corporate Partners
Supported by
DNS 2024 Exhibitors
DNS 2024 Collaboration Partners
