Christina Schiøtt Liaos

European Investment Lead & Regional Director Europe North, Department for International Trade

Christina Schiøtt Liaos is responsible for the leadership, strategic alignment and coordination of investment activities in DIT Europe. She leads a large team of investment professionals operating on the ground in over 25 European markets and covering both Foreign Direct Investment and capital investment into the UK.

Christina also leads DIT's 8 trade and investment teams in the Nordic and Baltic region, delivering trade services to UK companies taking advantage of Nordic and Baltic market opportunities, assisting Nordic and Baltic companies to establish a UK business platform for global growth and providing specific trade policy and market access support to companies trading between the UK and the Nordic-Baltic region. 

Allan Schiellerup Bager

Chief Consultant, SKI

Allan Schiellerup Bager is a Chief Consultant at SKI, the national procurement organisation in Denmark for the public sector. He is an expert on the Danish software market and the best ways for foreign companies to become a supplier to the public sector in Denmark.

The objective for Statens og Kommunernes Indkøbsservice A/S (or in short: SKI) is to streamline and professionalise public procurement. They do this by establishing public procurement framework agreements that secure goods and services of good quality, under good conditions and at the best possible prices. Goods and services that can be bought by all parts of the Danish public sector.

Every year the public sector buys goods and services for around 365 billion DKK (approx. £44 billion) through private companies. Around 2,5 percent of the purchases are made through SKI.

Jeppe Handberg

Partner and Consultant, FORTEM

Jeppe Handberg is a Partner and Consultant in FORTEM, a Danish Bid Management consultancy. He has strong expertise in bid writing and has managed more than 30 customer deliveries for contracts valued around DKK 1 billion.

FORTEM assists companies in writing prequalification material and bid material on public tenders. 

Michelle Kristensen

Market Access Adviser, Department for International Trade Denmark

Michelle Kristensen is the Market Access Advisor at the British Embassy in Copenhagen. Michelle is able to advice on issues and barriers a company can encounter when exporting to Denmark. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Aalborg University, Denmark. Prior to joining the Embassy, she worked at the European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.

Rasmus Koefoed-Jespersen

Head of BJSS Denmark

Rasmus has lived and worked in several countries over the past 15 years, most recently the UK, where he was heading up SPARCK, a fast-growing digital design and innovation business. As part of BJSS Ltd, they designed and delivered innovative digital solutions to clients like the NHS, ITV, Specsavers, and many other top-tier organisations. He has recently relocated back to Copenhagen to bring BJSS, and their proven agile design and delivery approach, to public and private sector clients in Denmark.

Søren Gram Riisgaard

Trade Adviser (Science and Technology Lead), Department for International Trade Denmark

Søren is a Trade Adviser based at the British Embassy in Copenhagen. He has been with the Embassy for two years, during which he has helped numerous companies explore their opportunities in Denmark. His focus sectors are Technology, Space and Creative Industries, and he working to promote Denmark as a potential export market for British companies looking to the Nordics.