A selection of references and assignments:

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Assignment 1
Ownership: Investor-owned
Branch: Service company
Job area: Administrative Director
Assignment: General management and change
Period: Six months

The Board of Directors and General Management were in disagreement about the future strategy, and therefore the Director resigned and was dismissed. The Chairman of the Board wanted a qualified candidate who could maintain momentum and effect various changes in the period until a permanent administrative director could be employed.

Assignment 2
Ownership: A Scandinavian capital fund
Branch: Global sales and production company
Job area: Director of development R/D
Assignment: Management of three large development projects
Period: Six months

Several new strategic change initiatives had caused the resignation of a number of leaders, such as in the development department. The International Director in this area sought a rapid reestablishment of leadership by having a very competent Interim Manager attached.

Assignment 3
Ownership: Member-owned
Branch: Service organization
Job area: Sales Director
Assignment: Development of a new sales organization
Period: Four months

A very successful service organization wished to reinforce market penetration through the establishment of a new sales organization. The Director desired an experienced interim leader having a background in a similar situation.

Assignment 4
Ownership: Publicly-traded
Branch: International industry concern
Job area: Concern finance
Assignment: To be part of a task force, answerable to the management
Period: Two persons for six months

As an element in a new strategy plan pursuing a revamped focus in several areas, the business wished to strengthen the management effort to thereby ensure the implementation and carrying-through of the plan. Two interim leaders entered the organization, where they carried out parallel management in combination with the completion of concrete assignments.

Assignment 5
Ownership: Owner-managed
Branch: Production and sales company
Job area: Administrating director
Assignment: To effect a turn-around
Period: 13 months

After a generation changeover, the company wished to undertake a turn-around with the intention of adapting the company to the new, global era. For a number of years, the company had been in a turbulent period, with negative returns as a consequence.

Assignment 6
Ownership: Publicly-traded
Branch: Global production and sales company
Job area: Concern finance
Assignment: Concern consolidation and competence development
Period: Four months

After a period of strategical takeovers, the company was looking for extra resources for the consolidation of the company as well as contributing further competence to the organization.

Assignment 7
Ownership: Capital fund
Branch: Sales and development business
Job area: Director
Assignment: The realization of the first phase in a new strategy
Period: 12 months

This capital fund, which invests in smaller companies with growth-potential, desired to be supplied with an interim leader who could set a larger strategic growth program underway.

Assignment 8
Ownership: Stock corporation
Branch: International production company
Job area: Supply Chain Manager
Assignment: To ensure quality and stability in the supply chain
Period: Six months

With production in several countries, and introducing outsourcing in China, the company desired to ensure the quality and supply stability of components and semi-manufactured goods for their assembly factories. The Interim Manager was given the job of reviewing the entire supply chain along with the simultaneous reorganization of the department.

Assignment 9
Ownership: Owner-managed together with a capital fund
Branch: Production and international sale
Job area: Director of Finance
Assignment: Financial management and management
Period: Nine months

Over a longer period, the business had been subjected to steep European competition from complimentary products and was therefore strapped for liquidity. The business wanted an experienced Interim Manager who could handle the situation both vis-à-vis the bank and creditors as well as to implement an internal reassessment of expenses and assets.

Assignment 10
Ownership: Foreign stock corporation
Branch: Transport sector
Job area: Scandinavian HR chief
Assignment: Consolidation of HR functions
Period: Four months

An international company with its Scandinavian headquarters in Copenhagen desired to consolidate its HR functions in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Assignment 11
Ownership: Owner-managed
Branch: Wholesale business
Job area: Chief of Finance and Accounting
Assignment: Establishment of a new accounting platform
Period: Nine months

The business, due to acquisition and sale, had been through a turbulent time with many challenges. The assignment was to build up a common finance system along with having responsibility for daily operations. Simultaneously in the course of events, the business had time to hire a permanent finance and accounting chief.

Assignment 12
Ownership: Investor-owned
Branch: Media
Job area: Development Director
Assignment: Business development of a new newspaper
Period: Six months

A group of investors wanted to establish a new newspaper. The assignment was to launch the business and develop it to a level where the permanent director could take over.

Assignment 13
Ownership: Owner-managed
Branch: Process-company
Job area: Production Director
Assignment: Production Management with a focus on product development
Period: Six months

In an acute situation, the business needed an Interim Manager to buy itself time to carry out a traditional recruiting process.

Assignment 14
Ownership: Owner-managed
Branch: Sales and manufacture
Job area: Co-Director
Assignment: Improve an upcoming sale of business
Period: Five months

The Director and owner had, over a longer period, considered the sale of the company as part of a generation changeover. The assignment consisted of maturing the business in preparation for the sale.