Barbro Kolbjørnsrud has experience within alumni and external relations, executive and corporate education and volunteer engagement from business schools and universities. She has developed and managed a broad range of professional and successful events and emerging programs to cultivate relationships between alumni, faculty and external relations. Barbro has strong capabilities in strategic planning and is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience.

Barbro holds a Bachelor in Marketing, Strategy, and Internationalization and an Executive Master in Management, both from BI Norwegian Business School. She is a CASE -volunteer as chair for the CASE Nordic Summit Program Committee and co-chair for the CASE Northern Europe Cabinet, and coordinates the National network for alumni-professionals in Norway.

Line Axelsen has experience within alumni relations, communications, and fundraising from Aarhus, Denmark and Brisbane, Australia. Line has project managed numerous professional and successful events and emerging programmes to cultivate relationships between alumni, faculty and external relations. Her experience with fundraising in Australia and alumni relations in Denmark combined with a Master's degree in culture, communication and globalization solidifies her as a strong advocate for developing the philanthropic field within Denmark's higher education.

Helene has been head of alumni relations at Copenhagen Business School since 2013 and has recently extended her responsibilities to CBS' career services. Previously, Helene has held positions in Danish governmental institutions with a strong focus on digitalization, change management, and communication. At CBS, Helene has focused on building a sound alumni community and developing alumni ambassadorship and strong alumni involvement.

Helene holds a master's degree in communications and Danish literature from Roskilde University in Denmark.

Teppo is the director for advancement and corporate engagement at Aalto University in Finland. The integrated advancement office at Aalto includes corporate relations, donor engagement, alumni engagement, career and recruitment services, as well as CRM development and analytics.

Before joining Aalto in 2016, Teppo was an independent consultant in fundraising and international cooperation for five years, supporting Finnish universities in the governmental matching funding campaign of 2015-2017. From 2003 to 2011, he worked for the Nordic Council of Ministers in Lithuania and Denmark in governmental relations and organizing the international support for the European Humanities University, the Belarusian university-in-exile in Lithuania. 

He started his career in higher education management at the University of Helsinki in the 1990s in International Relations. He also has experience in Media and Communications, and he has written 6 travel guidebooks.

Jessica O’Mary joined the Stockholm School of Economics in 2014 and is currently the Head of Development and Alumni Relations, where she is oversees corporate, individual and foundation fundraising in addition to the alumni relations program. She has over 10 years of experience in fundraising in the nonprofit and higher education sector, both in the U.S. and Sweden. Jessica holds a Masters Degree in Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin, with a specialization in nonprofit and philanthropic studies. She is also an active volunteer with CASE (The Council for Advancement of Higher Education) and serves on the CASE Europe Annual Conference 2020 Planning Committee.

Anette Skott has a bachelor's degree in economics and analysis from The University of Oslo, and a business degree from BI Norwegian Business School. The least likely career path with this educational background would perhaps be in marketing, so naturally, that is exactly what she did next. Over the last three years, she has been responsible for the international marketing efforts at BI, where she has been central in developing and implementing international marketing strategies.

In addition, Skott has taken on the responsibility of marketing BI's Master of Science programmes in the domestic market. Her passions include digital marketing, data-driven insight, and big, epic marketing campaigns. Anette is responsible for the international marketing efforts at BI Norwegian Business School, Europe's second largest business school. She has been central in developing and implementing international marketing strategies and making award-winning marketing campaigns for the international market. Her passions include digital marketing strategies, data-driven insight, and big, epic marketing campaigns.