Nordics

Lars is a Strategic planner at the BANG Agency working out of Stockholm, Sweden.

BANG Agency is an up and coming creative agency working with clients such as Showroom, the Swedish Armed Forces, Storytel, Desperados and Unicef.

Before mixing it up at BANG in advertising, events, PR, content, design and tech, Lars headed up creative departments at agencies such as XperienceGroup, PS Communication and Nine Yards.

Sandy Bell is a Content Strategy Lead in Corporate Communication at Novo Nordisk. Her work is focused on raising awareness of the highly complex nature of obesity and the need for obesity to be recognised as a healthcare priority. Prior to joining Novo Nordisk, Sandy worked as a creative strategist for 10+ years at digital marketing agencies in New York and Copenhagen. Here she led teams to strategic, conceptual and executional excellence for global brands spanning FMCG, healthcare, finance and luxury. Sandy immigrated to Denmark from the US in 2011.

As WithFeeling's Chief Music Officer, Joe is renowned for his versatile composing skills, adapting to any genre and creating perfect music for any brief. Drawing from diverse influences, he excels in composing orchestral scores, authentic Arabic pieces, and commercial hits. With over a decade in the Middle East, Joe has honed his world music expertise and ability to meet strict deadlines with a positive, professional attitude.

Joe has created music for global brands like McDonald’s, Google, Nivea, and Microsoft and produced soundtracks for UAE landmarks such as Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Dubai Parks and Resorts, and The Burj Al Arab. Notably, Joe composed the official theme song for Expo 2020 Dubai, "This is our Time." He has also built a team of over 10 dedicated composers as part of the WithFeeling Network.

Tobias Grut has a background from several award-winning strategic design- and branding agencies, where he’s been working with international clients from both public- and private sector, helping them in building strong brands.

Today he is heading the development and implementation of a joint Nordic place brand initiative, The Nordics, initiated by Nordic Council of Ministers and he is the driving force behind the global talk concept and podcast series, Nordic Talks.

Henrik Øinæs Habberstad is Head of brand and creative in the Norwegian energy company, Equinor. In this role Henrik is strategic brand lead and oversees all creative and content across the globe. When Statoil changed its name to Equinor back in 2018 Henrik was the brand lead. Prior to joining the energy company 10 years ago Henrik had a similar role in Telenor and before that a long life a strategic planner in some of the leading creative agencies in Norway. Outside work Henrik is a passionate outdoor person enjoying skiing, hiking, cycling and camping.

Jutta Kasslin is leading marketing at Aalto University in Finland. After her Master’s she worked in rebranding roles in two listed companies before returning to her alma mater ten years ago. Jutta is an experienced marketing strategist and a brand building enthusiast who is heavily customer focused. She takes pride in sharing the exceptional story of Aalto especially to younger audiences in search of their path and future career and considers the awarded Aalto University Junior branding work as her most treasured accomplishment so far. In her free time Jutta loves books, running, snowboarding, good food and good company.

Styfens is Creative Director at Nordea, a leading Nordic bank. He is responsible for directing the creative strategy, tone of voice, look & feel, and storytelling of branding, marketing, and communication projects across the Nordic markets both from an in-house perspective and in collaboration with agencies.

He has an academic background in business communication, creativity, and media. With his multidisciplinary approach Styfens has worked from both the agency and the client side including some of the leading companies in the Nordics, such as Maersk and Novozymes.

Kat has over 15 years of experience in design and visual communication – both in-house and agency. She has worked for a range of clients in a variety of industries, including; healthcare, sports and leisure, tourism, property development, and oil and gas service. Kat has delivered marketing and branding design for a breadth of channels as well as leading processes for product and service design. She is especially focused on human-centered design and how design contributes measurable business value.

Erik is a brand building enthusiast with extensive experience of balancing creative, analytical and strategic thinking in brand development. Today, he is a senior brand strategist at Swedbank, the leading bank in Sweden and the Baltics, where he leads insight driven brand development. With a decade’s experience as strategy consultant Erik has also long experience in helping global brands sharpen their long-term direction to create meaning and value for customers, employees and shareholders.

Alexander Wodrich founded audio branding agency why do birds in 2010. Located in Berlin, the agency employs 15 people working in music production, brand consulting, graphic and motion design. Its clients include such brands as Siemens, Hyundai, German Rail and Gore-Tex. Alexander has a degree in business and has been a musician for most of his life. Before founding why do birds, he was a member of the MetaDesign Berlin management board, responsible for the audio branding and motion graphics departments.