The expert is a senior management professional at Nordic Consult Group, an organisation promoting trade between Nordic and Indian companies and other stakeholders in the areas of Environment, Smart Cities, Water, Education and Tourism. He has a professional experience of more than 20 years as trade head, sector expert as well as advisor in all phases of project execution, business development, sales, innovation, negotiations and people management within large global organizations in the areas of sustainability, smart cities, water, environment, cleantech as well as other sectors like banking, education and tourism. He is a corporate generalist with substantial experience in government relations, project management (negotiations, implementation and execution) and strategy planning. His Specialities include Sustainability, Smart Cities, Water, Environment Project planning and execution; business development, strategy development and execution; Economic and Public Diplomacy. He writes regularly in blogs and daily newspapers like Times of India, Hindu business Line; is. guest faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad, Delhi School of Economics, and has been interviewed by various news channels like NDTV, Zee TV in India and several newspapers/publications in Iceland and Denmark. He writes and speaks on UN SDGs and related environmental aspects with a focus on clean water and sanitation. Educated as an economist, he has undergone training in Integrated Water Resource Management and Water Resource Assessment in Denmark as well as in Urban Transport and Multi-modal transport in India. Read Less