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Founding And Executive Team

Blazar Capital’s founding and executive team is composed of finance, consumer and retail experts with experience from McKinsey & Company, The Hut Group (THG), Goldman Sachs and Axcel.

Christian Arnstedt

Co-Founder & CEO

Founding Partner, former Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company and co-leader of McKinsey Online Retail Service Line. Forbes 30 Under 30 list maker in the 2018 Finance category and Berlingske's Talent 100 list maker in the 2017 Consulting category. Co-Founder of Nordgreen

Vasilij Brandt

Co-Founder & CGO

Former Head of Growth at The Hut Group (THG), the leading global E-Commerce incubator. Forbes 30 Under 30 list maker in the 2019 Retail and E-Commerce category and Berlingske's Talent 100 list maker in the 2016 Business Development category. Co-Founder of Nordgreen

Pascar Sivam

Co-Founder & COO

Ex-McKinsey & Company Project Manager with an engineering background from Stanford University and HEC Paris. Forbes 30 Under 30 list maker in the 2019 Retail and E-Commerce category. Co-Founder of Nordgreen

Michael Thomsen

CFO

Private Equity profile with 10+ years of experience from Axcel, McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs

Gustav Hossy

CEO of Blazar Elite

Former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Christopher Cloos. Responsible for Blazar's US division Blazar Elite.

Kasper Kim Smidt

Director of Blazar Labs

Former General Manager at Founders House and Commercial Director at Mesh Community. Responsible for the finance, operation, and administration of all Blazar Labs ventures and third party investments.

Entrepreneurs In Residence

Blazar’s executives in it’s internally incubated brands are composed of consumer and retail experts with expertise in marketing & sales, online consumer behaviour, operations as well as senior successful entrepreneurs and senior leaders from top-tier professional services firms, the financial industry and global online ventures.

Christopher Gallant

CEO of Chamberlain Coffee

Experienced General Manager and Strategist with 15+ years launching, growing, and leading premium food, beverage, and consumer brands. Experience in both entrepreneurial and corporate environments, and a proven track record of results.

David Zielski

Director of Ecommerce of Blazar Elite

Ecommerce leader with 25+ years' experience leading complex software development teams, eCommerce operations and digital marketing programs.

Anders Reckendorff

CEO of Scandinavian Biolabs

Anders is an execution-oriented leader with deep expertise within FMCG, strategy and operational excellence. In addition, he is a former Management Consultant from A. T. Kearney who has strong experience in leading high-performing teams and complex projects.

Christian Harboe

Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer of Scandinavian Biolabs

Experienced Digital Growth Manager with extensive experience building, maintaining, and running successfully online e-commerce brands. Bringing forth broad e-commerce knowledge, coupled with focused online marketing and conversion rate optimization experience.

Niels Konradi

Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer of Scandinavian Biolabs

Leading strategic commercial development through a deep understanding of user needs and financial performance. Double-Degree from CBS/Bocconi in economics and innovation. Experience includes high-end fashion sales and 4 years consulting pharma clients with Rambøll.

Lars Kornbech

CEO of Nordgreen

Former Senior Vice President of Fossil Group and Managing Director of Skagen Designs. Lars possesses vast top management experience from market leading international consumer goods companies within lifestyle and fashion, consumer services and FMCG.

Christopher Day

Chief Marketing Officer of Nordgreen

Execution-oriented leader with vast experience in developing and executing strategic initiatives within digital marketing, web development, conceptualization, messaging, and positioning. Previous General Manager at The Hut Group and Unilever.

Marc Østerskov

CEO of MessyWeekend Copenhagen

Branding and marketing expert with more than 10 years of experience from various multi-national consumer brands. Co-Founder of MessyWeekend.

Mads Koch Petersen

Co-founder & COO of MessyWeekend Copenhagen

Operations-focused leader with expertise within retail, production management and consumer goods, with previous experience from building his own start-up and working in venture capital

Mads Wedderkopp

CEO of Dreaminfluencers

Is an accomplished software as a service (SaaS) CEO with 8 years of C-level track record from high growth environments. Leading strategic development and expansion through deep understanding on how to scale tech companies and with a people and culture first mindset.

Mikkel Malesa

CCO of Dreaminfluencers

Is the Chief Commercial Officer and the founder of Dreaminfluencers. He has a deep knowledge of the Creator Economy, strong commercial skills to Go-to-market strategies, and has a strong entrepreneurial DNA.

Advisory Board

Blazar Capital is advised by the expert panel that includes top ex-CEOs from global international businesses, managing partners of major PE/VC houses, and leading entrepreneurs who founded renowned startups. The Advisory Board supports Blazar Capital in launching and scaling of its ventures as well as key strategic activities.

Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

Carlsberg, former CEO

Jørgen is a former CEO of Carlsberg, one of the largest brewing conglomerates globally. Currently he is a Chairman of the Board of Novozymes and holds board positions at a number of other companies.

Jeppe Christiansen

Maj Invest, Founder and CEO

Jeppe is the founder and CEO of Maj invest, a leading Nordic Asset Management and Private Equity Firm. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Haldor Topsøe, Deputy Chairman of the board of Novo Nordisk and holds board positions at Kirkbi and Novo Holdings

Jakob Jønck

Serial entrepreneur, Founder of Endomondo and Simple Feast

Jakob co-founded Endomondo and was the top management leader of MyFitnessPal - both exited to Under Armour at a combined 500 EURm - and most recently has founded Simple Feast where he is currently the CEO.

Juha Christensen

Serial entrepreneur, Founder of CloudMade, Star & Symbian

Juha is a leading Danish entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. He founded Star, CloudMade, Symbian, and several other successful companies. Juha is Vice Chairman of both Bang & Olufsen and Netcompany. Previously, Juha led Macromedia and ran one of Microsoft’s seven divisions.

Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack

SEED Capital, Founder and Managing Partner

Ulla has established the leading VC fund in Denmark, which has made 20+ successful exits and attracted 1+ EURbn in funding to its portfolio companies. Ulla led such prominent investments as Endomondo, Vivino, Trustpilot, and others; she holds board positions at a number of companies and foundations.

Mikkel Hesselgren

Vækstfonden, Head of Fund of funds

Mikkel is currently Head of Fund of funds at the Danish Government growth Fund (Vækstfonden). Mikkel has a background as corporate and M&A lawyer from a Gorrissen Federspiel, a leading Danish law firm, and from Maersk

Mark Johnston

Managing Director, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker

Mark Johnston is currently Managing Director at Christian Augustinus Fabrikker, a Long-Term investment company holding stakes in companies like Tivoli, Royal Unibrew and Scandinavian Tobacco Group. Mark has experience from companies like Morgan Stanley, KPMG, and is a previous Director at Nordic Capital.