Västerbotten Investment Agency

Contact person for Renewable Energy

Main contact for this sector:

Anders Wangby- Västerbotten Investment Agency

Anders Wangby

Director
Phone +46 910 71 26 81
Mobile +46 70 595 19 30
anders.wangby@viavasterbotten.se

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Anders is the head of VIA and has previously worked as a Business Coordinator at Skellefteå municipality and as an Investment Promotor for the province of Jämtland. He has 17 years experience as a Business Consultant in marketing, exports promotion and product development at Centek and Almi, and has worked within the EU SME programs Innovation Relay Centres and Euroinfo Centres.

Anders has also been Export Consultant at the Swedish Trade Council and Product Manager at Kraft General Foods. He holds a MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Other contacts:

Karolina Andersson - Västerbotten Investment Agency

Karolina Andersson

Marketing Coordinator
Phone +46 910 71 26 84
Mobile +46 72 7176842
karolina.andersson@viavasterbotten.se

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Karolina has experience from the finance and service sector as a result of her years as a private advisor at Handelsbanken. She carries with her extensive international experience and intercultural understanding stemming from her years studying and working in countries such as Austria, Spain and the US. Karolina holds a Master’s degree in Business and Management, combined with a Bachelor’s degree in Service Management from Umeå School of Business. Her major was in service marketing.

Nina Rismalm - Västerbotten Investment Agency

Nina Rismalm

Expo Coordinator
Mobile +46 70 256 82 84
nina.rismalm@viavasterbotten.se

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Nina joined us from Bosch Rexroth where she worked as Project manager for exhibitions and events, Internal Communicator and Executive Assistant. Nina has also worked in Düsseldorf at C&A, one of Europe´s biggest fashion companies, at the departments International Marketing, Communications and Marketing Research.

She holds a Master degree in Business Administration and Economics with a major in Marketing From Luleå University of Technology. Nina has also studied at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna Business school and Berghs School of Communications.

International Representatives:

Kerstin Nicholson - Västerbotten Investment Agency

Kerstin Nicholson

North American Representative
Phone +1 312 664 50 86
Mobile +1 312 969 50 86
kerstin.nicholson@viavasterbotten.se

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Kerstin is responsible for VIA in North America. She has lived and worked there for more than 30 years, mostly as Business Promotor for the Swedish Trade Council in the US, where the health care sector was her specialty. The last few years she has been engaged in investment promotion, first for the province of Jämtland and then for Skellefteå municipality.

Kerstin´s educational background is also from the Stockholm School of Economics. Except for the Life Sciences, she also works for VIA in Mining,  Renewable Energy and Wood.

Jan Sundstén - Västerbotten Investment Agency

Jan Sundstén

Norwegian Representative
Phone +47 233 533 30
Mobile +47 924 924 89
jan.sundsten@viavasterbotten.se

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Jan has, as Business Consultant, 19 years experience of marketing and exports promotion assistance to foreign private companies and to public organisations. His FDI experience is based on Investment Promotion assignments during the last 15 years for, e.g. several provinces in Sweden and International Business Wales in UK.

Jan has a former background from working with industrial and regional development at the management consulting company Indevo AS, at the Nordic Council of Ministers and at the Vaasa County Administration. He holds a Master of Science (Economy) degree from bo Akademi University. Jan is our representative on the Norwegian market.