About me

I'm a design leader and strategist who builds creative teams and businesses in Europe, Asia and North America, while navigating technological disruptions, economic volatility, and cultural shifts.

I use those global experiences in combination with strategic foresight to help agencies and product companies strengthen their organisations, evolve their offerings, grow their people and put them ahead of the competition.

Coaching and mentoring is close to my heart and often an integral part of the work I do.

I'm Swedish and currently living in Stockholm. Formerly in London and San Francisco, working in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Now

Advisor and partner via Orvet Stockholm.

Academician at Academy of Urbanism.

Speaker, lecturer, moderator: Spectrum Tokyo Festival スペクトラムトーキョーフェスティバル, Los Angeles Design Festival, AoU, 城區活動」, Business of Design Week, Gather Festival, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Aalto University, …

Co-host The All-Design Podcast.

Founder of made-to-order clothing brand and record label Fish Boy.

Presenting at L.A. Design Festival 2025 on our Nearshore Floating Islands project in Singapore.

Recently

Partner and Global Strategic Design Director at Manyone 2022-2024.

Partner and Singapore lead at Manyone Asia 2019-2022.

Ideation workshop. We built Manyone from humble beginnings to 300+ team members in 14 offices across 10 countries. Photo by Manyone
Our core belief attracted the world’s top brands and organisations, including the United Nations. Image by Manyone.

Before

Global Cities Lead at M by Volvo Car Mobility.

You brought new perspectives, knowledge and how-to that is now in our DNA. […] you set our direction and inspired me to look further.

— Bodil Eriksson, CEO, Volvo Car Mobility

Global Head of Design for the Futurice agency (Berlin, Helsinki, London, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Tampere).

International Head of Creative at Comprend (Stockholm, London, Lisbon, Milan).

Global Head of Creative at Nansen (Stockholm, Chicago, London, New York, Washington D.C.).

UX & Design Director at cloud collaboration leader Huddle in San Francisco.

Delivering the keynote at Metta Hong Kong during Business of Design Week. Photo by Vicky Lo

Co-author 'State of Mind at Work' and 'Noded - The untouchable business', listed together with Apple and Nintendo Wii by IDG as ideas and companies that “got it right and are leading the way to the future“.

Founder and editor of fine art/photography magazine Paper Light together with Frida Vega Salomonsson and Andreas Carlsson.

Co-host Dauer & Orvet – Practical Design Leadership

Inaugural judging panel member Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) with founding partners NASA, The World Bank, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!.

Alumni of Yahoo!, Stanford University CSP and JMK Stockholm University.

❯ There are many ways we can work together depending on your needs and wants