About Leadership Advisor Group

Nina founded Leadership Advisor Group in 2015 after having spent ten years in consulting, hereof the last four as Managing Partner for Heidrick & Struggles.

Nina has worked as a team leader, consultant and trusted advisor, assisting international clients in accelerating the execution of strategy by ensuring the right leadership- and non-executive team.

Prior to this, Nina worked in marketing and HR for global multinationals, taking on national, Scandinavian, European and global responsibilities.

Nina has an MSc in Economics and several qualifications for ability tests, personality profiles, motivation questionnaires, team roles, and assessment tools. Nina's professional life has revolved around people's behavior in a commercial context (behavioral economics). Nina is Danish and Norwegian and works globally out of London, Copenhagen, and Oslo offices.

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Having grown up internationally in forty-two countries, Eric is home in highly ambiguous, complex, and challenging environments. Eric has led consulting practices for three publicly traded firms in the Western US (Right Management), EMEA (Oliver Wyman), and Global level (Heidrick & Struggles).

Eric, in particular, assesses and coaches top executives and non-executives to build highly engaging and top-performing cultures and is our sounding board for improving board/team dynamics or individual non-executive performance.

Eric is American and has an M.S. in Organizational Complexity from the University of Hertfordshire (UK) and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (US).

Ivana is Nina’s closest sparring partner, working side by side with her on all board evaluation assignments and playing a central role in shaping both the process and the conclusions delivered to clients. She leads the execution of online questionnaires, desk research, and the support team, engages in one-to-one conversations with board members and executives, and ensures a deep, nuanced understanding of the underlying dynamics behind the data. With experience from more than 50 board evaluations, Ivana consistently brings wise reflections and well-founded challenges, combining rigorous factual findings with a sharp understanding of human behavior and group dynamics, and acting as a trusted sounding board who strengthens hypotheses, interpretations, and recommendations. She has lived in Slovakia and Denmark, worked at LEGO before joining Leadership Advisor Group in 2021, and holds an MSc in Business Administration and Leadership, bringing both operational excellence and thoughtful judgment to every assignment.

Uffe is a seasoned facilitator with a track record of collaborating with premier corporations, as well as international entities. Whether he's working with teams or offering individual executive coaching, Uffe is adept at attentive listening and posing pertinent questions to catalyze positive change. Uffe has an MSc in Economics and has enriched his credentials with various coaching certifications, reflecting his insatiable thirst for knowledge. He specializes in crafting tailor-made workshops on personal and team effectiveness, personal branding, fostering a feedback-rich culture, and promoting psychological safety. He has lived in Denmark and the US.

Alex supports our work with boards and CEOs by collecting, validating, and analyzing complex datasets drawn from annual reports, publicly available information, and the results of our proprietary online surveys; conducting benchmarking and in-depth reviews; and transforming findings into clear, decision-ready slide decks and written materials for leadership advisory assignments.

He brings an international perspective from living and working in Brazil, Germany, and Denmark, with prior experience in corporate banking at Deutsche Bank and in business intelligence at Razac Trading in São Paulo. Alex is currently finalizing his master’s studies in Finance and Strategic Management at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and has a strong interest in data-driven insights and strategic decision-making, approaching complex analytical tasks with structure, precision, and steady curiosity.

Michalis strengthens our team as an AI and Full-Stack Engineer, leading the research and development of a groundbreaking, fully AI-enabled software platform that redefines how board evaluations are conducted by creating an entirely new, automated reporting architecture. His work
focuses on designing, training, and integrating advanced AI and large language models to solve complex, non-routine problems, develop novel methodologies, and significantly accelerate insight generation, enabling higher-quality results delivered substantially faster than existing solutions.

Originally from Greece, Michalis completed his BSc and worked for several years as a Software Engineer, including a period working remotely from Spain. Today, he is pursuing a master’s degree in
human-centred Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), which neatly bridges his dual interest in technical AI development and the broader organizational impact of new technologies.

Zofia serves as our go to “libero,” supporting a broad range of assignments across leadership advisory, communications, marketing, digital platforms, and operations, delivering them quickly and to a consistently high standard. She supports our external communications, plays a central role in scaling The Board Community, maintains our websites, and contributes to copywriting, consistently applying a thoughtful behavioural economics perspective and a strong sense for user experience. Originally from Poland, she moved to Denmark after high school to begin her studies at CBS, where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Sociology and now continues on her master’s degree in International Business and Politics. Her sociology background gives her a natural ability to question assumptions, suggest smarter approaches, and improve how people engage with our content and platforms.

Ecenaz is our Automation, AI, and Full-Stack Engineer, leading the development of backend systems and intelligent automation capabilities for our AI-enabled board evaluation platform.

Her work focuses on designing and developing backend systems by integrating automation, AI, and large language models to create intelligent data pipelines that transform complex information into structured analytical insights. By combining robust software engineering with the latest advances in AI, she helps create novel capabilities that significantly accelerate insight generation and enable higher-quality results delivered substantially faster than traditional approaches.

Prior to joining the firm, Ecenaz worked for over two years as a full-stack software developer, gaining hands-on experience in building digital applications. Originally from Türkiye, she is now pursuing her master’s degree in computer science and engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Rupak is our AI Engineer, leading the research, development, and implementation of the NLP and machine-learning systems powering our AI-enabled board evaluation platform.

His work centers on designing and integrating natural language processing and large language model pipelines that tackle complex, non-routine problems, transforming unstructured real-world information into structured, reliable insights. By advancing the platform's AI reasoning capabilities, he helps deliver faster, more accurate, and higher-quality results while enabling novel approaches to board evaluation and reporting.

A native of India, Rupak completed his bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence and has worked across a range of applied AI projects spanning NLP, ML, and computer vision. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in human-centered artificial intelligence at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), which neatly bridges his hands-on AI experience with a broader interest in how these systems are genuinely used by the people and organizations that depend on them.