Global Advisory Board

Björn Larsson is an economist, journalist, and diplomat who today serves as the CEO of the Stockholm-based ForeSight Group (founded 1979) advising organizations on how to stay relevant in the times we are in. Björn is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, founding member of the Global Impact Investment Network, chair of the Global Advisory to the PVBLIC Foundation, a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and the Aspen Institute as well as an International Ambassador for The World's Children's Prize. Björn co-authored The Rise of the Meaningful Economy and Changing the World We Create and The Climate Action Play book – from CO2 Targets to Climate Leadership.

Alessandra oversees Top Tier Impact, the global private network of impact investors and impact entrepreneurs. Across their locations in the US, the UK, Europe, and Asia, Top Tier Impact members manage some of the leading impact funds and run some of the most impactful companies.

Daniela works as CEO communication Leader at Ingka Group IKEA and has previous experience working as Managing Director at Grayling. She has a Master's degree in Media and is skilled in Strategic communications, Corporate Communications, and Public relations.

Kaj Török is Chief Sustainability Officer at MAX Burgers since 2016. In 2008 MAX created the world's first climate-labeled menu and started capturing emissions through reforestation in Africa. In 2019 MAX received UN Global Climate Action Award for the world’s first climate-positive menu. Swedes say that MAX has the tastiest burgers. MAX is also the company in Sweden that is most well-known for taking climate action. Kaj has worked with sustainability since the mid-90s and was awarded Sweden's best sustainability officer in 2020. Kaj is a popular international keynote speaker.

Experienced Excecutive Coach with a passion for achieving impact. Skilled in Leadership Development, Business Planning, Innovation Management, International Business, Business Transformation, and Corporate Development. Strong business development professional graduated from INSEAD and Chalmers University of Technology.

Olga Grönvall Lund is a Swedish entrepreneur who has worked with food-related projects her whole professional career. She has mainly been active in Stockholm and Berlin but has also hosted events, catered, and done productions in other parts of the world such as Hong Kong, London, Bologna, Copenhagen, and Paris to name a few. In 2019 Olga founded Reformaten – a people’s movement for a new food system where everyone’s winner – humans, animals, and nature. The slogan, “Det ska vara lätt att äta rätt”, explains the purpose well; “it must be easy to eat right”.

Climate & Capital Media was founded by Peter and senior financial executive. Before founding Climate & Capital Media, he was a Managing Director at BlackRock where he led global communication campaigns to build strong sustainable brands focused on ESG, impact, sustainability, and climate change. Mr. McKillop spent most of his early career as a correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek Magazine in New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong where he covered key economic, financial, social, political, issues.

Sacha is CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss climate neutral, green IT manufacturer Prime Computer. As a trusted Advisory Board Member he provides Start-Ups with knowledge, understanding, and strategic thinking of the industry or management of specific cases. Envisioning to motivate people to think and act in a more sustainable way towards our home, Earth, Sacha contributes in his role as Board Member of the European Technology Chamber & the Climate Action Commission, his valuable know-how to foster awareness and support the use of European technology to reach the sustainability goals (SDGs) of the UN around the world and reduce emissions that contribute to Climate Change.

Scott Amyx is the Managing Partner at Astor Perkins, a deep tech and sustainability VC fund. He has invested in D-Orbit (NASDAQ: DOBT), Bloom Diagnostics, Metawave, Lunar Station Corporation, Omnitron Sensors and many more. Scott was voted top 10 international innovation keynote speaker. He is a Forbes innovation columnist, Singularity University Smart City Accelerator. Scott is the co-author of Internet of Things and Data Analytics Handbook, an academic publication by John Wiley and Sons and The Advances in Information Security, Privacy, & Ethics (AISPE) Book Series: Managing Security Issues and the Hidden Dangers of Wearable Technologies, an academic publication by IGI Global.

Tove Ahlström has been the CEO of Global Challenge since August 2018. She has a degree in civil engineering from Linköping University and has experience in working within small and large companies and public administration. Among other things, she was the head of sustainability at Apotea, and in 2017, Tove became a finalist in Sweden's best sustainability manager. In 2021, she was named the 6th most powerful in the sustainability field in Sweden. Tove is also a member of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project and is an ambassador for the EU Commission's European Climate Pact.