Meet the team

Our expertise is built on many years of experience in policy development, data analysis, and evaluation.

Anders Asboe Christensen
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MSc in Political Science
Anders is an experienced project manager with many years of expertise in leading large-scale analyses, strategy work, and evaluations within the field of business and innovation policy.

Anders advises and assists municipalities, interest organisations, and governmental bodies with in-depth analyses, strategy development, and evaluations of key initiatives. He has supported a significant number of Danish municipalities in developing new business strategies and analysing local development potentials and framework conditions for the business community.

Anders is part of the management team at IRIS Group, where he is responsible for finance and accounting.

Frederik Stewart Gaardboe
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MSc in Political Science
Frederik is an experienced project manager, analyst, and advisor with in-depth knowledge of business and innovation policy.

Frederik leads complex analyses of knowledge-based innovation, entrepreneurship, and business development for ministries, universities, industry organisations, and foundations. He is particularly focused on business clusters related to energy and environmental technology, the defence industry, life sciences, and new biosolutions.

Frederik is part of the management team at IRIS Group, where he is responsible for recruitment and employee development.

Helle Maiken Fischer
CHIEF CONSULTANT
MSc in Social Sciences
Helle works on analysis and evaluation tasks related to business and innovation promotion.

Helle has strong analytical skills and specialises in analysing business models and identifying potential and barriers for sustainable growth and development in various business segments and among entrepreneurial groups.

Helle primarily works with qualitative methods and is a specialist in analysing and extracting key insights from large and diverse qualitative datasets.

Jens Bjerg
PARTNER & DIRECTOR
MSc in Economics
Jens is an experienced project manager, a methodologically strong analyst, and a skilled communicator.

For many years, Jens has provided top-level consultancy to decision-makers in ministries, agencies, knowledge institutions, municipalities, and private foundations. Jens is an experienced speaker and facilitator of engaging workshops and strategic processes.

Jens is a specialist in designing and leading complex analyses in areas such as sustainable growth and business development, trend and technology analyses, educational analyses, and in-depth evaluations of innovation, education, and business policy instruments. Jens has extensive knowledge of the roles and instruments across all parts of Denmark’s business and innovation support system.

Jens is responsible for the overall management at IRIS Group.

Jens Nyholm
PARTNER
MSc in Economics
Jens is an experienced project manager, a sharp analyst, and a confident communicator and speaker.

Jens has many years of experience providing top-level consultancy to key players in the business and innovation policy field. He has in-depth knowledge of the actors and framework setters in Denmark’s innovation and business support system and deep insight into the tasks carried out by knowledge institutions, ministries, municipalities, business development centres, foundations, and cluster organisations within the overall ecosystem.

Jens is a specialist in designing value-creating analyses and evaluations on topics such as innovation, knowledge collaboration, cluster development, and entrepreneurship.

Klaus Rovsing Kristiansen
CHIEF CONSULTANT
MSc in Public Administration
Klaus is a strong analyst, an experienced adviser, and a skilled concept and project developer with solid management experience.

Klaus has many years of experience from key positions on the advisory, practitioner, and policy sides of the Danish business promotion and innovation system. Among other roles, he has worked as an adviser at the Danish Technological Institute, with international investment promotion at Copenhagen Capacity, and as Head of Analysis at the Danish Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs. In addition, Klaus has worked with idea and project development at MindLab, which he helped establish within the Ministry.

Klaus’ core competencies lie at the intersection of analysis, strategy, business promotion, concept development, and communication.

Mikkel Dollerup Merved
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
MSc in Communication
Mikkel works with design and dissemination across IRIS Group’s projects and publications.

He holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Communication and has a background in politics and public administration. Mikkel has solid experience in making complex data and messages easy to understand and presenting them in engaging formats.

He works with both qualitative and quantitative methods and ensures that communication consistently supports IRIS Group’s professional content and strategic direction.

Sebastian Frederiksen
CONSULTANT
MSc in Social Sciences
Sebastian works with analysis and evaluations related to business development and innovation support.

Sebastian has previously worked at the Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment and the City of Copenhagen, where he gained experience in analysing different groups both within and outside the labour market, including international workers and senior employees.

Sebastian specialises in quantitative survey and register-based analyses, which he combines with qualitative data sources. He has particular experience in translating complex data into clear insights that can support the development and evaluation of initiatives.

Sigurd Gylstorff
CHIEF CONSULTANT
MSc in Political Science
Sigurd works on analyses and evaluations within the field of research and innovation policy. Sigurd has in-depth knowledge of research policy and universities in Denmark and several other European countries. He has extensive experience in conducting analyses of research strengths and the framework conditions that are crucial for ensuring high research quality.

Sigurd has specialised in quantitative regression analysis, including advanced bibliometric analysis, which he combines with insights from qualitative data sources.

Simon Kronkvist Hoe
CONSULTANT
MSc in Political Science
Simon is a consultant at IRIS Group, where he works with analysis and evaluations in the fields of business and innovation policy.

He combines strong analytical skills with expertise in quantitative data and has experience conducting analytical work across consulting, academia, and the NGO sector.

Simon has worked with data science and advanced analytical methods to provide insights to a range of private and public sector organisations. He specialises in translating data into meaningful insights and combining different sources of knowledge to create a comprehensive and value-adding perspective.

Karen Tranholm Mortensen
JUNIOR CONSULTANT
BSc/MSc student in Social Data Science
Karen is an intern at IRIS Group, where she works on evaluating and developing approaches and tools across various projects.

Karen has previous experience from the Danish National Police, where she worked on police operational development projects with a particular focus on IT development. In this role, she worked with analysis and project support, as well as the application of various methodological and analytical approaches. This has strengthened her ability to work in a structured way with complex issues.

Karen is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.

Laurits Harbom Marcussen
JUNIOR CONSULTANT
BSc/MSc student in Political Science
Laurits is an intern at IRIS Group, working on projects involving evaluation designs, approaches, and tools.

He has previously worked with consumption analyses, evaluations, and tenders at the Danish Agency for Governmental Administration. In addition, he has experience working with machine learning and language models at the Danish Working Environment Authority.

Laurits is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.

Marco Chierchia
INTERN
MSc in Social Data Science
Marco is an intern at IRIS Group, where he works on evaluating and developing designs, tools, and solutions across various projects.

He has previously worked on developing AI-integrated tools for both qualitative and quantitative data analysis at Punto EXE, where he gained experience in applying different methodological and analytical approaches to real-time data.

Marco is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen.

Nigel Magnus Fogelquist
INTERN
BSc/MSc student in Public Administration
Nigel is an intern at IRIS Group, where he works with the evaluation and impact assessment of long-term projects.

Nigel has previous experience with quantitative analysis in the logistics sector, where he has worked with communication, marketing, and innovation. His experience includes analysis and evaluation as well as the use of register data, which has strengthened his ability to take a structured approach to complex issues.

Nigel is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Politics and Public Administration at Roskilde University.

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