Thomas Wikberg joined Kingbird Executive Search, Oslo, in April 2023 as an advisor and partner, and holds a Diploma Wirt.Ing. (Industrial Engineering) from KIT-university in Karlsruhe, Germany. In his close to 30 years of international and Nordic work experiences, Thomas has been engaged in industries covering;

• Management Consulting: Gemini Consulting (media, telecom, process industry),

• IT Consulting: Cap Gemini,

• Media within news, magazine, digital marketing: Orkla Media/Mecom/Berlingske,

• Mobile Marketing: Telenor/MORE Mobile Relations,

• IT Software: Opera Software (internet browser),

• Energy (Smart Grid Technology), Maritime Shipping, Real Estate: Inviso, Kongsberg Digital, Heimdall Power,

In his previous roles, Thomas has covered managerial positions as CEO, BU Director and SVP, leading scale-ups, large business unites, and agile teams for international B2B sales growth, strategic partnerships, M&As, and Post merger integrations.

The last 10 years Thomas has been extensively involved in recruiting, building, and operating SaaS-service companies within the Energy, Maritime, and Real Estate industry. Major objectives have been to build high performance teams to sell and serve integrate services covering IoT-quality data services, cloud services, and real-time front-end solutions run by software algorithms/applications.

Thomas holds a certificate in Leadership and Communication from Dale Carnegie and supports Dale Carnegie classes as a co-facilitator.