Aksel Bratvedt was born in Norway on June 25, 1957.
He received his education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology under the
Physics Department, Msc (Siv.Ing) with a thesis on simulation of costs/time
factors in the building of the Statfjord platforms for Statoil. Aksel Bratvedt
also pursued and MBA in Finance from 1982-1984 at the University of California
in Los Angeles.
Aksel Bratvedt began his career as a Manager working on major ship and rig financing projects at the Shipping Department of the Bergen Bank in Oslo from 1984-1985. He served as Executive Trainee at the Hambros Bank, Scandinavian Department in London where he initiated transactions that sells the bank's services to its large base of Norwegian clients from 1985-1986.
Aksel Bratvedt began his career as a Manager working on major ship and rig financing projects at the Shipping Department of the Bergen Bank in Oslo from 1984-1985. He served as Executive Trainee at the Hambros Bank, Scandinavian Department in London where he initiated transactions that sells the bank's services to its large base of Norwegian clients from 1985-1986.
In 1987, Aksel Bratvedt became a founding partner in one of Norway's first investment banks, the Elcon Partners and Securities. He focused on corporate finance with transactions in real estate, hotels, ship financing and micro cap companies. Mr. Bratvedt entered the management and consultancy firm Nordic Management in 1990 based in Stolkhom where he carried out CEO strategy projects for Swedish and Finnish multinationals.
From 1990-1991, He joined Nordic Management, Stockholm where he handled high level strategy consultancy in Stockholm and Helsinki. Aksel Bratvedt devised strategy projects for CEOs in large Swedish and Finnish multinationals.
Aksel Bratvedt transferred to Siar-Bossard
Consultant, Stockholm from 1991-1994 as a Senior Project leader in the
French/Swedish management consulting firm which later became Gemini. He led a
number of strategy and organization projects for CEOs in a number of large
multinational companies including work in the Baltics and Russia.
Aksel
Bratvedt spearheaded a strategy/organizational project for the CEO of what
became one of Sweden’s two bad banks that were set up to restructure the
banking sector in connection with the country’s major economic crisis. Included
visits and interviews with CEOs of major bad banks in the US.
In 1996-1997 Aksel
Bratvedt founded the Niche Management Consulting in Stockholm. The firm
designed for a major Eastern European Investment fund an investment evaluation
and follow-up process including related systems. He became an in-house consultant in Ericsson’s mobile systems business from 1998-1999, working on strategies for the use of 3G systems. He was made project manager of a comprehensive project through-out the Ericsson organization worldwide on changing customer needs and requirements of the sales organization in Ericsson which included both a study of the industry and integration of fixed/mobile systems but also how the Ericsson organization could integrate its sales force and service function.
After his exposure to the telecommunication industry, Aksel Bratvedt worked as consultant to various organizations on the use of mobile technology from 1999-200.
The years 2001-2003 became fruitful years for Aksel, nominated as Executive chairman where he established a company within the marketing support services area with a technology platform for digital asset management as well as production services for marketing departments in Depicta, Stockholm and London.
For six years, from 2003-2006, Aksel Bratvedt established the Delling Group Plc in London. through a hive up of a number of companies in Scandinavia in the marketing support services area . The company was listed on AIM, the junior market at London Stock Exchange, in October 2004. He served as CEO from 2004-2005. Thereafter as Executive Chairman, he oversaw the development of the company through organic growth and acquisitions from a £2m to a £30m business in 3 years through 8 acquisitions in Scandinavia. He build up an investor base of institutional investors and high net worth individuals in London, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Due to refinancing needs and the financial crisis the company was liquidated in the beginning 2009. Parts of the assets were bought by Know How Marketing Support Services.
In 2009, Aksel Bratvedt serves as non-executive chairman of Know How Marketing Support Services, London (a continuation of Delling Group with business in London, Scandinavia and Hong Kong). The company's main focus is digital media. Also, while managing BlackLine Advisory Services, LondonOwn management consulting firm advising companies on strategy, business development and financing.
In 2010, he is Executive chairman of Image and Reputation Management Ltd, London, an online reputation management. At the same time connected with Mobile banking Systems Ltd, London, involved in sales and development of a market leading mobile banking system.
