Mannaz in Copenhagen

Mannaz in Denmark is a frontrunner in developing capabilities needed to succeed in business. Adopting innovative and efficient learning methods, we enable people development and business success. Based on a Scandinavian approach and rooted in your business strategy we are focused on real achievement. With a large faculty of facilitators, coaches and learning architects from 34 countries around the world we deliver more than 1200 programmes for over 14,500 participants from +30 countries annually.

Mannaz was founded in 1975 and today our Copenhagen office has around 80 employees equally shared between open enrolment and capability development as well as consultancy. Today, Mannaz is Denmarks largest supplier of capability development, consultancy and open enrolment in the areas of leadership development, project management and personal development.

Twenty years ago the first international and fully tailored executive development programmes were delivered outside Denmark in Europe, the U.S. and Asia with great success. In the 1990s the Institute positioned itself uniquely in the international market by becoming the first to be ISO certified in the industry and the only one so far to be awarded The European Quality Award for business excellence in 1999.

Our client loyalty index in Denmark continues to increase and reached a national level of 89 in 2007. In their annual report Ennova, who undertook the survey, writes,”Mannaz/DIEU assert themselves by landing a spot among the absolute top companies compared to the industry and the companies in Dansk KundeIndeks (Danish ClientIndex).”

Clients

Our clients – both for open enrolment programmes and customised company programmes are large and medium sized Danish and European companies. Among our clients you find some of the largest Danish companies such as Danfoss, Lego, Novo and SAS as well as public sector organisations and large European companies.

The participants on our open enrolment courses and programmes are executives, senior managers, middle managers and functional specialists.

Our international team in Denmark:

Per Geisler Hansen is Programme Director & Senior Coach in Mannaz. Per Geisler Hansen holds a Master degree in Law. After a managerial career in the Financial sector working in both the domestic and the UK market, Per Geisler Hansen moved his professional focus to leadership development and organisational development in 1992.
Per Geisler Hansen has been with Mannaz since 2003 and is involved in Client Relations, Project Management of large client projects, coaching and facilitation. He is certified in 360 degree feedback, coaching and Meyers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Step I & II. Per is particularly interested in strategically focused organisational and leadership development as well as in high impact learning. Per Geisler Hansen is a member of the Board of Mannaz.
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Betty Haastrup is Team Leader. She joined Mannaz in November 1999 and is the Team Leader of the project managers and coordinators of Mannaz EMEA. She started her career in the Telco industry within the field of sales and marketing before she moved into the field of leadership and development training. For more than 10 years she has gained extensive experience in project managing global and complex leadership and management development programmes for clients such as European Investment Bank, Grundfos, Scandinavian Tobacco, Alfa Laval and Tetra Pak to mention a few. Together with her team she constantly strives to improve the business practices and processes required to improve the delivery of successful training and keep focus on quality.

She holds a BA in languages and is fluent in Danish and English, speaks German and is certified in Project Management. She is a Danish national and lives in Denmark with her husband and two children.
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Anne Marie Nielsen is Project Manager. She has been with Mannaz since 1993. The first five years she worked as project coordinator in open courses with responsibility for the open Danish Top Executive Programme, VL, but since 2000 she has worked extensively with the management of larger international projects for clients including the European Investment Bank, Fujitsu Services, Alcatel Lucent, Alfa Laval, Rockwool and Veolia Dalkia just to mention a few. The programmes are mainly within the field of leadership training and management development, but increasingly the portfolio is extended to include talent development and skills training. The project management work includes budgeting, development, planning and follow-up on initiatives – the client relationship always being the first priority.

Anne Marie has an MA in English language and literature and is fluent in Danish and English – speaks some French and German and understands Swedish and Norwegian.
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Helle Axelsen is Project Manager. Helle joined Mannaz in January 2008. In her role as project coordinator in Leaders EMEA she is involved in several international projects, mainly within the area of leadership training, management development and assessment. Besides building client relationship Helle also is responsible for budgeting, planning and follow up on proposals. Helle holds a Master of Commerce (Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations) and is certified in Project Management. She is a Danish national and studied in Australia.
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