Ben Hedenberg

Current

Managing Director at Big Ben Venture Partner Inc.

Past

Senior Executive Vice President at Woize International Ltd.
Executive Director of Marketing at Bready International B.V.
Managing Director at The Big Ben Phonogram Company Ltd. [U.K.]

CEO and President at CD Plant AB

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Education

Lunds universitet
Lundsbergs Skola

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Ben Hedenberg’s Summary

Visionary and strategist with extensive experience in new business start-ups and on raising capital. Proven entrepreneurial skills in introducing leading edge technologies, including strategic planning, market analysis and fundraising. Successful in dealing with all level of business partners, in Europe and North America.

Ben Hedenberg’s Specialties:

• Building technology business
• General Business Planning & Strategic Planning
• Project Planning: including Financial Projections
• Drafting Agreements
• International & Scandinavian Business Law
• Intellectual Property Protection
• International Tax Planning
• Production Planning
• Marketing and Sales
• Management Consulting
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Ben Hedenberg’s Experience

Managing Director

Big Ben Venture Partner Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 1998 — Present (11 years 2 months)

Advising innovation businesses on raising capital, formation of corporations and entrepreneurship. Assisting European entrepreneurs to expand innovation projects to US.

Commissioned during 2006-2007 to Woize Int. Ltd. Responsible for strategic business planning with financial projections and for setting up new business units.

Supervised during 2003-2004 the implementation and marketing of a distance retail operation for the Avon Cosmetic brand in Sweden.

Commissioned during 2002-2003 to Bready International AB. Responsible for strategic financial projections and for identifying US, Canadian & U.K. trade partners. Coordinated negotiations with leading small appliance manufacturers and food producers.

Commissioned during 1998-2001 to Novatrain AB an intermodal transportation innovation, as well as to restructure business entities making business within the oil and gas industry in Texas, USA. Developed business plans, strategies and carried out mergers, for “SOGI AB”.
Senior Executive Vice President

Woize International Ltd.

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; WOIZ; Telecommunications industry)

August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)

Effectively setting up and managing new business units. Engaging, training and motivating the new organization. Establishing goals and quality in order to reach strategic objectives. Brand development, telephony subscriber growth, and digital advertising revenue growth.
Executive Director of Marketing

Bready International B.V.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

January 1994 — June 1998 (4 years 6 months)

Responsible for strategic planning and fundraising for a new and unique system utilizing a hardware and software combined in an innovative system.
Managing Director

The Big Ben Phonogram Company Ltd. [U.K.]

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

August 1984 — December 1993 (9 years 5 months)

Founder of the art music record company Big Ben Phonogram. Successfully released records on the global market, including artists as Sir Yehudi Menuhin and Christoph Eschenbach. Responsible for compiling back catalogue music hits for PolyGram and Sony Music.

Comprehensive experience within international distribution of fast moving consumer products.
CEO and President

CD Plant AB

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

June 1984 — September 1987 (3 years 4 months)

Lead the process from planning to commercialization of the largest production unit for Compact Disc’s in Northern Europe; at the time a leading edge technology facilitating 150 m2 of clean room environment. Managed the installation and the operation having a staff exceeding 100 employees, working in three to five shifts.

Ben Hedenberg’s Education

Lunds universitet

LL.M. , Master of Laws , 1978 — 1985

Focus on Economics and Tax Law, Graduate Thesis in Patent Law with distinction
Lundsbergs Skola

Upper secondary , Senior High School , 1968 — 1974