Erik Lund

Current

President and Founder at Luxury Explorer
Member of management board at Scandinavian Polish Chamber of Commerce
President & Founder at Poldani Building Solutions

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Past

CEO at Saragosta Group
Member of the Board at Easy Cargo System
Sales Director, SMB Business Integration Software EMEA at IBM Software Group EMEA

Organizing committee member - Boardmember network at Connect Denmark
Interim Country Manager, WebSphere Software Denmark at IBM Software Group
Worldwide Sales Executive, IBM Software Group at IBM Corp
Sales Manager, New media companies and venture capital relations at IBM
Seed capital procurement at First Tuesday
Co-founder & mng. director at Global Expat.com
Nordic Market Director at Plus Data
Sales/Marketing Director, Ivory Coast & Burkina Faso at APM/Maersk
Dept. line manager at APM/Maersk
Asst. logistics mng/3PL at APM/Maersk
Customer Service/Marketing Manager, Indonesia at APM/Maersk

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Education

HEC School of Management
Scandinavian Intl Management Institute
APM Shipping Academy

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Recommended

14 people have recommended Erik

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Real Estate

Erik Lund’s Summary

Active entrepreneur pursuing growth in selective key business areas.

Real estate development and construction
- Developing residential building projects in the high end/high value market segment in Warsaw and regional capitals of Poland. Financing through different partnering models.

- Founder and leader of a successful construction firm acting both in Poland and across Scandinavia using highly skilled Polish resources and achieving a 100%+ growth rate.

Creating the new next thing in travel experience for the demanding clients in East and Central Europe!

- Actively seeking new investment and business opportunities in new market segments like green tech, IT, consulting, trading. Seek synergies through leadership models and market penetration.

Bringing my background in play from IT, Software, Consulting, Shipping, Logistics, Entrepreneur, Startup experience, Corporate management/executive experience both for national and international blue-chip firms. International profile. Multicultural experience from working and living in Asia, USA, Africa, East and West Europe.

Erik Lund’s Specialties:

- Leadership of consulting and IT services
- Cross- industry knowledge
- Logistics/Operations
- Go-to-market/Internationalisation
- Banking/Finance.
- Business Integration
- Security Services, Information Management and Client Infrastructure Management (BDD)
- Real estate Development, financial model, high yield investment
- International construction

Erik Lund’s Experience

President and Founder

Luxury Explorer

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

Building the new travel concept for demanding customers in Central and East Europe. Much more to come.....!
Member of management board

Scandinavian Polish Chamber of Commerce

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

The Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce (SPCC) represents the interests of the Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish business community in Poland.

The SPCC is an independent organization with 337 corporate and 22 individual members. Those include companies operating in the main sectors of the Scandinavian economy, i.e. power generation market, constructionpaper industry, logistics, services, telecommunications, furniture, oil industry, food processing and the biggest Nordic banks.

SPCC is 3rd Bilateral Chamber of Commerce in Poland taking into account number of member companies and 5th in the total number of investments made by Scandinavian companies on the Polish market.
President & Founder

Poldani Building Solutions

(Real Estate industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Real Estate Development and Construction leader.

- Real estate development in Poland. High Yield residential building projects realised individually or with passive/active financial partners through different partnership models.
- Key focus on high end/high value add development in Warsaw and regional growth capitals

Construction activities across Scandinavia, Poland and North Europe for business and private clients with 100%+ growth annually.
CEO

Saragosta Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 9 months)

Consulting and IT Services to the Polish market
Member of the Board

Easy Cargo System

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2001 — January 2006 (4 years 5 months)
Sales Director, SMB Business Integration Software EMEA

IBM Software Group EMEA

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 3 months)

As per 1st February I have accepted to lead the EMEA organisation of some 30 dedicated sales specialists deployed across EMEA and a double digit usd target to be driven through direct sales and extensive channel activities, reporting to the Vice President for WebSphere EMEA.
Organizing committee member - Boardmember network

Connect Denmark

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 8 months)
Interim Country Manager, WebSphere Software Denmark

IBM Software Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2003 — January 2004 (3 months)

Participated in driving a reorganisation of the Danish organisation to prepare it for 2004 while ending 2003.
Worldwide Sales Executive, IBM Software Group

IBM Corp

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Sales Manager, New media companies and venture capital relations

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2001 — January 2002 (11 months)
Seed capital procurement

First Tuesday

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Co-founder & mng. director

Global Expat.com

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

December 1999 — September 2000 (10 months)
Nordic Market Director

Plus Data

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 5 months)
Sales/Marketing Director, Ivory Coast & Burkina Faso

APM/Maersk

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Maritime industry)

July 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 2 months)
Dept. line manager

APM/Maersk

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Maritime industry)

June 1993 — June 1996 (3 years 1 month)
Asst. logistics mng/3PL

APM/Maersk

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

October 1991 — May 1993 (1 year 8 months)
Customer Service/Marketing Manager, Indonesia

APM/Maersk

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Maritime industry)

October 1988 — September 1991 (3 years )

Additional Information

Erik Lund’s Interests:

Scuba Diving, Running (marathon), Squash, Tennis, Photography

Erik Lund’s Groups:

Careersearch, DABGO CEE, Scandinavian Polish Chamber of Commerce, Connect Network, Danish Business Forum

CareerSearchMgrs
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Global Worker
DABGO CEE-landene
Business Network: Poland and Central Europe
First Tuesday
Professionals | Infrastructure & Real Estate
Startup Specialists
Africa - All Things Business
Maritime Group
THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)
Maersk People
English Speaking Expatriate Business Owners In Poland
DABGO pro bono
SALESGEN
Executives Only - VP & Above
Alumni HEC Paris Executive Education
Former Maersk employees
International JOBS
SPCC online group : Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce
Danish Business Forum
Swedish Business Club
Finnish Trade Guild
Norwegian Business Forum
Poland business
Luxury Explorer Travel Network
Expat Web
CRE-CEE Networking Forum
Visual Strategy Fair
BizPoland Magazine - Top Management - Networking Forum