Per Dahlen

Per Dahlen

Cleantech Entrepreneur and Investor

Singapore

Current
Past
Education
  • IESE Business School - University of Navarra
  • Högskolan i Halmstad
Connections
279 connections
Industry
Financial Services
Websites

Per Dahlen’s Summary

For more information please see our web page at www.portelet.com or call +65-8223.5356 and ask for Per Dahlen.

Per Dahlen’s Specialties:

Cleantech
Fund-raising
Partnership creation
Deal-making


Per Dahlen’s Experience

  • Partner

    Portelet Asia Pte. Ltd.

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    May 2009Present (3 months)

    In charge of the Portelet Cleantech Initiative, including market research, deal flow generation, and hands-on support to portfolio companies.

    Combines over 20 years of experience in project management, technology transfer and business development across a multitude of industries and geographical regions with an in-depth knowledge of the Cleantech businesses. As an entrepreneur Per has successfully started four companies in Europe and Asia and was previous employed in different managerial positions for several global MNCs.

    Currently the Vice Chairman of SEAS, Globalization Committee and a sought-after speaker to different Cleantech events and conferences. He lived and worked in Sweden, Spain and Holland and now resides in Singapore.

  • Managing Director

    AUM Business Creations Pte. Ltd.

    (Fund-Raising industry)

    May 2007Present (2 years 3 months)

    Cleantech Technology Transfer and Consulting company based in Singapore.

  • CEO

    Phoenix Imaging Technologies S.L.

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

    April 2003July 2006 (3 years 4 months)

    Developed, planed and executed new strategy from software developer to service company providing Photo Books, Magazines and Calendars with the clients personal photos. Established a foothold in the value chain as a provider of new products for the digital consumer photo market using in-house technology.

    Developed new business based upon virtual relationships between suppliers (HP Indigo) and distributors with a fully integrated supply chain and order management system allowing one person to process in excess of 200 daily orders. Searched and found new owners and CEO to purchase and to run the business as of May 2006.

  • COO

    ViaCarla Networks S.A

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2000March 2003 (3 years 3 months)

    Founder and Chief Operating Officer of new start-up venture. Elaborated business plan that resulted in first round financing of €2,5M from NetJuice and 3i for phase one of a Multimedia Portal (www.viacarla.com) launched into 6 countries.

    Responsible for all development based upon BraodVision and Oracle infrastructure, managing development team of 12 programmers. Secured second round of financing of €6,0M, from NetJuice, 3i and MyCube, to focus business into the future digital photography segment as a B2B ASP provider. Biggest customers being AGFA and Sony required major integration with SAP and Extranet solutions.

    Sold the company in 2003 to start Phoenix Imaging Technologies.

  • New Business Manager

    Philips Components Singapore Pte. Ltd

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

    October 1997September 1999 (2 years)

    Responsible for development of the New Business strategy for our Business Unit with 225 MUS$ turnover. Responsibilities included development of five-year growth strategy for PC/Consumer convergence. Initiated and coordinated R+D budget of 15 MUS$ for applications like Audio-recording, MP3-recording, DVD/DSS-set top boxes and optical disc based Java-applications.

    Negotiated cooperation agreements with worldwide partners and customers including Acer (Benq), Kodak, Pioneer, Motorola and RealNetworks. Ensured realization of New Business strategy via the initiation and deployment of organizational transformation from product focused to customer focused business organization.

    Leader of the Business Unit’s change-project, responsible for the development and implementation of all New-Business processes.

  • Organization Support Manager

    Philips Electronics N.V. Laser Optics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    June 1996September 1997 (1 year 4 months)

    Developed and introduced business control systems for the $550M optical-storage business-unit within Philips. Organized company wide change project, involving all disciplines on three continents globally. Coordinated decision making process regarding $35M research and development budget.

  • Project Manager

    SAAB Automobile AB

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

    June 1991August 1994 (3 years 3 months)

    Managed over 250 persons in eighteen development projects. Coordinated project activities between all departments within SAAB, as well as with world wide suppliers including first ever resident engineering project at SAAB which resulted in annual savings of over 20 MUS$. Developed new work methods for the Harness Development Group, reducing time to market from twenty-four to sixteen months. Awarded Best Performed Project Management in 1994 by VP of Technical Development Center.


Per Dahlen’s Education

  • IESE Business School - University of Navarra

    MBA , 19941996

    Graduated top 10% and received the award for the Best European Business Plan in 1996.

  • Högskolan i Halmstad

    U88 , Innovation Engineering , 19881991

    Awarded best Innovation Project Presentation upon graduation in 1991.


Additional Information

Per Dahlen’s Websites:

Per Dahlen’s Interests:

my son - Karl, sailing, business, innovation, creation, history, cars, boats, Internet, gadgets, networking

Per Dahlen’s Groups:

Ambassador of Lidkoping (www.lidkoping.se)

  •    Cleantech Venture Capital
  •    Algae
  •    Algae to Growdiesel
  •    Gen-Algues
  •    BioDiesel from Algae
  •    European Entrepreneur Association of Singapore
  •    Top in Waste-to-Energy
  •    Bioenergy, by Biofuels Digest
  •    Cleantech Scandinavia
  •    AsiaInvest's Partners
  •    Singapore Cleantech Happy Hour
  •    Nordic Private Equity Network

Per Dahlen’s Honors:

Best Final Year Project - Utvecklingsingejorerna, 1988
European Business Plan of the Year - Innovation Award, INSEAD, 1996


Per Dahlen’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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