OLOF HUGANDER

Consultant, Nordic Region 

Olof joined Brakeley as a consultant in 2008, having previously worked for several years as a management consultant in the fields of organisational development, strategy and competitive intelligence. Olof will primarily provide consultancy services to clients in the Nordic countries and will be based in Stockholm.

Prior to joining Brakeley, Olof was responsible for the strategic consulting offer at Wide narrow Intelligence – a competitive intelligence consulting firm in Stockholm. Before this, he worked as a management consultant at Solving Bohlin & Strömberg, also in Stockholm. As a consultant, Olof has worked with numerous clients ranging from large multinational companies to government agencies, organisations and political parties.

Olof holds a M.Sc. in Business and Economics and a University Diploma in Business Law from Lund University in Sweden where he also worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Economic Research and as an academic consultant at the Council for Local Government Research and Education. He also holds a Certificate in Change Leadership from Cornell University.

In addition to his background in consulting and academia, Olof has worked with an EU campaign at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and as an intern at the Swedish Government Offices.

He was brought up in Lund and Huskvarna, has lived and studied in the United States for two years and has spent a semester studying Spanish in Spain. 

Olof is very interested in international development issues - he serves as vice chairman for Swedish Refugee Aid and has received training in humanitarian action from the Swedish International Development Agency and the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University. 

Olof lives in Stockholm with his wife and daughter.