Technical Professionals for Europe – Inflow of young, clever, and highly motivated technicians – Hear how it has been possible – Seminar

Jens-Christian Moller MBA, Co-founder and president of Eryk Group
Top Manager at IBM, then KK Wind Solutions, and since 2004, at Eryk Group. In 1988, he was nominated as Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2018, he received the Danish Royal Medal of Honor and the Danish Export Council’s diploma. In 2021, he was granted honorary citizenship of Poland by the President of Poland, and in 2023, he was again nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year.

Jens Holst-Nielsen, International Director in Danish Industry Association
Diploma in Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School MSc University of Copenhagen. Member of the Steering Council, Centre for Military Studies (CMS). Member of the Board, Danish American Business Forum (DABF). Chairman of the Board, Export Promotion Denmark (EPD).

Paweł Bartoszewski, Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic Initiatives
Currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic Initiatives in the Marshal’s Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodship since 2019. Previously, he held key roles including Advisor to the Mayor of Goleniow for the Goleniow Industrial Park and Vice-President of the Management Board of the Szczecin Industrial Park Sp. z o.o.

Andrzej Przewoda, Director of the Voivodship Labour
Office in Szczecin
Since 2007, Director of the Voivodship Labour Office in Szczecin, involved in labour market, social inclusion, education, and EU programs funded by the European Social Fund. Member of the monitoring committees for the Human Capital Program, the Knowledge Education Development Program, and the regional operational program of the West Pomeranian Voivodship

Jette Bjerrum MBA, Consul General of Denmark in Lagos,
Nigeria
Representing Danish interests and Public Affairs – supporting also the work in line with the foreign policy missions of the Danish Embassy in Abuja. Trade Council and advisory to Danish companies doing business in Nigeria, facilitating and fostering rewarding partnerships between Danish and Nigerian public private stakeholders. Before Bjerrum joined the Danish diplomatic corps, she worked globally within the pharmaceutical business – and before the assignment in Nigeria she was Consul General of Denmark in India.

Mojisola Sodeinde, Head of West African Region – ICMPD
Dr. Mojisola Sodeinde possesses over three decades of distinguished experience in the field of international development. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, reflecting her deep commitment to advancing research and practice in education and human development. She currently leads the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in West Africa, where she is spearheading the establishment of a dynamic regional presence and providing strategic oversight for donor-funded projects in collaboration with ECOWAS, its Member States, and Mauritania. 

Lucja Kalkstein, Eryk Group VP
Lucja Kalkstein holds a master’s degree in economics from Warsaw School of Economics; she was born in Szczecin, Poland, where she has worked for and with Danish companies since 2003. In 2004 co-founded Eryk Group, where she has been responsible for finance, administration CSR and HSEQ on a strategic level. She has many years of experience within administration, legal framework, controlling and labour market in Poland and cross-border as well as HSEQ.

Chukwudi Johnpaul Okolo, Eryk Group Recruitment
Consultant
Chukwudi Johnpaul Okolo is a Consultant with Eryk Group on African Apprenticeship Recruitment and Liaison with Nigerian Stakeholders on Technical Education. He graduated with a master’s degree from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the Uni Erfurt in Germany and has over 10 years experience in Grassroot Social Engagement and Development. He is passionate about Integral Human Development which gives him opportunity to practice his Design Thinking skills.

Prof. Idris Bugaje – Executive Secretary, Nigerian National
Board for Technical Education (NBTE)
Prof. Idris Bugaje is a renewable energy researcher and chemical engineer with over 40 years teaching experience both within Nigeria and abroad. He oversees over 300 Tertiary Institutions as executive secretary of the National Board for Technical Education where he drives transformation in technical education through right policies and teaching practices for skills empowerment. He has maintained a healthy cooperation between Eryk and the NBTE, while also leading the sub-Saharan Africa Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASASSNET).

Overall moderator of the seminar
Hamza Jatto, Business Development Manager of Eryk Group
In 2019 was part of Eryk’s first apprentice from Africa, working on various projects across Europe. A trained Electrical Engineer and a Business Development Manager with experience in Project Management, Program Management and Customer Relationship Management. Since 2022, he has been the Business Development Manager at Eryk Group, managing the International, Apprenticeship Program and contributing to the African Vision strategy. Previously, from 2020 to 2022, he worked as the Customer Relations Coordinator at Eryk Group.