CV
Ann-Mari Albertsen Rens
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sept. 2009 –
Tromsø University Business School (www.uit.no)
Tromsø, Norway
Present
University Lecturer and academic responsible for courses focusing on commercialisation,
business development and entrepreneurship.
March 2006 Present
SIMpill Ltd. (www.simpill.com)
Co-owner and Director, responsible for:
 developing and implementing focused commercial strategies
 developing the distribution channels and customer base
Sept. 2000 June 2006
Discovery Networks Europe (www.discoveryeurope.com)
London, UK
Director of Distribution, team responsible for 85% of the revenue for the Discovery group
 responsible for identifying, developing and implementing commercial strategies.
April 2000
August 2000
Flextech TV – Interactive Department (www.flextech.co.uk)
London, UK
Project Manager: Business Development Project for development of a new online product
January 2000
March 2000
NTL (cable TV company) (www.ntl.com)
Hook, UK
Project Manager: Business Development Project for developing new pricing strategies
January 1998
January 2000
BBC Worldwide (www.bbcworldwide.com)
Senior Strategic Analyst and Strategic Advisor for the Board
 Focus on business development and strategic planning
London, UK
Jan 1995 Sept 1997
Roos & Partners (www.intcap.com )
Senior Business Advisor, Head of the office, Project leader
London, UK
EDUCATION
Fall 2009
London, UK
Norwegian School of Management (BI)
Oslo/Tromsø, Norway
Management Competence at Board Level (Styrekompetanse-kurset)
1992 - 1994
Norwegian School of Management (BI)
Master of Science: International Strategy and Marketing.
Masters dissertation on: “Strategic Decision-Making Processes”
Oslo, Norway
Fall 1993
Case Western Reserve University
Negotiation Techniques and Conflict Management
1987 - 1990
Norwegian School of Management (BI)
Bachelor of Science, Dissertation on “International Marketing Strategies”
1984 - 1986
University of Tromsø
Law studies, 1st Year, Ex. Phil.
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Oslo, Norway
Tromsø, Norway
LANGUAGES
Norwegian: mother tongue, English: fluent, German: good working knowledge
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
 Co-published two academic books on strategic processes, published several book chapter, articles and
case studies on commercial strategic planning
 Listed in the Norwegian edition of The Guinness Book of Records as the existing Norwegian champion in
the university sport “Brief-case Throwing”
 Judge in the 1991 International Miss World competition
PERSONAL DETAILS
Born in Tromsø, Norway in 1964. Married with two children.