Meet the Water Technology Advisory Team

Stig has been working with different issues in the water industry since 2003 both on the utility side and as a supplier. One of his characteristics is that he has always been in the nexus where technical and commercial issues meet. His work often involved, among other things, introduction of new products and approaching new markets.

Stig Aagaard
Senior Advisor – Water Technology Advisory, Ground Water
Embassy of Denmark in Berlin
+49 30 5050 2107 // [email protected]

Stig Aagaard has for nearly 10 years been working in the cross-section between political and commercial advisory within the Energy and Environment sectors in Germany. Stig has extensive knowledge of the political and legal framework conditions at play as well as a broad professional network within the sectors. His experience spans from analytical tasks to stakeholder management and government public affairs activities. Stig is motivated by long-term strategic cooperation on the basis of early stage market opportunities.

Expertise
Energy & Environment
Project management, Market analysis, Stakeholder management, Government public affairs activities

Education
History of Ideas, Aarhus University Applied Cultural Analysis, University of Copenhagen
German Philology, Humboldt University, Berlin

Trine López Kosack
Commercial Advisor and Team Leader – Water Technology Advisory, Sewer
Consulate General of Denmark in Hamburg
+49 40 4140 0539 // [email protected]

Trine is a team leader for the water technology advisory at the Consulate General of Denmark in Hamburg. Her focus is supporting Danish companies within Waste Water, where she is working closely with German and Danish stakeholders matching their technologies and needs. Trine has a cand.ling.merc in German and intercultural market studies from CBS, where she specialized in Danish and German corporation with a commercial point of view.

Education
Cand.ling.merc in German and intercultural market studies, Copenhagen Business School

Laura Pauline Stefanie Kabus
Commercial Advisor – Water Technology Advisory
Consulate General of Denmark in Hamburg
+49 40 4140 0538 // [email protected]

Laura Kabus holds a master degree in Business, Language and Culture studies with a focus on market entry. Prior to joining the team in Hamburg, she has worked in the information industry providing customers in the private equity sector with access to industry knowledge driving better-informed investment and market entry decisions. This experience has given her a good insight into and great knowledge on how the trading culture in Germany is moving within various industries, which outlets may be, as well as a technical understanding of different products and solutions. In the Water Technology Advisory, Laura especially focuses on further development and maintenance of the network with relevant stakeholders to support Danish wastewater companies in the DACH region.

Expertise 
Market entry strategy, project management, communication, German language, Market research

Mathilde has been working with business development, project management, partnership creation and stakeholder relations with a focus on water and environment since 2016. Within The Trade Council of Denmark, Mathilde has been focusing on how to support Danish water companies (SMEs and Non-SMEs) in realizing their export potential as part of the WTA US from 2016-2019 and WTA EU from 2021. Mathilde is responsible for daily management of the WTA EU team across Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Portugal.   

Camilla Akselbo 
Commercial Advisor – Water Technology Advisory
Consulate General of Denmark in Hamburg
+49 151 160 56 886 // [email protected]

Camilla has been part of the Water Technology Advisory Team since August 2023, interning at TC Toronto as early as 2022 and finishing her Master's degree in International Relations (Cand.Negot, German). In Hamburg, she supports the WTA team in the field of groundwater.

Expertise

Market entry strategies, market research, communication, business development

Education

Msc.  Business, Language and Culture in German, Syddansk Universitet Odense (SDU)