Partners

 

Berndt Karsten (b. 1943 )

Chairman of the Board of Sirius Consulting Oy

 

Education
M.Sc. Eng. from Helsinki University of Technology 1968
 

Consulting expertise and industry insight

Strong international experience and competence base from consulting roles in

- Corporate and Business Strategy Development and General Business Development

- Corporate restructuring and organization

- Mergers and Acquisitions, Post merger integration

- Management and Human Resource Development

Industry insight includes Pulp and Paper, Steel, Chemicals, Textiles, Utilities, Mechanical engineering, Industrial Equipment and Supply, Industrial Services
 

Berndt Karsten’s experience also includes assisting entrepreneurs in the company start-up processes and cooperation with national and international Private Equity investors (strategic due diligence, management assessment and exit planning processes).

Berndt Karsten has acted as coach and personal advisor to board members and senior executives and has held various executive line management and board membership positions himself.
 

Professional experience
2010- Open Ocean Capital, partner 
1999- Sirius Consulting Oy (Helsinki), Partner and Chairman of the Board

1996-1998 AT Kearney SA, NV (Brussels) VP, Practice Leader, Pulp and Paper Industry

1994-1995 AT Kearney Oy (Helsinki), Country manager and MD

1991-1993 Indevo Proudfoot Oy (Espoo), Country Manager and MD

1987-1991 Indevo Oy Ab (Espoo), Partner and MD

1981-1987 Oy Management Services Scandinavia Ab (Espoo), President and Partner

1977-1981 SIAR Planning Oy (Helsinki), Senior Business Consultant

1973-1977 Bank of Finland (Helsinki), Technical adviser, Member of the Professional Evaluation Group at SITRA, Finnish national Fund for Research and Development

1968-1973 Sandman & Co Oy Ab (Helsinki), Sales Engineer and Marketing manager
 

Language skills
Mother tongue Swedish. Fluent in written and spoken Finnish and English, good knowledge of German.
 
Engagement company Board memberships

BaseN (Member of the Board)

Management Systems (Chairman of the Board)
Open Ocean Capital Oy (Member of the Board)