Patrik Anckar
is an experienced international business executive, a full-scale strategist, a professor, a serial entrepreneur, a business advisor, and an ocean activist.
He is currently consulting firms on various strategic and leadership issues, offering interim management, doing turn-around projects, coaching entrepreneurs, researchers and executives, orchestrating restructuring and mergers, and nurturing his own companies.
His area of expertise is within strategic leadership, business development, restructuring and international marketing. His business experience varies from listed MNCs to SMEs, from industrial settings to service providers, from growth generation to downsizing, from entrepreneurships to board memberships, from acquisitions to exits, and from brand marketing to CEO positions.
His mission is to contribute to “Sustainable Storylines & Sustainable Leadership”. What he has learnt the hard way over the years is that stories and leadership cannot work well without each other. A good film needs a great storyline, and great acting. Poor acting lets a good storyline down, and great acting will not make up for a poor storyline.
Present Activities
Brand designer
Patrik offers his brand building and globalization know-how through his family company Smartbutlers, which is specialized in brand and digital design as a service.
Ocean activist
A viable Archipelago Sea is close to Patrik's heart. For this, he is the co-founder of A'Pelago Experience, a company with a mission to go from deep science in shallow waters to scalable business for global seas.
Professor
Patrik works as a Professor at the University of Turku. His area is Strategy & International Business. In his work, he builds bridges between academia and the business community, helping researchers and entrepreneurs to create new science-based innovations for international commercialization. Read more here (in Finnish).
Board member
At present, Patrik acts as the Chairman of the Board at Arska Group (Arska-Tehtaat Oy, Mepu Oy and Arskametalli Oy), a leading international provider of grain handling solutions, and Anpe Oy, the leading Finnish provider of insulation services. Patrik is also an advisor to PK-Puu (hardware chain and wood processing), BNI Finland (global referral organization) and Konevel (utility machines).
Share holder
In addition to Smartbutlers and A'Pelago Experience, Patrik is also involved in a few start-ups ranging from accounting and landscaping to boating services.
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