René Johansen

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: René H. V. Johansen
Title: Policy Adviser
Date and place of birth: 20th August 1974 in Hilleroed, Denmark
Nationality: Danish

Diploma and Certificates:

Graduate Diploma Business Administration in Innovation and Organizational Change 2006 (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)

Master of Science in Economics 2002 (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Bachelor of Arts in Economics 1998 (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Language skills:

Danish: Mother tongue
English: very good
Swedish: good
German: intermediate
Norwegian: intermediate
French: basic knowledge

Former professional experiences:

2004 – 2007
Consultant at the Danish Nurses Organization (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Worked in the section for communication and analysis, with responsibilities for analysis, documentation and policy development. Among the areas of responsibility were employment, social and health policy.
Took part in project oriented work regarding management and employee challenges in making the public sector more effective, internal restructuring as a consequence of external restructuring of the Danish public sector and initiatives regarding ethnic nurses.

2003 – 2004
Head of Section at the Danish Immigration Agency (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Responsibilities included the handling of Finance Act posts for the Danish Red Cross Asylum Department and Danish Emergency
Management Agency Funen regarding accommodation and health services for asylum seekers. The primary tasks were economic feasibility studies, budgeting, the working out of Finance Act proposals, preparing meetings and negotiations with internal and external stakeholders.

1999 – 2000
Junior Economist at the Danish Metalworkers Union (Copenhagen, Denmark)
A staff function in the presidents secretariat with the task of supplying the president, the general council, other secretariats and local divisions with economical, statistical and political expertise. Among the tasks were analysis of economic trends, sector analysis, employment analysis, salary and employment statistics, drafting memos, briefs and different ad hoc tasks.

1998 – 1999
Assistant at the Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament (Bruxelles, Belgium)
The job primarily consisted of analysis and administrative case work in the committees of “Economic and Monetary Affairs”, “Industry, Research and Energy” and “Transport and Tourism” where I served as advisor for the Danish Member of the European Parliament Niels Sindal.
Among other tasks were negotiations and meetings with politicians and representatives from the industry, speech writing and lectures for visitor groups.