Who We Are
We are a consultancy with over 25 years of experience strengthening human performance. We help organisations build the leadership, behaviours, and culture that drive safe, efficient, and resilient operations on board and ashore. While our expertise lies in maritime, our approach also works in other complex, high-risk industries.
Everything we do is guided by one enduring belief: when people are given the right conditions, skills, and support, they perform at their best – and organisations are better equipped to succeed.
25+ Years of Strengthening Human Performance
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We help you create the conditions that enable high personal, team, and organisational performance. Our expertise lies in developing the behaviours, leadership, and culture that drive safety, efficiency, and resilience. While we focus on maritime, our approach also works in other high-risk industries.
Tailored Development that Builds Safety, Performance, and Resilience
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We design development based on what truly drives human performance, grounded in theory, practice, and expertise. Each solution is tailored to your specific challenges.
Turning Complex Challenges into Practical, Workable Solutions
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We break down complex challenges into practical steps for improvement. We start by identifying the real issues through analyses and surveys. Then, we co-design solutions that fit your organisation and help you integrate them into everyday work.
Partnerships Built on Trust and Lasting Results
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We learn your world: strategically, tactically, and operationally. We provide continuous support until we know the changes are working and embedded into your culture. This is how we have built long-term relationships and partnerships based on trust and sincere engagement.
Innovative Solutions, Measurable Impact
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We innovate to meet new demands for documentation, performance, and digital solutions. By scaling digital tools, we make our work more accessible and its impact more measurable. Even as we embrace the digital, we maintain close collaboration to ensure our solutions create tangible value.
Our People
Our teams bring together deep operational insight, academic expertise, and hands-on industry experience. What clients value most is not only what we know, but how we work: collaboratively, practically, and focused on long-term, embedded changes.
Partners
Erik Green
Partner and Managing Director
Copenhagen
- Tel: +45 29463595
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Erik is one of the founders of Green-Jakobsen and has been a partner in the company since 2001. Within the maritime segment, his expertise mostly relates to developing corporate and individual safety culture (competencies), team performance, marine HR, and leadership.
As a strategic business consultant with decades of experience, Erik specialises in helping companies develop at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. He is actively engaged in developing Green-Jakobsen’s own leadership training concept and safety maturity development concepts and methods to improve overall performance.
Bjarke Jakobsen
Partner and Senior Consultant
Copenhagen
- Tel: +45 60352343
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Bjarke is one of the founders of Green-Jakobsen and has been a partner in the company since 2001. He has a Certificate of Competency as a Master Mariner. Apart from his experience on board, he has worked shore-based as an Operator, Nautical Superintendent, and Crewing Manager. Bjarke is a facilitator/instructor, a trained mediator, and an NLP Master Practitioner. He is authorised by the Danish Maritime Authority as a Safety & Health Instructor and is a certified user of the Thomas PPA system.
Bjarke develops, manages, and organises training content, learning methods, and courses in relation to client projects. His core competencies cover leadership learning and development, marine HR and safety strategy development, marine HR learning and development processes, and competence management.
Thomas Schmidt
Partner and Senior Consultant
Copenhagen
- Tel: +45 29241404
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Thomas has been a partner and consultant at Green-Jakobsen since 2006. He has experience in various managerial and executive positions, where he has driven organisational development and performance improvements. For the past 15 years, Thomas has worked within the maritime and offshore industry, focusing on the development of key HR functions such as performance measurement and optimisation, competence management, leadership, and change management. Thomas’ strengths lie in the analysis, design, development, and management of strategic programmes for safety and employee performance optimisation.
Commercial
Lennart Ripke
Commercial Director and Senior Consultant
Hamburg
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Lennart is our Commercial Director, responsible for developing the relationships with our valued clients even further. He is located in Hamburg, Germany, where the port and the maritime industry are at his doorstep. He is a former mariner with several years of experience as a deck officer on chemical tankers.
Leaving the life of a seafarer behind, Lennart joined the maritime learning and development segment. With a passion for the maritime industry and learning and development, Lennart is a natural fit for Green-Jakobsen, which he joined in June 2022.
Milas Green
Commercial Manager and Regional Representative, UK
London
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Roan Camille Santos
Marketing Communications Specialist
Manila
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Camille holds a degree in Communication and brings over a decade of experience in writing, editing, and content strategy. Her strength lies in “humanising” content, making complex messages clear, relatable, and alive. Her credo is simple: “Write not just to inform, but to connect.”
At Green-Jakobsen, Camille supports the Commercial team by crafting marketing and brand materials that strengthen the company’s presence. Her work spans online/offline content creation and editing, campaign strategy, and multimedia coordination – ensuring every piece of communication informs, engages, and moves people to act. Formerly on our Learning and Development team, Camille also developed course and library materials and upheld high editorial standards across all deliverables.
Senior Consultants
Allan Raymund Olano
General Manager and Maritime Training Facilitator
Manila
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Allan is a licensed Master Mariner whose career includes a stint as a Training Superintendent for bulk carrier operations. He is a certified instructor for the Danish flag state. At Green-Jakobsen, he oversees the Manila office and brings his extensive experience to the development of safety and leadership courses.
He facilitates workshops, conferences, online training, and face-to-face training on various soft skills such as communication, team leadership, cultural awareness, conflict management, and mental health awareness. Allan is a certified practitioner of the Thomas PPA, Predictive Index, and SHL OPQ personality profiling systems.
Rodel Abuy
Assistant General Manager and
Operations Manager for Projects
Manila
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Rodel’s key competencies encompass learning design and development, assessment and evaluation, project management, process and data analysis, quality management, instruction, learning technologies, and system administration, which he skilfully applies to multiple tasks.
Elyn Albunian Cosio
Operations Manager for Safety and Performance Delta
Manila
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Elyn’s responsibilities extend to supporting clients in their Safety Delta journey, addressing client feedback and vessel concerns, supervising the Safety Delta Admin Team’s daily tasks, sharing crew experiences, and managing content and IT systems.
Stine Skelbo
Senior Consultant
Copenhagen
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Stine deals with projects related to the development of safety cultures, general HR & HSE development, organisational change, leadership concepts, and strategic communication in connection with the implementation of new safety or organisational initiatives. She is also involved in the development and implementation of safety culture assessments and development.
Maria Progoulaki
Regional Representative and Senior Consultant
Athens
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Maria has been working in the maritime industry as a lecturer, consultant, and researcher for 20 years. She holds a PhD in Cross-Cultural and Human Resource Management in Shipping and has participated in international and European research projects concerning the Maritime Labour Convention, maritime human resource management, maritime education and training, and cross-cultural competence development.
She has published academic work in international scientific journals and conference proceedings and has also edited books. For two decades, Maria has been lecturing on maritime human resource management, leadership, organisational behaviour, business strategy, organisational change management, and interpersonal skills, teaching maritime executives, seafarers, and postgraduate and undergraduate students.
Training Facilitators
Junal Gatungay Jr.
Maritime Training Facilitator and Lead Facilitator for DMA Courses
Manila
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Junal is an experienced maritime officer and instructor. He is also a certified instructor for the Danish flag state. At Green-Jakobsen, Junal uses his creative and engagement-focused facilitation skills to deliver courses to worldwide clients. He designs and facilitates safety, leadership, and soft skills training programmes for classroom, online, and on-board set-ups.
Junal is a certified practitioner of the Thomas PPA, Predictive Index, and SHL OPQ personality profiling systems. He has also authored maritime safety textbooks for schools in the Philippines.
Henrik Bisbo
Maritime Training Facilitator
Copenhagen
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Based in Denmark, Henrik is a Master Mariner with a background in shipping spanning over 40 years. He has almost 20 years’ experience at sea, followed by more than 20 years in shore-based positions in Asia, West Africa, and Europe, working with container operations, safety, training and education, and crew management at A.P. Moller – Maersk, Thome Ship Management, and The Swire Group.
Since joining Green-Jakobsen, Henrik has facilitated numerous courses, both classroom and online training, on a wide range of subjects for several clients, with a particular focus on leadership and mental health awareness. Henrik is a certified practitioner of the Thomas PPA and the Predictive Index personality profiling systems. He also has vast working experience with other systems, such as MBTI and FIRO-B.
Consultants
Maria Salvi Marcelo
Training Support and Systems Supervisor
Manila
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Salvi plays a pivotal role in assisting with both online and in-person courses and conferences. She also assigns and monitors the monthly schedules of the Training Support Team, contributing to the seamless operation of training initiatives.
Diane Maris Cruz
Supervising Learning Solutions Specialist
Manila
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Diane also collaborates with other departments and is actively involved in developing learning materials, proofreading content, and facilitating script-to-storyboard conversions for compelling visual content.
Wilyne Euraine Isabel Go
Learning Solutions Specialist
Manila
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Isabel also skilfully crafts and proofreads articles, social media posts, and email marketing campaigns. She also takes part in creating engaging essays, scripts, and storyboards to enhance the company’s online and offline presence.
Multimedia Staff
Camille Joy Pahati
Multimedia Artist
Manila
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Camille is a Multimedia Artist with over eight years of industry experience. She holds a degree in Multimedia Arts and is skilled in illustration, graphic design, animation, and video editing. She has extensive experience creating visual materials that support communication and learning initiatives.
At Green-Jakobsen, Camille is responsible for producing graphics and animations that enhance the company’s training materials and digital content. Her work ensures that complex concepts are presented in an engaging and visually coherent manner.
Her core competencies include visual storytelling, motion design, and multimedia production. Creative and detail-oriented, Camille combines artistic sensibility with technical expertise to deliver high-quality outputs that align with the company’s goals and standards.
Admin and Support Staff
Vicky Steen
Administration and Finance Manager
Copenhagen
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Vicky has a diploma as an Office Assistant, specialising in Business Administration, Economics, and quality development within the administrative function. Her core competencies cover accounting and finance, and she is responsible for our financial and management reporting. She is in charge of all financial transactions, along with all daily office matters in our Copenhagen office.
Vicky has more than a decade of experience in administration and finance, which she gained from various companies in international environments in Australia and Sweden before joining Green-Jakobsen in 2015.
Kimberly Alpapara
Senior Training Support and Systems Administrator
Manila
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Kimberly holds a degree in institutional management. At Green-Jakobsen, she serves as a SCORA administrator, handling client concerns, preparing and generating surveys, and providing updates to clients.
Kimberly collaborates with different departments to prepare materials for online and in-person training courses and conferences, both locally and internationally. Kim also provides reliable support during the delivery of courses and conferences and in assisting clients in navigating the learning management systems.
James Zambale
Senior Safety and Performance Delta Admin Support
Manila
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James’ career also includes experience in proofreading and client support. Passionate about learning, he has also attended training in technical writing.
Kristine Amita
Training Support and Systems Administrator
Manila
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Kristine’s responsibilities include administering the learning management system, providing back-end support for online and classroom training, converting course modules into learning platform content, and assisting in systems testing. Kristine also helps compile feedback on newly developed systems and applications and assists in HR tasks.
Justine Hail Rustia
Training Support and Systems Administrator
Manila
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Hail holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast arts. At Green-Jakobsen, she is involved in the administration of the learning management system, providing back-end support for online and classroom training, converting course modules into learning platform content, and conducting systems and app testing.
Her responsibilities also include compiling feedback on newly developed systems and applications and assisting in identifying and collecting inputs for sales and marketing materials. Her experience as an HR administrative officer has honed her organisational and administrative abilities, while her stint as a front desk officer has strengthened her client relations skills.
Jell De Leon
Training Support and Systems Administrator
Manila
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Jell has a background in information technology. At Green-Jakobsen, she is involved in the administration of the learning management system, providing back-end support for online and in-person courses and conferences, and converting modules into engaging platform content.
Process-oriented, Jell is also involved in testing and collecting feedback on newly developed systems and applications and contributes to their refinement and optimisation. She has gained extensive experience working as an HR assistant and training assistant. She has also taken training in effective communication.
Jorelle Mario Tengco
Safety and Performance Delta Admin Support
Manila
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Mario’s main responsibilities include handling back-end support for our in-house systems, particularly editing and filing tasks that help keep our operations organised and efficient. Before joining Green-Jakobsen, he worked in the marine industry with a focus on accounting.
Jay Mikko Inciong
Safety and Performance Delta Admin Support
Manila
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Jay Mikko is an Information Technology graduate. At Green-Jakobsen, he is part of the Safety Delta Team, ensuring that all client concerns and needs are properly addressed. He regularly updates records in the tracking systems and maintains the safekeeping of Safety Delta processes, communications, and other related documentation. His work experience includes IT support, training, and client service.
Ashley Yamson
Safety and Performance Delta Admin Support
Manila
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Ashley has experience in client, partner, and supplier communication; regional and local events; administrative support; social media content creation; records management; and other related tasks.
As part of the Safety and Performance Delta Team at Green-Jakobsen, Ashley supports daily operations, maintains records, assists clients, and provides general support for projects and processes.
Her core competencies include communication and coordination, administration and record-keeping, project support, content and report preparation, workflow and process management, and problem-solving and organisation.
Let’s create better conditions for human performance.
Whether you are looking to strengthen safety, leadership, or culture, we are ready to help you achieve practical and lasting change.