About Us

Our Mission

Why Choose Us
Green-Jakobsen specialists support you every step of the way. We partner with you to:
- Rebuild and transform lives by building a strong corporate culture
- Create a proactive way of working by cultivating a process-oriented mindset
- Drive change through effective change management that engages your people
Who We Are
Partners

Erik Green
Managing Director and Partner
Copenhagen
- Tel: +45 29463595
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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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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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Senior Consultants

Allan Raymund Olano
General Manager and Maritime Training Facilitator
Manila
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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.

Maria Progoulaki
Regional Representative and Senior Consultant
Athens
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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.

Elyn Albunian Cosio
Safety Delta Operations Manager
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.

Rodel Abuy
Assistant General Manager and
Learning and Development Consultant
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.
Training Facilitators

Junal Gatungay Jr.
Maritime Training Facilitator and Lead Facilitator for DMA Courses
Manila
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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.
Consultants

Diane Maris Cruz
Senior Learning and Development 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.

Leah Tiu
Data Analyst
Manila
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Leah had also served as a research consultant for the government, the private sector, a non-government organisation, and an international financial institution. She was also a faculty member for over ten years at a leading university in the Philippines.

Maria Salvi Marcelo
Training Support and Systems Admin 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.

Roan Camille Santos
Learning and Communications Specialist
Manila
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Camille’s work also includes editing a wide range of materials and writing marketing content. Her approach to communication centres on crafting messages that resonate.

Wilyne Euraine Isabel Go
Learning and Development Associate
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
Admin and Support Staff

Kimberly Alpapara
Senior Systems Administrator and Training Support
Manila
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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 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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Vicky Steen
Administration and Finance Manager
Copenhagen
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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.

Dannice Rose Alexandra Asuzano
Safety Delta Admin Support
Manila
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Justine Hail Rustia
Training Support and Systems Administrator
Manila
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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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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.

Jay Mikko Inciong
Safety Delta Admin Support
Manila