Rigging The Management Team for International Scale
Scaling a start-up beyond its home market is a thrilling but daunting journey. While a strong product and cutting-edge technology are essential, the real differentiator often lies in the strength and composition of your management team. "Rigging The Management Team for International Scale" is designed for founders, board members, investors, CEOs, and CXOs who are navigating the complex transition from product-market fit to international expansion.
Hosted by Erevena, with speakers Mona Evelyn Vaupel Knudsen, Ellen Marie Nyhus, Miia Laukkarinen & Martin Falch this event will dive deep into the critical decisions leaders must make when assembling a management team capable of driving global growth. We'll explore the common pitfalls start-ups face when entering new markets with a lean or inexperienced leadership bench, and discuss how to identify the right mix of skills and experience needed at each stage of expansion.
Expect candid conversations around the timing and structure of leadership hires, the importance of cultural and market-specific expertise, and strategies for evolving your team as your company scales. Our speakers and panellists bring first-hand experience from high-growth companies that have successfully tackled these challenges, and some that have learned the hard way.
Whether you're preparing for your first international launch or looking to strengthen your existing management team, this event will offer practical insights, real-world case studies, and actionable frameworks. Join us for an engaging session that will help you build a management team ready to take on the world.
Location details will be announced soon. We look forward to welcoming you to a lively and insightful discussion with peers who are facing similar challenges on the road to international scale.
About:
Mona is driven by enabling businesses to grow at pace through high-performing teams and cultures. She combines extensive experience in strategy development, large-scale transformation, organisational development, and CEO advisory to create environments for growth. Guided by a human-first principle, she believes functional leadership teams driving healthy organisations are key to longevity and performance.
She brings over twenty years of management consulting experience from global firms and her own Copenhagen-based advisory, primarily supporting CEOs and executive teams on large-scale transformation agendas.
Ellen is a commercial HR professional and trainer, skilled in Organizational Strategy and Development, Mergers, Acquisitions and Integrations, Leadership and Team development, HR transformation, and Leadership Consulting. She also has extensive experience from boards in a diverse group of companies across Europe, with current external board assignments in UNICEF Norway and Oslo Business Forum.
Miia is a Partner at Erevena, focused on Board, CEO and senior leadership searches for investor-backed technology companies across Europe. She also supports European companies scaling into the US and US companies expanding into Europe, drawing on her unique experience across both markets.
Miia joined Erevena in September 2025 after more than a decade at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she was VP of Global Talent. In this role, she partnered with portfolio companies at every stage, from early Series A startups through to some of the world’s most successful unicorns, helping them build the leadership talent needed to scale globally. Companies she supported include Shippo, Hibob, Pipedrive, Dashlane, DeepL, Twilio, Procore, and Toast.
Martin Falch is a Thought Leader at building management teams for international scale and have for the past 27 years work with the fastest growing tech companies in the world. Martin’s expertise lies in understanding how to optimise leadership teams in each phase of growth from start-up to exit. Following a decade as CEO & Co-founder of 360Leaders, Martin is also an advisor to PEs, VCs and scale-ups that need a sparring partner when designing Boards and Management Teams.
Erevena:
At Erevena, we partner with some of the world’s fastest-growing businesses and the investment firms that support them. Our proven track record has earned the trust of investors, boards, and leadership teams who value our strategic advice, collaborative mindset, thorough diligence, global reach, and deep expertise in executive search. We are committed to championing diverse talent and fostering inclusive cultures, recognising the transformative impact they bring to organizations. Our “one firm” approach ensures that our clients' needs remain at the heart of everything we do. We operate from our headquarters in London, with thriving offices in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Dubai.