Sandeep Sander

Sandeep Sander
Born 18th August 1957
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish, Indian
Occupation CEO, chairman, sailor

Sandeep Sander (born 18 August 1957 in Copenhagen) is the CEO of SanderMan Pte. Ltd. Singapore. Sandeep is also Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Board for Vivaldi Partners Group [1] and advisor to Chairmen and CEO’s of global corporations. Sandeep is a speaker at Business Schools and conferences [2] about Human Asset Management.[3]

Early life

Sandeep Sander, born from an Indian father, Satinath Mukherji (a scientist who started his career at Novo, now Novo-Nordisk) and a Danish mother, Ida Wolff Sander, lived his childhood in Jyllinge, Denmark, except for two years in Malmoe, Sweden. In Jyllinge, he got into sailing when he was 10 years old.

After high school he started studying at Copenhagen Business School, studying part-time and working full-time at Butik Ole, started by Ole Hendriksen, who was also volunteer leader in Jyllinge Sailing Club. Sandeep graduated as B.Com. in Management Accounting in 1980 and B.com in Financial Management in 1981.

After working in some mid-sized organizations he started his first company in 1983 (age 25) and sold it in 1985. That year he started his MBA one-year program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.[4]

Career

In 1983 Sandeep started Sander Inter Trade that soon after became SIT Water Systems. The company was sold in 1985 and soon after, in parallel with applying for the MBA program at INSEAD, he started Green Food with a business friend. After living in France for two years and finishing the INSEAD MBA, he was hired in Skandinavisk Holding and worked on acquisitions and strategy development until 1988.

In 1989 Green Food was sold and Sander & Company started working with another consulting company and servicing international corporations like Egmont. Sander & Company later on became SanderMan.

In partnership with a global IT-firm [5] SanderMan gained clients like Credit Suisse and Canon. In 1999 the HQ was moved to Cobham, near London. In 2002 SanderMan was sold and in 2003 Sandeep moved back to Denmark.

Sandeep is also contributor to the Danish version of ‘Global Strategy’. George Yip, Systime in 1994 as well as contributor book ‘Brand Leadership: Building Assets in an Information Economy’.[6]

In February 2015 he was invited to join “Innovation for Jobs” Summit (i4J) at Google’s HQ to discuss “What is the Future of meaningful work”. His contribution is included in the film.[7][8]

Sandeep Sander has also been Chairman for a number of corporations including Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers hotel and Copenhagen Towers business centre, a real estate company. Crowne Plaza became the first CO2 neutral hotel building in Northern Europe, ready just before COP15, a Global Climate Conference in Copenhagen. In 2013 Sandeep became CEO of SanderMan Pte. Ltd. Singapore. In September 2013 he was an expert speaker on Competence Development and Human Asset Management at the National Conference on Skill Development, Gujarat, India.[9]

Personal life

Sandeep Sander was married to Gitte on 4 June 1988. They have three children; Jacob (born 1992), David (born 1994) and Sarah (born 1996).

Sailing has always been an important part of life for Sandeep, first as sailor at international level, then as father to three young sailors and volunteer. Sandeep has been board member of Royal Danish Yacht Club, responsible for the commercial activities and Chairman for Optimist Sailing Team Denmark, the Danish organization for the worlds largest boat class. He is now Chairman of Sailing Denmark, a charitable organization raising funds to youth sailing. .[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sandeep Sander joins Vivaldi Partners Group...". Steamfeed. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sandeep Sander Profile". Connect 6. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Networking, Mobility and Competences can get you the best jobs!" (PDF). e-campus.dk. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sejlsport og succes". Borsen.dk. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Software-gigant håndplukker dansk partner". Borsen.dk. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Joachimsthaler, Dasvid A. Aaker, Erich (2011). Brand leadership. New York: Free Press. ISBN 1439172919.
  7. ↑ "You Won't Be Automated: Innovation for Jobs". Youtube. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "SanderMan Human Asset Management - Next Practice. A "Software as a Service" (SaaS) solution". Youtube. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sandeep Sander Profile". Linkedin. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ynglinge-sejlere: Grundløse anklager mod Jørgen Ring og Sailing Denmark". Minbaad.dk. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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