Our team
Our founding partners and management team
Co-founder and CEO
Jakob Aaen
Jakobs role in Målbar is to secure commercial excellence together with our customers as well as the spread of Målbar within our industry.
Jakob is the genius behind both the front face and the coding of our screening tool. He is educated in Corporate Economy and Management and has +15 years of experience in various commercial roles in the global furniture and design industry.
Co-founder and Head of Data
Anders Koefoed
Anders is in charge of Målbar’s collection and calculation of environmental data as well as the development of our screening tool.
He is educated as a mechanical engineer in product development coupled with studies in product design and environmental science. He has +30 years of experience within product development in various industries including +10 years in the furniture and design industry with product development and life cycle assessment.
Head of Engineering
On paternity leave until ultimo February 2025
Morten Gulbrant Sørensen
Morten is leading our engineering team in mapping paths towards a more environmentally conscious future. He is responsible for our supplier onboarding services facilitating results by quantifying customers’ supply chains with focus on lowering the climate impact from productions.
Morten is educated in Environmental Engineering and specialized in agriculture and all aspects of Life Cycle Assessment.
Head of Communications and PR
Sasisa Singarasah Bylov
Sasisa orchestrates our creative team’s efforts to elevate understanding and awareness about LCAs, materials, impact categories, legislation within green claims, etc. With her guidance, we aim not just to communicate but to inspire, educate, and drive meaningful change towards a greener and more responsible future.
Sasisa has a master’s degree in corporate communication from Copenhagen Business School and has worked within the furniture & design industry for more than 9 years in commercial roles.
Head of Business Development
Christian Hagelskær Højlund
Christian is our business developer. He is responsible, for the strategic development, implementation, and use of our total emissions solution which, based on Målbar model screenings, enables an overview of the climate emissions across the total value chain weighted with sales figures.
Christian holds a master degree in economics (cand.oecon) from Aarhus University. He has solid and varied experience in optimizing operations and plans through understanding of data, increasing earnings and cutting waste and errors.
Our Engineering team
Head of Data and Calculation Development
Anders Koefoed
As Head of Data and Analytics, Anders is in charge of creating new LCAs and developing calculation methods. He verifies our calculations and methods and advices our customers in how to use the screening tool, and which materials and processes to choose.
Anders thrives on learning about new materials and production methods and uses the knowledge to develop our tool in different specialized directions for specific customer groups.
Head of Engineering
On paternity leave until ultimo February 2025
Morten G. Sørensen
As Head of Engineering, Morten is in charge of directing, coaching and supporting the engineering team members. He is focused on keeping the team motivated and competent by strengthening and expanding upon important knowledge and by accomodating the team members’ curiosity and learning needs.
Furthermore, Morten develops and expands Målbar’s product portfolio and manages LCA work, modelling new materials and processes, streamlines client flows, and much more.
Engineering Project Manager
Pablo Villaizan Marin
Pablo is a vital part of our engineering team being responsible for the verification of our customers’ product screenings. He also provides direct consultancy with clients, and contribute to develop various other important projects.
Pablo holds an MSc degree in Engineering and specializes in Architectural Engineering with a focus on sustainability and Circular Economy.
LCA Consultant
Miriam Beyers
Miriam is part of the LCA team and eager to help clients improve their footprint. She specializes in all areas of life cycle assessment and also assist our creative team with technical knowledge for our external communicaiton.
Miriam holds a PhD degree from the University of Copenhagen and Ghent University. During her PhD, she conducted LCAs on agricultural production systems.
She is passionate about sustainability and time management.
LCA Consultant
Claudia Anselmi
Claudia contributes with her expertise working with our supplier onboarding process, where we replace secondary data with primary data and give recommendations on how to reduce CO2eq emissions. She also assists on verifying customer screenings and updating of our screening tool database.
Claudia holds a MSc. in Environmental Engineering and specializes in environmental management.
LCA Consultant
On leave until December 31st
Leonor Berger Cabral
Leonor works on verifications of product screenings, life cycle assessments, and PEF reports. With her work, she aims to help companies integrate sustainability as a necessary aspect of the design process.
Leonor holds a Master’s degree in Materials and Sustainability and a Bachelor in Product Design. With this background, she applies her scientific expertise to the development of sustainable industrial design.
Our Sales, Customer, and Business Development Team
CEO and Head of Sales
Jakob Aaen
Jakob is our public voice and image. He travels the country with speaks and presentations about the common climate challenges we face, and how Målbars climate screening tool provides the opportunity to solve some of the challenges companies face.
He is dedicated to run Målbar in colaboration with the team and to provide customers with the best service quality. He represents the transparency, honesty and propriety that Målbar stands for.
Head of Business Development
Christian Hagelskær Højlund
Christian is based in our office in Aarhus. He is responsible for our total emissions solution, creating emission reports for customers, enabling them to view hot spot analyses across their product portfolio.
He also works on the development of our web-based screening tool, CO2eq reporting aligned with the GhG, and functional collaborations within supply chain and product data.
Head of Community Impact
Iben Garland Sonne
Iben is responsible for advising Målbar’s client community on the use of the Målbar tool. She supports customers in understanding the purpose and functionality of the tool as well as advices on strategic implementation and improving the outcome of their efforts.
Iben has studied communication and design and has a masters degree in Management of Creative Business Processes from Copenhagen Business School. Driven by her passion for sustainability, she has studied and worked with various angles of the green transition since 2013.
Our Visual, Communications, and PR Team
Head of Communications and PR
Sasisa Singarasah Bylov
Sasisa leads our creative team on a daily basis coordinating all communications activities, and supporting the team members in their work.
Furthermore, Sasisa assists our customers in making sure that their external communication lives up to the legal requirements. She also helps them gain the knowledge they need to feel safe about communicating their insights and progress.
Content Creator and Coordinator
Lærke Vibe Retbøll Christensen
Lærke is responsible for coordinating and creating content for our website, LinkedIn profile, communications materials, and tool guides. She’s also good at proofreading and assisting on tool and data related assignments. She appreciates having divergent tasks and loves to help her colleagues. Her ambitions are to develop her knowledge, skills, and competences together with Målbar.
Lærke has a Masters degree in Corporate Communication from Aarhus University, BSS.
Graphic Designer
Natasha Mautone
As Målbar’s graphic designer, Natasha is responsible for creating, developing, and aligning our visual identity across all our planforms.
Her tasks spread wide. She does animations, explanatory illustrations, layout for communication materials, and has even redecorated our office with her beautiful graphics, posters, and lighting.
Our Software Development Team
Software developer
Mikkel Damm
Mikkel is the driving force behind the development of our web tool. As a skilled software developer, he is leading the transformation of our Excel-based tool into a seamless web application.
This challenging task requires not only coding expertise but also a deep understanding of the mechanisms behind complex data and calculations in our LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method. Translating this into a user-friendly web platform demands technical precision and adaptability.
Software developer
Per Hansen
Per joined Målbar when we saw the need for a person who could help our backend developers with the frontend development of our web tool. As a software developer at Målbar, Per focuses primarily on frontend technologies but also takes on backend tasks when needed.
Per brings with him years of experience in software development and a passion for creating impactful digital solutions.
Finance
Project Manager – Financial and Team Development
Jannie Aaen
Jannie has a background in the financial sector. She has been helping clients manage their finances and achieve their financial goals.
With her great experience in financial markets and products, she is helping our customer’s finance departments with all types of financial questions and issues.
Besides having a background in the financial sector, Jannie has completed courses in Life design; a holistic approach to personal and professional development focusing on creating a meaningful and fulfilling life.
At Målbar, Jannie uses the knowledge from these courses to bring the Målbar team closer to fulfilling their individual potential for personal and professional growth.