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Katrine
Vikingstad
“Opportunities are like sunrises.
If you wait too long, you miss them…”
– William Arthur Ward
I am an innovative, future minded, entrepreneur who dares to step out of my comfort zone to follow my dreams. I am ambitious and like to be in continuous development. My vision is to help others to do the same. From experience, I see that if you dare to think big and follow your dreams and visions, a world of new opportunities opens up.
VIKING Consulting
Founded November 2014
Languages
Norwegian | Native
English | Oral: Fluent, Written: Fluent
Spanish | Oral: Fluent, Written: Fluent
Previous employment:
European New Site Opening Manager
Responsible for the expansion strategy, real estate search, negotiations and signage of rental agreements for all new sites in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Check Republic and Poland at City Self-Storage.
Business Development Manager
In charge of developing and establishing Karmsund Servicebase as a new operator among the bases at the West Coast of Norway. The vision was to get established as an attractive service base for companies within the petro/marine sector.
General Manager
Responsible for strategy, budgeting, growth, organization, HR, marketing and sales at City Self-Storage chain in Spain.
Marketing Manager
Responsible for the launching of the self-storage concept in Barcelona, the overall marketing, branding and campaigns for City Self-Storage in the Spanish market.
Supervisor
In charges as supervisor for the Managing Director for Best Western Prima and Best Western Park hotel in Varna, Bulgaria.
Operations Manager
Managing operations, HR, meeting/events and sales/marketing by cooperating with each of the department managers, their teams, the sales department and the owners at Radisson Blu Hotel, Haugesund, Park Inn Haugesund Airport and First Hotel Hendersons City.
Position of trust
Previously: Founder and President of the Spanish Self-Storage association. Board member of the European Self-Storage association. Board member at Hotelldrift Vest AS, the Henderson Group. Board member at Vikingstad AS. Currently: Chairman of the board at TG Invest AS.
Education
Bachelor in International Marketing and Export Management BI/Norwegian Business School in Oslo, included 1,5 years exchange studies at Comillas Pontificial University ICADE, Madrid and ESADE Business School in Barcelona.