Carina Terkelsen

Carina Terkelsen has a long and varied work experience. Carina began their career in 2002 as a Student Helper at Risø, where they worked on X-ray detection with CCD camera and determination of a procedure for non destructive quality control by x-ray, as well as determination of procedure for quality control of raw materials (particle size). Carina then worked as a Student Helper at Topsoe Fuel Cell in 2004, before becoming a Master Student at the Danish Technological Institute in 2005. In 2008, they joined Danish Power Systems as Vice President of Production, where they successfully completed a 60 x upscaling project within one year, implemented Kanban in production, and facilitated close collaboration between R&D and production and other stakeholders. Carina also successfully specified, purchased and built up specialized manufacturing equipment for complex operations and managed people (hiring, lay-offs, employee appraisal interviews). Carina then moved up to Head of Production, before joining Blue World Technologies in 2021 as Head of Production and Quality Control.

Carina Terkelsen has an extensive educational background. Carina attended Gladsaxe Gymnasium from 1997 to 2000, where they studied the Matematisk linie. In 2000, they attended University of Bremen for a month to study German for foreigners. From 2000 to 2005, they attended Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen to obtain a Bc. Scient. in Kemi/Fysik. Carina then continued their studies at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen from 2005 to 2008 to obtain a Cand. Scient. in Kemi. In 2012, they attended Harvard Business School for the Leading the Virtual Company - Pasteur Program 2012. In 2014, they returned to Harvard Business School to attend Leading the Virtual Company - Alumni Day (Finance). In 2015, they attended Harvard Business School once again for Leading the Virtual Company - Alumni Day (Advanced Topics in Finance).