Eva Svenstedt Ward

Eva trained as an Executive Coach at INSEAD Business School in the Coaching and Consulting for Change programme attaining a Master of Science with honours from HEC France in 2002. In parallel with her work in the media sector she has worked as a coach and group facilitator at INSEAD for companies such as Merck, the National Health Service, Scottish Enterprise and for the Stockholm School of Economics in their Advanced Management Program. Since 2005 Eva manages a global coaching and consulting business with her husband based out of Stockholm Sweden.

After graduating as a theatre producer from the National Theatre School of Canada, Eva has worked in theatre, film and television, primarily in Europe. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Stockholm University and studied screenwriting at the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam. Eva spent nearly 15 years as producer and development executive for Sweden's national broadcaster, SVT, ending her time there as Head of Development for television dramas and features in 2004. Some of the projects Eva has been involved in since then include Creative Producer for 52 part children's series inspired by Sesame Street, script and story consultant for The Millennium Trilogy based on the best-selling novels by Stieg Larsson including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and acting as Executive Script Editor on the 6 feature film adaptations of the works by Liza Marklund.

Eva has run workshops and master classes on screenwriting, script consulting and the role of the creative producer for organisations such as Berghs School of Communication Stockholm, Danish Film School, Off Camera Industry Days Cracow, Short Film Forum Moscow.  At present she works as a consultant and tutor for Torino Film Lab, which runs workshops in film and media development globally.

This work with writers and filmmakers, both individually and in groups, focuses on understanding how their own story motivates them and informs their work, both creatively and as professionals. How is it possible to combine their personality, their drive to tell a story and their creative inspiration - with generosity, reflection and compromise, communicating and working towards realising a common goal.

Eva lives in the Stockholm archipelago with her husband and their four children.