Keld Jensen

Keld Jensen has more than 30 years experience in international management, negotiation, and communication from his post as managing director of a listed Scandinavian company. As Former Chairman of the Centre for Negotiation at the Copenhagen Business School, one of the top business schools in the world, he teaches Business Administration, Management, and International Negotiation. He also teaches at other prominent Executive MBA schools worldwide as a guest lecturer in negotiation, trust, behavioral economics and impression management. A prolific author, Keld has written and published 24 books in 36 countries. His internationally-acclaimed book "Negotiating Partnership" has been translated into four languages and published in more than 28 countries. He also writes feature articles for the national and international news media and appears in broadcast as a highly-regarded commentator on international business issues. Jensen is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and has worked with numerous global businesses in a training and consulting capacity.

Jensen is the founder and CEO of CENTER FOR NEGOTIATION, a consulting and training organization that has worked with private industry and governmental bodies in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. Among his clients is; Lego, B&O, Mercedes, ThermoFisher, Canadian, British and Danish Governments, NOVO Nordisk, LEGO, Johnson & Johnson, Vestas, Maersk, Rolls Royce, UNICEF, several governments and NGO´s. His company has subsidiaries in Scandinavia, USA and the U.K. Professor Jensen is considered one of the “Leading Business Minds” by the Financial Times, alongside individuals from Wharton, INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford, and other prestigious programs. In May 2017 his Latest book Honest Negotiation was released in the US and quickly won the #1 New Release on Amazon award. In 2020 he released two books to help and support during the pandemic. Specialties: negotiation competence mapping, lectures, training, advisory

Keld is an associate professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU in the US, at, Aalborg University in Denmark and at BMI Institute in Belgium and Lithuania and teaches at various International Executive eMBA programs. He is frequently used as a commentator in the electronic and print media. He has more than 200 TV appearances in recent years.

Companies

• Negotiation expert in residence World Commerce & Contracting (2020)
• Associate Professor BMI Institute (2020)
• Keynote speaker BigSpeak Speakers Bureau (2015)
• Representative Danes Worldwide (2015)
• Member Board of Directors Danish American Chamber of Commerce in Southern California (2014)
• Lecture MBA program Aalborg University (2013)
• Author, negotiation advisor & professionel speaker SMARTnership Negotiation (2012)
• Adjunct Professor Thunderbird School of Global Management (2012)
• Foredragsholder StrongMind Foredrag (2010)

Education

• Aalborg Universitet
• eMBA lecture BMI
• Handelshøjskolen i København