Established as a public institution in 1936, NHH (the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration) is Norway’s leading business school. It is the first choice for Norwegian students and for the Norwegian business community. Over 2,500 students study across a range of Bachelor, Master and PhD. programmes in economics, management, accounting and business analysis. The school also has the longest established Executive MBA programme in Norway, with specialisations including strategic leadership, brand management, public management and financial control and management. NHH has a faculty of high standing in the international research community. As a member of CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) and PIM (Partnership in International Management) the school is part of a global network of institutions that represent the highest degree of excellence in the fields of business administration and management, and demonstrate leadership in their geographic region. EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation reinforces a strongly held belief that excellence in research is a prerequisite for excellence in teaching.

Interdisciplinary designer Dawn Danby, recently named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business, has spent the past decade working on sustainable design. Her projects have ranged from a tree-covered, wind-powered pedestrian bridge on the US-Canada border to closed-loop manufacturing strategies, furniture and food distribution. She currently manages Autodesk’s Sustainable Design Program, integrating ecological and human impact considerations into the digital tools used by 9 million designers, architects, and engineers worldwide. Dawn co-authored WorldChanging: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century, won a Royal Society of Arts (UK) fellowship, and was a Metropolis NEXT Generation runner-up. She holds an industrial design degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.