This week, the Valtus Group and Valtus Alliance teams from across the world were delighted to meet in Sweden for our annual international seminar. Over 3 days, more than 90 participants from 24 different countries gathered in Stockholm, home to one of our key offices. These powerful moments of collaboration are essential to driving our global expansion.
Supporting Valtus’ international transformation journey
By implementing a multicultural leadership team at the start of 2024, Valtus clearly aimed to accelerate its global expansion and establish itself as a worldwide market leader. Since then, our internationalization efforts have been progressing steadily:
- March: Valtus sets foot in Germany
- April: Valtus Alliance welcomes a partner in India
- May: two partners in Australia and Japan join Valtus Alliance
- June: Valtus Alliance welcomes two new members, in the United States and in Central & Eastern Europe
- July: Valtus expands into Italy through a new acquisition
- September: Valtus Alliance joins forces with a partner in Canada
As teams grow and become increasingly global, bringing together colleagues in the capital of Scandinavia was a strategic decision.
Accelerating cross-border collaboration
To increase our ability to support clients worldwide, uniting teams from 5 different continents is crucial. The 2024 international seminar was a pivotal opportunity to build trust, enhance collaboration and deepen mutual understanding.
The seminar’s agenda featured:
- insights into local Executive Interim Management markets,
- engaging cross-border plenary and workshop sessions aimed at driving international growth,
- valuable moments dedicated to nurturing progress and working towards shared objectives.
Understanding global transformations in multicultural environments
To foster innovation through inspiration and shared experiences, Valtus welcomed two guest speakers with extensive international backgrounds. They delivered keynotes on topics such as achieving growth through trust and partnership, building a truly international company, driving large scale transformations and taking calculated risks.
About the guest speakers
Joan Ernst Nilson, Swedish explorer
Johan Ernst Nilsson is a world-renowned explorer with 70+ expeditions behind him in 196 countries. He is the first and only person in history who has accomplished the “Ultimate Adventure Grand Slam”: climbing the Seven Summits, coastal skiing between both the North Pole and the South Pole and traveling to every country on planet Earth. For the last 20 years, Johan has focused mostly on philanthropy, scientific research, wildlife, and education. In 1997, Johan produced his first documentary about climate change.
Juan Vargues, President & CEO of Dometic Group
Born in Spain, Juan Vargues moved to Sweden with his Swedish wife, as a mechanical engineer. He started his career year at SKF, a leading global company in ball bearings.
After nine years working in manufacturing, he moved back to Spain to run the sales organization for another Swedish global company, Besam Group. He spent six years running Iberia and then Southern Europe. After that, he moved back to Sweden to run Europe. He’s been President & CEO of Dometic since 2018.
