As Team Lead for Operations, Morten Brandt-Pedersen leads ICARS’ functions in administration and IT, finance, legal affairs and human resources. Morten holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. He has managed and developed several functions and personnel units in organisations in Denmark and abroad. He has experience in the Danish healthcare sector and has headed Northern Denmark’s European office in Brussels, specialising in EU health policy, networks and stakeholders. Morten formerly worked for the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, where he implemented grant programmes for the development of projects under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy. He also has experience in working with NGOs on programmes in Africa and Asia, implementing humanitarian demining projects in collaboration with local operators and international organisations.