Our vision? Building leaders who change the world.

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We believe that inspiring and equipping business leaders who want to make the world a better place is the single most effective way in which we can make an effect on the whole society at large.

Since the beginning of 2016, we have been passionate about providing business leaders with actionable tools and ideas to grow as leaders. We're doing this with our OBF Leadership Platform. Once a year we gather leaders to our annual business conference to learn from world class speakers and interact with peers.

Oslo Business Forum was started in January 2016, by the two co-founders Christoffer Omberg and Marius Røed Wang, two students from BI Norwegian Business School. The purpose was to challenge the status quo in the Norwegian business community.

Ten months later, the first conference was organized in November 2016. Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of Manchester United through 26 years, was the first keynote speaker, in front of 850 guests at Oslo Concert Hall.

Since then, our annual business conference has grown to be one of the most significant business conferences in the world. In four short years, we have accomplished some major milestones we are proud of. Speakers such as President Barack Obama, Randi Zuckerberg, David Cameron and Gary Vaynerchuk have already guested our conference as keynote speakers.

In May 2019, we were partly acquired by Nordic Business Forum, one of the most noteworthy business conferences in the world. In September 2020, we are organizing our upcoming conference Rethinking Business, where we gather 3,000 business leaders from all around the world.

Meet the team

Christoffer Omberg

CEO & Co-Founder

christoffer@obforum.no

+47 984 02 550

Marius Wang

Partnership Manager & Co-Founder

marius@obforum.no

+47 900 12 369

Andreas Kustås

Executive Producer

andreas@obforum.no

+47 971 63 326

Lars Erik Fjøsne

Art Director

lars.erik@obforum.no

+47 958 81 629

Edvard Moseng

Video Producer

edvard@obforum.no

+47 930 64 517

Mikkel Fjærvik Press

Video Producer

mikkel@obforum.no

+47 466 26 477

Fredrik Dehli

Partnership Manager & Partner

fredrik@obforum.no

+47 906 10 487

Mauricio Andres Funes

Head of Marketing & Communication

mauricio@obforum.no

+47 476 55 754

Dina Konstanse Moldestad

Commercial Manager

dina@obforum.no

+47 993 20 382

Sander Hovde

Relationship Manager

sander@obforum.no

+47 473 83 147

Magnus Lystad

Relationship Manager

magnus@obforum.no

+47 909 11 623

Dung Kim Lieu

Relationship Manager

kim@obforum.no

+47 954 89 510

In 2019, Nordic Business Forum acquired 30 percent of the shares of Oslo Business Forum.

In addition to the new owners, Oslo Business Forum has recruited two new external board members: Anniken Fjelberg, founder of several companies within marketing, communications, design, and entrepreneurship, and Tor Haugnes, lecturer and head of the entrepreneurship studies at the BI Norwegian Business School.

Marius Wang

Chairman

marius@obforum.no

+47 900 12 369

Christoffer Omberg

Board Member

christoffer@obforum.no

+47 984 02 550

Tor Haugnes

Board Member

tor.haugnes@bi.no

Anniken Fjelberg

Board Member

anniken@657.no

Hans-Peter Siefen

Board Member

hans-peter.siefen@nbforum.com

Aslak de Silva

Board Member

aslak.de.silva@nbforum.com

Our vision? Building leaders who change the world.

What we do

Our story

Becoming the most significant business conference in the world within 2023

Board Members