Christian Hald Buhl, Denmark Music Export Office

Christian has a BA in International Business from Copenhagen Business School and a MBA in lobbyism from United Business Institutes in Brussels. Christian started his career in the field of cultural representation with a year in the trade department of the Danish Embassy in Brussels, followed by 2 years as an independent consultant working for Nordic governments and cultural organisations on export and nation branding projects. He has since January 2009 been employed as Strategy Manager by ROSA & MXD, working from Brussels with the international development of the SPOT brand, which encompasses both export activities abroad (with the SPOT ON DENMARK showcases, www.spotondenmark.dk), and export/import activities in Denmark (international PR & booking of exciting „non-Nordic” bands for the SPOT Festival, www.spotfestival.dk).