Presenters
Dr Sven Hansen
Sven is a registered medical practitioner who has pioneered preventative medicine, stress mastery, emotional intelligence and cognitive training. As a regular conference presenter around New Zealand and Australia, his key message is to integrate physical, emotional, cognitive and moral resilience.
With a background in Sports Medicine, Sven has run corporate wellness programmes since 1988. He now spends most of his time training executives and professionals in the application of resilience. He works with both groups and individuals, helping people develop and refine the personal disciplines of success. He has a specific interest in developing leadership teams and the application of biological principles to leadership, strategy, influence, creativity and decision-making.
Sven qualified as a doctor in 1986 and went on to complete an MBA in 1993. He is married with two children. He founded the Resilience Institute in 2002 with a multidisciplinary team of colleagues who design and deliver resilience training for organisations and their people.
The practice works predominantly with professional firms, financial institutions, universities, leadership training forums and entrepreneurs. The Resilience Institute has practices in Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore, Switzerland and France.