Exclusive Conversations: The Outsider Advantage
Exclusive Conversations
The Outsider Advantage: Building a Career in Denmark by Leading Into Your Difference.
Kristen Tate built her career in Denmark by leaning into what made her different. Her international profile, native English and communications background became strengths. Along the way, people took a chance on her. Today she is a hiring manager.
In this conversation, Kristen shares what she has learned about how hiring in Denmark works in practice, how to find allies, how to bounce back from rejection and how to hold on to your worth.
Pull up a chair. Let’s talk.
🗓️ Date: Thursday, 26 Nov 2026
🕔 Time: 17:00 – 20:00
📍 Location: Dreamdata, Kalvebod Brygge 39, 1560 Copenhagen.
🎟️ Cost: Free for ProWoc members / Non members 150 DKK
☕ In person event, with snacks and beverages
‼️Last day to register: 24 November
Event moderated by Samreen Mansor-Lefebvre, Head of Career & Personal Development
Kristen Tate is a corporate communications leader with 25 years of experience in consumer and corporate communications. Currently, she is Head of Communication and Media Relations at Danfoss, leading leadership and internal communications for the company’s 40,000 global colleagues as well as media relations globally at the corporate level.
Before joining Danfoss, she advised executive leadership at FLSmidth on employee communications and served as Head of Communications at one of Denmark’s most prominent international architectural firms. Before moving to Denmark, she founded TATE, a boutique communications consultancy she led for a decade in New York City. A company she ran after spending several years managing national accounts at a global public relations firm in the U.S. Kirsten graduated with honours from Florida State University with a degree in communications and Spanish.
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristentate/