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Jørn Thulstrup
Jørn Thulstrup is founder and CEO of Consumerdemand.com. He is also the founder of The Institute for Business Cycle Analysis, IFKA, which since 1983 has conducted quarterly surveys of consumer behaviour in Denmark and other countries in Europe. 

Born in 1940, Jørn Thulstrup received a Masters Degree in Eco-nomics and Political Science from Copenhagen University in 1968. He has worked as head of research under The Danish Research Council for Social Science, as an analyst for The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and was financial and energy editor at The Danish Broadcasting Corporation between 1977-1985. He is a member of the steering committee for Kiel Institute for the World economy. Advisor and consultant to governments, private companies and organisations in Denmark and abroad.

He has written a number of books and articles concerning Danish and international economics and politics, the latest being ‘From Poverty to Happiness …and then what?’ to coincide with IFKA’s 25th anniversary in 2008.

He is the publisher of News ex-press/Embassy News Service, a daily English - language summary of Danish news. In February 2001 he started to conduct monthly consumer surveys in the USA financially supported by A.P.Moller-Maersk. The data from these surveys is now available to third parties through Consumerde-mand.com
 

Dr. Roger Selbert
Dr. Roger Selbert is Principal of The Growth Strategies Group, a trend research consulting firm; Editor & Publisher of Growth Strategies, a trend letter on economic, demographic and consumer trends; and Senior Fellow at the La Jolla Institute, an economic development research institute.  Roger is a BrainTrust Panelist at www.retailwire.com and an editorial contributor to www.newgeography.com.
 
Roger holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees in International Relations from the University of Southern California, where he was a Fulbright scholar, Haynes fellow and European Commission grantee.  He earned his undergraduate degree in history from Bowdoin College.