Board of Directors & Leadership

Experienced professionals dedicated to turn growth desirability into reality

Our team

Meet our dedicated team at Nordicus Partners Corp., a blend of experienced U.S. and Nordic professionals. United by a shared vision, we strive to foster better growth opportunities for Nordic and U.S. Life Sciences companies aiming to thrive in the U.S. market. Led by a diverse leadership, our array of skills stands as our greatest asset, ensuring we guide your ambitions with expertise and dedication.

Chief Executive Officer

Chairman, Board of Directors

Member, Board of Directors

Chief Financial Officer
Member, Board of Directors

Henrik Rouf

CEO

Mr. Rouf has 30 years of experience in the global finance markets, working as an international financier, merchant banker and fund manager, respectively. Mr. Rouf advises and finances companies in many industries, including (though not limited to) software, semiconductors, blockchain, healthcare, medical devices, biotechnology, restaurant chains, apparel, cannabis, clean tech and advertising. Prior to joining NORDICUS Partners, as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rouf has since 2004 been the President of PacificWave Partners Inc., a California-based merchant bank.

By being located and working in the United States for more than 30 years, Mr. Rouf has a vast network and extensive ties to especially the U.S., but also to Europe and Asia.

Peter Severin

Chairman, Board of Directors

Mr. Severin brings over 25 years life sciences and sales experience to Nordicus’ Board. Mr. Severin is currently the
Founder and CEO of Severin Partners, a Denmark-based sales and communications consulting company focusing on
the healthcare industries. Prior to founding Severin Partners, Peter held positions as Head of Sales of Novartis AG,
Sales Manager at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and as Sales Manager of GSK Plc (formerly GlaxoSmithKline Plc).

Henrik Keller

Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Keller has more than four decades of experience in the corporate sector, in which he has a proven track record of delivering excellent performances. Mr. Keller possesses a unique set of strategical, managerial and sales capabilities, which has been key in the documented success he has delivered to the companies he has been, and are currently involved with, serving in various positions as Owner, General Manager, Sales Manager, Consultant/Advisor, Board Member, etc.

Through his professional career, Mr. Keller has established a network which spans globally.

Mr. Keller joined the NORDICUS Partners Corporation Board of Directors in 2023. Mr. Keller is currently the owner of the consultancy firm, HK-Consult, which advises companies within sales, marketing, customer service, partner search, strategy, etc. Mr. Keller further serves as the European representative for Blake Medical (CA); Scandinavian representative for Medical Spare Parts BV (NE).

From 2009 to 2012 he served as Board Member, Consultive Director and Partner at Athene Healthcare A/S; From 1998 to 2008 Mr. Keller was the General Manager at Huntleigh Healthcare A/S and General Manager for the Nordic Region at ArjoHuntleigh, after Huntleigh Healthcare A/S had a very successful merger with the Arjo Nordic companies.

Bennett J. Yankowitz

Chief Financial Officer
Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Yankowitz has more than 30 years of experience as a corporate attorney with leading law firms, specializing in securities, financial and merger and acquisition transactions, and has a background in financial analysis and real estate investment and development.

Besides being NORDICUS Partners’ Chief Financial Officer as well as a Member of the company’s Board of Directors, he is of counsel to the law firm Shumaker Mallory LLP, and was previously of counsel to its predecessor firm Parker Shumaker Mills LLP. He was previously counsel to Kaye Scholer LLP and a partner of Heenan Blaikie and of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. From 2002 to 2014, Mr. Yankowitz was a director of Proteus Energy Corporation, a California-based private oil and gas production and development company and was its Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to 2014. He is currently chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. He is a member of the California and New York bars.