Christian Ardhe is the founder and CEO of Heimdal European Affairs, a Brussels-based European Affairs agency. He is a lawyer by training and specialised in labour law. He has a long background of working with advocacy and litigation within business organisations in Sweden and abroad. Since 1998, he has worked in various positions in Brussels. Between 1998 and 2001 he worked for the European Commission. Between 2001 and 2010 he was Director of the Brussels Office of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Since 2010 he works for several major Swedish business federations. He is head of the Brussels Office of the Swedish Construction Federation. Since 2006 he holds a position as member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).