Plus Licens, the pioneer in innovative licensing in Russia since 1994, is proud to welcome Clara Bodin as New Business Development Director. Clara's primary focus will be the Russian market where Plus Licens has enjoyed remarkable expansion the latest years. Swedish citizen Clara Bodin has +15 years track record in Russia and Ukraine and was recently recognized by leading Swedish business magazine Veckans Affarer as "Top Swede Doing Business Abroad 2011" for her pioneering work on the CIS markets. "With Clara's huge network and her experience from CIS markets, we are even more confident in our expansion" says Plus Licens’ president Peder Tamm.

In addition to English, Swedish and Dutch, Clara speaks fluent Russian and Ukrainian, languages she learnt already as a teenager when she was an exchange student in Moscow (Russia) and in Donetsk (Ukraine). Clara has been living the latest eight years in Kiev, Ukraine, where she founded and ran a successful HR consulting business that helped international businesses enter the Ukrainian market.

33-year old Clara Bodin has a degree in Economics and Eastern European Studies from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, and prior to running her own business she was working for the Swedish Trade Council and Relacom in Kiev. As of the beginning of September 2011, Clara has moved back home to Sweden and joined the Plus Licens team.