About us
Our Mission
We want Aarhus Case Competition to become the most challenging and rewarding case competition – anticipated every year by students and the business community throughout the Nordics. Furthermore, we wish to promote a case competition culture, which will be mutually beneficial to businesses as to the educational society in Aarhus, Denmark, and the rest of the Nordic countries. ACC plans to achieve this through constant collaboration with business partners, continued focus on network expansion and improving brand recognition.
Our Vision
Aarhus Case Competition 2023 will be an exceptional event, organised in a way unlike its predecessors. This enables ACC to achieve its objective of spreading the experience of Case Solving to more students than ever. ACC 2023 strives to deliver an event with high value, professionalism and unique experiences.
A Vision by Studenterlauget
ACC is one of many business units of Studenterlauget, which is the largest student organisation in Denmark with 4.000 members. The main purpose of Studenterlauget is to create the best possible social and professional opportunities for the students at Aarhus University, BSS. Aarhus Case Competition is one of the projects that Studenterlauget has launched in order to fulfill this vision.
Organising Committee 2023
The Organising Committee of Aarhus Case Competition is responsible for every aspect regarding the planning and execution of the event. The committee consists solely of voluntary students from different educational programmes at Aarhus University. This year, this group of students will work dedicated to continuing the success of previous competitions and thereby ensuring the future development of Aarhus Case Competition.
The Head Coordinators
Business Relations
PR & Marketing
Event Coordinators
Case Writers
The Advisory Board
Aarhus Case Competition is privileged to have an Advisory Board consisting of seven former ACC Head Coordinators and Committee members. They all share a great interest in creating a professional study environment at Aarhus University, BSS. The Advisory Board’s main job is to constantly improve the execution of ACC and continue to develop ACC in collaboration with the current Head Coordinator.
Anders Haugbølle Thomsen
Anders holds an MSc. degree in Finance from Aarhus University, BSS. Anders is one of the two founders of ACC and Head Coordinator in 2012. After his studies, Anders worked three years as a management consultant at McKinsey. Today, Anders is the CEO and founder of the startup SlideHub.
Niklas Mikkelsen
Niklas holds an MSc. degree in Finance from Aarhus BSS. Niklas was a Case Writer in 2016 and has participated in various case competitions, including Aspire Case Camp and Aarhus Case Competition. He also worked as Junior Consult next to his studies. Today, Niklas is working as a Strategy Consultant at Ørsted Offshore Wind.
Noemi Møller Wolfsberg
Noemi is currently doing her master in Strategic Communication at Aarhus BSS. Her journey at ACC started as Head of Event Coordinators in 2019 and in 2020 she became Head Coordinator. Today she is a Board Member of Studenterlauget and doing a Marketing and Communication internship at Arla.
ACC's History
The idea of Aarhus Case Competition started in 2011. Jesper Agerholm and Anders Thomsen, the founders of ACC, established Aarhus Case Competition to show students the “magnificence of case competitions.” Jesper and Anders wanted to provide a case competition with open doors for any student, regardless of educational profile and background, wishing to challenge themselves. The students would gain valuable tools and improve their skill set in problem-solving through workshops and several cases. The competencies gained at a case competition are fundamental tools for analyzing and communicating in a professional environment. What the students experience during a case competition is no different from what they can expect when entering the real world outside the university. Regardless of what sector you choose to pursue a career within, a common denominator is that you usually must solve a problem and communicate your solution. Essentially, this is what a case competition is dealing with.
The first edition of Aarhus Case Competition took place in 2012. Since then, the competition has been an annual event at Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences. Participating in ACC provides students with basic skills on how to approach a problem, whether that problem is within communication or finance. ACC creates a bridge between theory and practice by bringing real-life cases to the students.
