AVAILABLE Senior mandates · From June 2026
RELOCATION Open · Globally

Senior Communications
Director.

Liv Kristiansen · 17 years of crisis, mega-event, government relations, social media and marketing communications.

Crisis communications inside the Lufthansa Group response to Germanwings 9525. Two years embedded across 192 national delegations at Expo 2020 Dubai. Senior PR leadership at OceanAir Group across UAE government heritage portfolios. Polish-Norwegian. Multilingual native across six operating languages.

Based Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Languages PL · NO · DE · EN · FR · ZH
Sectors Mega-Event · Aviation · Government · Heritage · Hospitality
Liv Kristiansen
SELECTED ORGANISATIONS · 17 YEARS
Lufthansa Group
Expo 2020 Dubai
OceanAir Group
NEXT CHAPTER · 2026 — 2030

From the largest international event held during the pandemic, to the world's next gathering.

Looking forward to contributing to Expo 2030 Riyadh in a senior communications, reputation, or cultural protocol capacity. Five reasons my profile is built for the operational reality of 197 participating nations, 42 million expected visitors, six months live, and the geopolitical complexity of hosting the world.

01

Mega-Event Operational Continuity

Approximately fifty professionals worldwide hold operational mega-event experience at this scale. I delivered two years live inside Expo 2020 Dubai. I know BIE protocol, pavilion politics, host-versus-delegate dynamics, opening ceremony coordination, and Theme Week orchestration in practice. Not from a textbook.

2 years embedded · Expo 2020 Dubai
02

Multilingual Native · 70+ Delegations

Polish (Polish pavilion), Norwegian (Nordics), German (DACH), French (Francophone Africa, 21 nations), English, Mandarin (China). I can operate natively across more than fifty participating delegations.

6 languages native or working operational
03

Crisis-Ready Architecture

Every mega-event has incident. I held the call at 2am in five languages simultaneously inside Lufthansa Group during Germanwings 9525. I delivered DACH press containment for Baden-Württemberg through sustained domestic political controversy at Expo 2020. The next major incident at Riyadh will need someone who has already done this work.

17 years crisis communications across sectors
04

UAE-to-KSA Operational Bridge

Expo 2020 Dubai to Expo 2030 Riyadh is one continuous GCC operational arc. I bring established infrastructure: UAE government stakeholders (DET, Sheikh Office, Ruler Court, Abu Dhabi Tourism), Gulf media corridor (Khaleej Times, Arab News, Asharq Al-Awsat), and working familiarity with Vision 2030 narrative and sovereign communications register.

8 years GCC government and media networks
05

Cultural Protocol & Heritage Fluency

Vision 2030 is modernity built on deep heritage. I led UAE heritage portfolio reputation across Al Marmoom Bedouin narrative and Al Khayma Heritage Centre Abu Dhabi. I delivered cross-cultural diplomatic engagements at Expo 2020 (Phantor Austria, Norway ocean bridge, Baden-Württemberg). I speak to commissioners general, ministers, and royal family representatives in appropriate register simultaneously, in the languages they prefer.

192 nations delegation interface · Expo 2020
3 emirates heritage portfolio leadership
6 registers diplomatic language fluency
A World Expo is six months of live multilingual, multicultural reputation orchestration where every nation watches every other. I have done this work. I would welcome the chance to contribute to the next chapter.

Three engagements that built the practice.

Aviation crisis at global scale. Mega-event coordination across 192 nations. Senior PR leadership across UAE government heritage portfolios. Each one taught a different layer of the same craft.

Lufthansa Group
2015 ONWARDS
Crisis Communications · Group Network
  • Led group-wide crisis response during Germanwings Flight 9525, $18M crisis communications budget across three primary jurisdictions.
  • Multilingual newsroom, family liaison protocol, executive positioning, and regulator interface in 8+ languages around the clock.
  • Long-horizon reputation recovery cited as reference case in aviation crisis communications curricula.
Expo 2020 Dubai
2020 — 2022
Global Reputation Advisor · 192 Nations
  • Embedded between 192 national delegations and the UAE host side across 24 million visitors and 200+ pavilions.
  • Cultural protocol, etiquette guidance, and bilateral matchmaking across DACH, CEE, Nordics, USA, Japan, Russia.
  • Delivered Phantor (Austria), Norway Pavilion ocean bridge, and Baden-Württemberg DACH press containment through sustained domestic political controversy.
  • Direct working contact with HE Reem Al Hashimy and HE Mariam Al Mheiri at official opening protocol.
OceanAir Group
2023 — PRESENT
Senior PR Director · Multi-brand Portfolio
  • Multi-brand PR portfolio leadership across hospitality, heritage, and government destination assets: Al Marmoom Oasis, Al Marmoom Domes, Al Khayma Heritage Restaurant, Al Badya Village, Al Khayma Camps.
  • Direct working partnership with HH Sheikh's Office, Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism (DET), Abu Dhabi Tourism (DCT), and Dubai Municipality for regulatory and destination positioning.
  • Reputation stewardship across English and European trade press; cultural narrative steward for Bedouin heritage and traditional Emirati hospitality.
  • Al Khayma Heritage Restaurant awarded Michelin Bib Gourmand under portfolio leadership.
  • Featured guest on Dubai One TV — DXB Today on cultural importance and reputation in the Emirates (view broadcast).

Four practice areas built across seventeen years.

Aviation crisis at global scale, mega-event coordination, sovereign government relations, and the social-media-and-marketing literacy that converts reputation into reach.

01

Crisis Communications

Lufthansa Group Germanwings 9525 lead. Multilingual newsroom under live pressure. Family liaison, regulator interface, prosecutor coordination, voice recorder narrative shifts, long-horizon reputation recovery.

Aviation crisis Multilingual newsroom Family liaison Regulator interface Reputation recovery 24/7 global ops
02

Mega-Event Communications

Two years embedded inside Expo 2020 Dubai. BIE protocol, pavilion politics, host-vs-delegation dynamics, theme-week orchestration, opening ceremony coordination, cross-sector matchmaking.

BIE protocol Pavilion liaison Cultural diplomacy Bilateral matchmaking 192 delegations Theme weeks Press containment
03

Government & Public Relations

Direct stakeholder relationships across UAE government: HH Sheikh's Office, DET, DCT Abu Dhabi Tourism, Dubai Municipality. Sovereign comms register, protocol fluency, regulatory interface, multilingual stakeholder engagement.

Sovereign comms Sheikh's Office DET Dubai Abu Dhabi DCT Protocol fluency Regulatory liaison Trade press
04

Social Media & Marketing

Multilingual content strategy, paid and organic across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, X. Brand campaigns translated across English, German, Polish, Norwegian and French markets. Editorial calendar, KOL engagement, paid amplification, reputation campaigns.

Multilingual content LinkedIn strategy Instagram & TikTok Paid campaigns KOL engagement Editorial calendar Brand storytelling Performance reporting

Direct working relationships across UAE sovereign and emirate-level government.

Eight years of operational PR leadership across UAE government heritage portfolios, with established stakeholder access at HH Sheikh's Office, sector authority and municipality level.

SOVEREIGN

HH Sheikh's Office

Direct working channel for heritage portfolio coordination, royal protocol engagement, and sovereign reputation stewardship.

SECTOR AUTHORITY · DUBAI

Department of Economy & Tourism (DET)

Communications, destination positioning, regulatory interface, inbound tourism narrative, multi-stakeholder campaign coordination.

SECTOR AUTHORITY · ABU DHABI

DCT Abu Dhabi Tourism

Heritage destination coordination across Al Khayma Heritage Centre. Cross-emirate narrative consistency for traditional Emirati hospitality positioning.

MUNICIPALITY

Dubai Municipality

Al Marmoom Oasis framework. Government heritage destination inside UAE's largest unfenced nature reserve, regulatory interface for Bedouin heritage and desert ecosystem narrative.

MEGA-EVENT HOST

Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau

Direct working contact with HE Reem Al Hashimy and HE Mariam Al Mheiri at official opening protocol. Two years operational presence inside Bureau coordination.

MEDIA RECOGNITION

Dubai One TV — DXB Today

Featured guest on cultural importance and reputation in the Emirates. View broadcast →

Open to the next World Expo.

If you are part of the Riyadh 2030 organising committee, a participating delegation, or an advisory firm shaping Vision 2030 communications work, I would welcome the conversation.