Lars-André Skari is an experienced leader and consultant with over 29 years of experience from the private, voluntary and development sectors, nationally and internationally.

At the Norwegian Red Cross he led work on international strategy, humanitarian innovation, digitalisation, learning, and project and results management, and was a driving force in two major organisational development processes. From 2011 to 2016 he was a key contributor to the work of improving results management in the Red Cross globally, and from 2016 to 2022 he worked closely with the secretariat in Geneva to ensure a clear direction and more momentum in the innovation and digitalisation work of the Red Cross Movement. Lars was also the initiator of the establishment of the Humanitarian Innovation Platform in Norway. He has also served as special advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, with a focus on poverty reduction and good governance. Today he is CEO and senior advisor at House of Agile. He is educated as a journeyman carpenter, civil engineer (building and construction) and graduate in business and economics (siviløkonom).