Torkel Johannessen is the CEO of Ignitas. He came to Ignitas from the role as Product Director at Passado.com, one of Europe’s largest community sites with 5 million users. Prior to joining Passado, he spent four years at Match.com, an online personals provider operated by Interactivecorp. Torkel held a number of product and marketing positions at Match.com, including Senior Brand Manager, responsible for the International Product Development of Chemistry.com, a premium online personals brand. In previous roles with Match.com, Torkel was employed as Marketing and Business Analytics Manager, Customer Care Manager and a Business Analyst. He has also served as Product Manager for Yahoo! Europe.

Torkel is a graduate of Macquarie University, where he studied for a Masters Degree in International Business, and of The Norwegian School of Management where he gained a Bachelors Degree in International Marketing. He has extensive international experience from working in the UK, US, Australia, Russia and Germany.