Steen has close to 40 years of experience in the aviation industry and has held various senior management positions for Satair, an Airbus company. Covering business development, sales, product management thru marketing & communication leadership. Most recent role was Vice President and Head of Business Development.

Since July 2019, with the creation of his company Karsbo Consulting, he has focused on providing independent consulting and advisory services to a wide range of OEM’s, investors, distributors, PE and VC companies and start-ups. Areas of service includes amongst others : After Market & Sales Strategies, M&A support/assessment, Supplier Management, New Business Strategies, Systems & Powerplant Supply Chain, Board Director and Board Advisory roles.

Steen has since August 2020 supported Topcast as a Senior Advisor to Executive Management and to the Board.

Orson joined Topcast in April 2020 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this role, he was Chief Commercial Officer, where he was responsible for developing, planning, and executing product and service growth strategies, transformation initiatives, and enterprise digital programs to drive top-line growth and enhance operational performance. 

Orson Lo is an experienced executive with proven track record of transforming business operations and growing bottom-line across various market verticals.   

Prior to joining Topcast, Orson was a Managing Director at a boutique PE firm managing portfolio companies based in China and Europe with aggregated assets over $1.5 billion USD. He completed IPO of one portfolio company on the HKEx Main Board and was in the process of taking another portfolio company public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.  

Orson is an engineer by training and started his career in the semiconductor industry with Applied Materials. He also spent a few years at McKinsey & Company. After that, he spent many years further strengthening his general management skills by holding positions in corporate strategy, operations and product line management, as well as being an investment professional. 

Qualifications

Orson holds a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.