[3][4] He has close ties to Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his team.
His former colleague at Idekapital, Kate Murphy, is the CEO of Play Magnus.
In parallel with a career as a management consultant Brandt has founded and cofounded more than 20 companies during the last 30 years.
Brandt held several speeches on the importance of user experience from 1995, and has written numerous articles on the subject.
He has served as a board member in several companies, such as SuperOffice, EVRY, Viken Fiber, Brandmaster, Catena Media, Nimber, OMG, Mytos, Meshtech and others.