Jan has broad experience as a library director for public libraries in Denmark and New Zealand. He is the man behind the digital learning project 23 Mobile Things and other international projects like Buy India a Library. Jan is a member of the Library Advocacy Lab advising on library advocacy on a European level. Currently, Jan founded Holmquist Consult and is working as an international library, learning and leadership advisor wanting to use his experience to benefit libraries and other cultural- and learning institutions on a global level.
Jans latest project is a national learning project about digital skills for the Danish Union for librarians as well as an upcoming global learning project about the SDGs.

Jan's mission is having an impact on a global level on how libraries can actively support the Sustainable Development Goals.