Ole Andreas Underland is the Founder and CEO of the Recovery Academy, Norway. He has more than 40 years of experience as a leader and entrepreneur in the Norwegian health care services. His expertise has been dedicated in establishing and running services within the national psychiatric health care services. His leadership has been characterized by creating resilient “care cultures” where good patient centric care has been a priority. For the past 23 years he has been a prominent activist in the development of private health care services to supplement the Norwegian public health care system. The health care provider Recoveryakademiet, founded in 2007, is the second private health care venture he has established since year 2000. In 2015, he established Hurdalsjøen Recoverysenter, Europe’s first drug free psychiatric hospital, delivering on the strong urge from user and survivor organizations. Ole Andreas graduated with a Bachelor in Psychiatric Nursing in 1982 and holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Business.