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RESUME

BUSINESS

Ringer& || Executive Advisor & Business Angel Investor

02.2014 -> PRESENT

STRATEGY EXECUTION - Turning strategy into operation through hands-on approach e.g. performance dashboards, project management, leadership development, governance, etc.

POST MERGER TRANSFORMATION - Reaping business synergies through joint strategic approach, project designs, and structured integration activities

GOVERNANCE & DECISIONS - Establishing management information for board & executive leadership through optimizing governance, reporting, systems and performance management

INTERIM MANAGEMENT - Driving top strategic priorities/projects and sparring with the executive team by being part of the leadership team long-term (several years)  

Vice President, Head of Strategy Implementation, Danske Bank - Business Banking

06.2013 – 02.2014

Focusing on designing, executing and following up on the roll-out of the new strategy across the global organization. Focus on changing the way global sales-, credit- and specialist-teams understand and work with customer-solutions and how the leadership team support this

Significant results achieved through 3 keys to change: 1) developing a strong leader role with high capabilities for driving unit Profit/Loss and individual performance 2) focusing on leadership development through joint customer-teams of sales, credit and specialists 3) significantly changing the way advisors prepare, understand and ultimately meet the customers with strategic solutions

Director, Head of Strategy Execution Office – Maersk Line

09.2011 – 06.2013

Planning and providing objective diagnostics for ongoing strategy reviews. Enabling top-management to continuously assess if the portfolio of strategic initiatives is on track and will deliver on the long-term targets i.e. EBIT, competitor benchmarks, and market share. Securing progress and sustainable benefit realization.

Driving force in founding, designing, and heading up Maersk Line’s first Strategy Execution Office. Radically revising operationalization of strategy and management of strategic portfolio e.g. detailing new governance model and approach for anchoring strategic change.

Trade & Market Manager, P/L responsible - Maersk Line

09.2009 – 09.2011

Profit & loss accountability (revenue of +USD 600 mill) for freight route between Far East Asia and Europe . Commercial responsibility for Japan and Great Britain i.e. leading country sales organizations to meet volume, utilization (optimization of vessel capacity) and profit targets;  yearly contract negotiations with large customers e.g. Tesco, Marks & Spencers, Honda, Sony, etc.

Responsibility for product-development i.e. design of route schedules and changes to port-calls based on trade-patterns; development of commercial market strategies; operational management of 10 container vessels on the route

Personal Assistant to CEO Eivind Kolding (skibsreder) - Maersk Line, A.P.Moller-Maersk

03.2007 – 09.2009

Assessment of business proposals, investment cases, business unit reports, monthly reports to the Executive Board and board reports to the A.P. Møller-Mærsk Board of Directors

Planning of CEO activities e.g. facilitate Global Management Team meetings with focus on development and implementation of the new strategy. Prepare travel program and accompany CEO during global strategy roll-out. Ensuring follow up on relevant actions pertaining to meetings with customers, government bodies and Maersk local commercial organizations

Program Management, Global SAP Finance & Accounting Program - A.P.Møller-Mærsk

07.2004 – 03.2007

Part of program management office on large scale finance project involving 100+ business people 200+ business consultants. Assistant to program director Hanne B. Sørensen

Responsible for development of project plans and budgets, identification and management of program risks/issues and contingency planning, resource management, steering group materials and ad-hoc projects

Business Consultant - Accenture, Copenhagen

08.2000 – 07.2004

Development of broad toolbox and problem solving capabilities. Analysis of business requirements, optimization and implementation of efficient business processes with an aim to improve customer’s business profitability long term

Project planning i.e. ensure alignment of business targets with business development and development of business KPIs and balanced scorecard. Development and execution of change management activities. Team-lead responsibilities

 

EDUCATION

1994 – 2000 Master of Economics (Cand.polit) – University of Copenhagen

1996 Economics - Exchange Student - Universität Bielefeld, Germany

1993 – 1994 Exchange student, College Mississippi, US

1990 – 1993 Mathematical graduate (high school)

 

DIPLOMAS

2013 Prince II Practitioner (certified)