Meet our people
Our team comprises highly skilled and committed individuals with a diverse set of backgrounds.
Executive Board
CEO
Robert M. Uggla
MSc in Business Administration (Finance & Accounting) and has held various roles in A.P. Moller - Maersk before joining A.P. Moller Holding. Robert M. Uggla is Chair of the Board of Directors at A.P. Moller - Maersk, A.P. Moller Capital, and Maersk Tankers; and a member of the Board of Directors at IMD Foundation Board.
CIO
Jan Thorsgaard Nielsen
MSc in Economics and has extensive experience in private equity and investment banking in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Before joining A.P. Moller Holding, Jan T. Nielsen was Senior Managing Director & Partner at Blackstone Private Equity, Hong Kong. Jan is Chair of the Board of Directors at C2X; Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Unilabs and Faerch; and a member of the Board of Directors at LEGO.
CFO
Martin Nørkjær Larsen
MSc in Economics & Finance and Executive MBA and has held several finance roles in A.P. Moller - Maersk before joining A.P. Moller Holding. Martin N. Larsen is Chair of the Board of Directors at Maersk Product Tankers and Navigare Capital Partners; Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Danske Bank and SKULD (Gjensidige) and a member of the Board of Directors at Maersk Tankers.
Team
Head of Asia and America, Growth Equity
Alex Wang
BSc in Economics from Duke University. Previously worked as Principal at Tybourne Capital in Hong Kong and as Vice President at Warburg Pincus in New York, Hong Kong, and Beijing.
Tax Manager
Anders Grue
MSc in Business Administration & Commercial Law from Copenhagen Business School.
Previously worked as a Tax Associate in Maersk Tankers.
HEAD OF COMPLIANCE & RISK
Anne Marie Vig
MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Aarhus University. Previously worked as Head of Group Compliance & Operational Risk at Sparinvest S.A.
Head of Facilities & Events
Audrey Lerche
Experienced Project Manager within marketing, events and administration.
HEAD OF ACCOUNTING & TAX
Birgitte Schou
State Authorised Public Accountant and MSc in Business Administration & Auditing from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Principal
Brighton Mudzingwa
MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and BA from Harvard College. Previously worked in the private equity buyout groups at Carlyle and Emerging Capital Partners.
Head of Growth Equity
Chetan Mehta
MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School and BSc in Mathematics and Economics from Dartmouth College. Previously Managing Director at Tybourne Capital in Hong Kong. Prior to that investor at King Street Capital Management and Blackstone Private Equity in London and New York.
Lead Accountant
Christina Blak
MSc in Business Administration & Auditing from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as an Auditor at Deloitte.
Investment Manager
Daniel Berg
BA in Economics and Management with First Class Honors from Oxford University. Previously worked as Senior Investment Manager at Impilo, and before that at McKinsey & Co.
Associate, Growth Equity
Daniel Lin
HBA in Finance (with honours) from Ivey Business School. Previously worked in Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity and CIBC Capital Markets.
Lead Accountant
Emilie Palm
MSc in Business Administration & Auditing from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as an Auditor at Deloitte.
Head of Shipping and Offshore Portfolio
Erik Bergoo
MSc in Industrial Engineering & Management. Previously held various roles in global financial markets in Scandinavia, UK and Singapore.
Head of ESG
France Bourgouin
Ph.D in Political Anthropology from Lund University. Previously held positions in ESG and sustainability leadership & strategy at various companies and institutions including LEO Pharma, Ørsted, BSR, and the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Facility & Event Coordinator
Frederik Klitgaard Ibsen Hansen
BSc in International Hospitality Management from Copenhagen Business Academy. Previously worked as a concierge at Nimb Hotel.
Chief Economist
Graham Slack
MSc in Economics from Aarhus and George Washington University. Previously worked as Chief Economist at A.P. Moller Maersk, Senior Economist and Head of Office at the International Monetary Fund, Advisor to European Central Bank, and Official at the Bank of England.
Principal
Gustav Uddhammar
MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics. Previously worked at Talomon Capital, BC Partners and Bain & Co.
Senior HR Partner
Hanne Jessen
MBA from London Guildhall University. Previously worked as a Director at Moody’s Analytics, London, and as Head of HR at Danske Capital, Copenhagen.
Associate
Harald Blom
B.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously worked as an Associate at Solix and Ratos.
Senior Legal Counsel
Helle Nørby Kristensen
MSc in Law and Graduate Diploma (HD) in accounting. Previously worked as M&A and corporate lawyer at Accura, Associate Partner at Bruun & Hjejle within M&A, corporate and real estate, and auditor at PwC.
Group Historian
Henning Morgen
Studied history at the University of Copenhagen and Archives Management at Northumbria University.
Executive Assistant to CIO
Henriette Pope
BSc in International Hospitality Management from The University of Brighton. Previously worked as an Executive Assistant at Eden McCallum.
Senior Advisor
Henrik Poulsen
MSc in Finance & Accounting and has extensive experience from transforming large corporates. Before joining A.P. Moller Holding as a Senior Advisor, Henrik Poulsen served as CEO and President at Ørsted A/S, a global leader in renewable energy. Henrik Poulsen is Chair of the Board of Directors at Carlsberg A/S and Faerch A/S; Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Novo Nordisk A/S; and a member of the Board of Directors at Ørsted A/S, Novo Holdings A/S and Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.
Facility & Event Coordinator
Ida Bro
BSc in International Hospitality Management from Copenhagen Business Academy. Previously worked as a Reception Manager at Hotel Manon les Suites
Head of Financial Investments
Jan Keuppens
MSc in Applied Economics from KU Leuven. Previously worked as Head of Global Equities at Robeco.
Lead Controller
Jesper Dahlsgaard
MSc in Business Administration & Auditing from University of Southern Denmark. Previously worked as an Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and as Finance Director at EAC Invest (previously ØK A/S).
Senior Equity Analyst
John Trägårdh
BSc in Business from The University of Durham and passed all levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst program. Previously worked in the Institutional Equity Division at Morgan Stanley.
Associate, Growth Equity
Jonas Kjersgaard
MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Nordea.
Senior Accountant
Jørn Møller Christoffersen
Authorised Public Accountant and MSc in Business Administration & Auditing from Copenhagen Business School. Has more than 20 years of experience from a smaller audit firm in Copenhagen.
Associate
Karine Massaad
MSc in Management from ESSEC Business School. Previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Deutsche Bank.
Head of Tax
Kim Truelsen
MSc in Tax from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as Head of Danish Taxes at A.P. Moller - Maersk.
Executive Assistant
Kirsten Ullerup
MA in Translation and Interpretation, French from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as a PA at Gorrissen Federspiel law firm.
Accountant
Liubov Stogniy
MSc in Accounting and Audit from St. Petersburg Forest Technical University of Kirov. Previously worked as Financial Accountant at By Malene Birger and Flying Tiger.
Executive Assistant to CFO & IT Coordinator
Lotte Nors Lundby
BSc in English & German from Aarhus School of Business. Previously worked as an Executive Assistant in A.P. Moller - Maersk and in the banking industry in the United States.
Senior Legal Counsel
Louise Dyrup Flensborg
MSc in Law from University of Copenhagen. Previously worked as a Senior Associate at Bech-Bruun Law Firm.
Head of Treasury
Louise Løn
MSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law from Copenhagen Business School. Previously held various leadership positions within funding and finance; in A.P. Møller Maersk Group, in larger corporates and in financial institutions.
Financial Analyst
Mads Frølund Grangaard
MSc in Business Administration and Economics (Finance and Accounting) from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as a Student Assistant at A.P. Moller Holding.
Investment Manager
Maria Ilyas
MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at J.P. Morgan.
Head of HR
Maria Pejter
BSc in Political Science. Previously held several positions within organisational strategy and development at A.P. Moller - Maersk.
Senior Accountant
Martin Skieller
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as an auditor in PwC, EY, and Deloitte; and Group Financial Controller in Nilfisk A/S.
Investment Manager
Mette Schmidt Hjartar
MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as an Investment Executive at CVC Capital Partners and prior to that as an Analyst with Citi in Stockholm and London.
HEAD OF BRANDING & COMMUNICATIONS
Mika Bildsøe Lassen
MSc in Communications & Public Relations. Previously held various positions in international corporate communication and brand management.
Senior Portfolio Manager
Morten Falch
MSc in Economics from University of Copenhagen. Previously worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Danske Bank.
General Counsel
Morten Stakroge
MSc in Law from Aarhus University and Harvard Law School. Previously worked as a Corporate and M&A lawyer at Bruun & Hjejle, Copenhagen, and at Skadden, Arps in New York.
Senior Associate
Paulius Urbonas
BA in Economics from New York University Abu Dhabi. Previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Barclays.
Associate
Pavlos Papadimitriou
BSc in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Management, Technology and Economics from ETH Zurich. Previously worked as a Senior Consultant for McKinsey & Co.
Head of Valuation and Projects
Philip Adrian
MSc in Economics from University of Copenhagen. Previously worked as COO of Proper and prior to that as Senior Portfolio Manager at Maersk Growth along with several other roles at A.P. Moller-Maersk.
Senior HR Partner
Philip Shehadeh
MA Degree in International Business Communication from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked as Global HR Business Partner at A.P. Moller - Maersk.
Senior Associate
Rasmus Tapio Brokhattingen
BSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. Previously interned as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs in London.
Principal
Sandro Rizzini-Cancarini
MSc in International Finance (with honours) from HEC Paris and BSc in International Economics, Management and Finance from Bocconi University. Previously worked as an Associate at Advent International in London as a member of the Business & Financial Services, Industrials and Italian Coverage teams. Prior to that, Sandro worked as an Investment Banker in the M&A Execution team at Credit Suisse in London.
Facility & Event Coordinator
Sanne Bendix Hyllekvist
Experienced project manager with focus on administration and customer service.
Accountant
Silvia Mirza
MSc in Tourism Economics and Management from Ca’Forscari University Venice, Italy. Previously worked as an Accountant at Maersk Broker and Trustpilot.
Managing Director
Simon Ibsen
MSc in Finance and Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked at EQT Partners, TA Associates and J.P Morgan
Investment Manager
Sofiane Bouazzaoui
MSc in Management from HEC Paris and MSc in International Management from CEMS. Previously worked as an Investment Manager in Private Equity at PSP Investments and as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse in London.
Senior Communications Specialist
Tina Maver
MA in Applied Foreign Languages: Communication and Dialogue Strategies for Sustainable Development at University of Caen Normandy. Previously worked as Communications Manager at the Global Maritime Forum.
Executive Assistant to CEO
Tineke Morell
Master's degree in German and Dutch from the University of Aarhus. Previously supported several executives in A.P. Moller – Maersk.
WORK CULTURE
Joining our team
Joining our team
We operate as a high-performing team where mutual respect and recognition of each member’s contributions are important. We do our best every day, work hard, and have fun while doing it. We see ourselves as one team, collaborating across functions to achieve the most optimal outcomes. Furthermore, we walk the extra mile to support our colleagues, fostering a genuine sense of care and camaraderie within our organisation.