Nationality 
Danish

Born 
1958

Joined the BoD
13 May 2014 | independent Board Member

Term of office 
until the Annual General Meeting for fiscal year 2022

Committee 
Nomination & Compensation Committee, Chairman

Education 
Southern Denmark Business School (HD business graduate); Harvard Business School (Executive Education); INSEAD (Executive Education); The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania (Executive Education)

Professional background 
CEO-Mentor at Mentore Consulting LLP, London; 2018–2019 CEO ad interim at the MCH Group AG, Basel; 2011–2017 CEO at the Oettinger Davidoff AG, Basel, 2014–2017 Board member; 2008–2009 CEO of the Timex Group B.V., New York and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Timex India; 2003–2007 CEO of Georg Jensen A/S, Copenhagen; 1998–2002 CEO of Lancaster Group (Coty), Paris; 1993–1998 Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Guerlain (LVMH) Hong Kong; 1986–1993 Seagram International, Italy, Hong Kong, Thailand

Other activities and vested interests 
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bonhams, London (GB); Member of the Board of Directors of Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva