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Board

Søren Skou

Board member since September 2023 and chairman since April 2024
Søren Skou (born 1964) is a professional board member and advisor. Søren Skou is Senior Advisor for Global Infrastructure Partners and chairman of HES International and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, vice chairman of Nokia OY amongst others and from 1st January 2024 chairman of Controlant.
Søren Skou is former CEO of A.P Møller-Mærsk, Maersk Line and Maersk Tankers.

Gustav Mellentin

Vice Chairman of the board since 2021, member of the board since April 2018
Gustav Mellentin (born 1966) is co-founder of Adform and chairman of the Obel Family Foundation.
Gustav Mellentin has previously been with Bain & Company and Nordea Markets.
Gustav Mellentin has an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development and is engineer from Danmarks Tekniske Universitet.

Mette Kirstine Agger

Board member since April 2018
Mette Kirstine Agger (born 1964) is Senior Advisor, CEO Esrum Biotech. Previously member of the executive management at Lundbeckfonden, founder and Managing Partner at Lundbeckfonden Ventures.
Mette Kirstine Agger has previously co-founded and been CEO at 7TM Pharma and several other biotech companies as well as member of the executive management at NeuroSearch A/S. Mette Kirstine Agger has studied biology at Københavns Universitet and MBA from Henley Business School.
Mette Kirstine Agger is chairman of Cureteq AG and board member of the Obel Family Foundation, Abzu, Klifo, Lexeo and scPharmaceuticals.

Nina Eg Hansen

Member since May 2025
Nina Eg Hansen (b. 1972) holds an MSc in Political Science from the University of Aarhus, 1999.
Nina Eg Hansen is the Municipal Director of Frederiksberg Municipality. Former Children and Youth Director of Frederiksberg and Ringsted Municipality as well as CEO of Social Services Administration in the city of Copenhagen, the Head of Department and Office Manager of the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Social Affairs & the Interior and the Ministry of Welfare.
Nina Eg Hansen is a member of the board of the Mary Foundation and the Obel Family Foundation.

Morten Hesseldahl

Member since April 2023
Morten Hesseldahl (b. 1964) is a professional board member and writer. Member of the board of the Obel Family Foundation and former chairman of Danske Forlag, Zetland and the Danish Film Institute. Former member of the board of Cappelens Forlag (Norway) and Kungliga Operan (Sweden) among others.
Former CEO of Gyldendal and former theatre director of Det Kongelige Teater, managing director of Bonnier Forlagene and Dagbladet Information and director of culture at Danish Radio.

Peter Normann

Board member since April 2018
Peter Normann (born 1967) is a professional board member and advisor. Peter Normann is chairman of the audit committee at C.W. Obel and chairman of the board of Johannes Fog A/S and special advisor to JP Politikens Hus amongs others.
Peter Normann has previously been CFO at TV2 Danmark A/S, Director Corporate Finance at SEB and management consultant at McKinsey & Co.

Susanne Ladegaard

Service Coordinator
Susanne Ladegaard (born 1962) is employee representative for Semco Maritime A/S and has been member of the board since April 2018 with re-election in April 2022.
Susanne Ladegaard is also a board member of Semco Maritime A/S.

Peter Siem

Electrician
Peter Siem (born 1959) is employee representative for Semco Maritime A/S and has been member of the board since June 2023.

Allan Thomsen

Electronics technician
Allan Thomsen (born 1969) is an employee representative for Semco Maritime A/S and has been member of the board since 2004 with latest re-election in April 2022.
Allan Thomsen is also a board member of Semco Maritime A/S.
Management

Anders C. Obel

Anders C. Obel (born 1960) has been CEO of C.W. Obel A/S since 2004.
Chairman of C.W. Obel Bolig, C.W. Obel Ejendomme, Obel-LFI Ejendomme A/S, Semco Maritime A/S, Semco Maritime Holding A/S and Goodvalley A/S. Furthermore, board member in A/S Motortramp, Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Orient’s Fond, Fonden Det Obelske Jubilæumskollegium and Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S amongst others.
Previous employment Hambros Bank Plc. (London) (1985-96), Vice President, Gemini Consulting/Cap Gemini (1996-02).

Thomas Holm

Falck Ambulance, VP Global head of Strategy and M&A
Falck Ambulance, VP Head of Asia (Singapore)
Falck, various M&A Director positions (DK / Singapore)
Maj Invest Private Equity
Ernst & Young M&A Advisory
Nordea Asset Management
Chairman of Ceramicspeed A/S, Kilsmark A/S, Minkpapir A/S, Palcut A/S and Rexholm A/S. Board member of C.W. Obel Bolig and C.W. Obel Ejendomme.
M.Sc. Finance and Accounting
Investment team

Josefine Ive

Professional experience
Novo Nordisk, Finance & Business Development
Clearwater International Corporate Finance, M&A Advisory
Education
M.Sc. Finance and Accounting

Ulrik Ellesgaard

Professional experience
SEB Asset management, Portfolio manager
Lannebo, Portfolio manager
Education
M.Sc. Economics

Amalie H. Theilmann

ESG-team

Pelle Pedersen

Professional experience
Heimstaden AB, Director Sustainable Finance
DoLand, Chief Impact Officer
PKA, Head of Responsible Investment
PKA, Analyst, Responsible Investment
Education
Master of Laws