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.

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.

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.

Member since May 2026

Mads Ditlevesen (b. 1976) is a professional investor and board member. Mads Ditlevsen is chairman of C.W. Obel’s investment committee and chairman of the board of Human Practice Foundation.

Mads Ditlevsen is former partner of EQT, where he during 20 years was involved in investments and different boards, among others Færch Group, Atos Medical, 3Shape, Banking Circle, CaridianBCT, Oterra, Huscompagniet, Dako and HTL Strefa.

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.

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.

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.

Electrician

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

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.

Thomas Holm (b. 1979) is the CEO of C.W. Obel since 2025. Employed in 2018 as CIO, director since 2022.

Chairman of Semco Maritime Holding A/S, Ceramicspeed A/S, Kilsmark A/S, Minkpapir A/S and Rexholm A/S. Vice chairman of Palcut A/S.

Previous employments:
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

Professional experience

SEB Asset management, Portfolio manager
Lannebo, Portfolio manager

Professional experience

Novo Nordisk, Finance & Business Development
Clearwater International Corporate Finance, M&A Advisory

Professional experience

A.P Møller-Mærsk, M&A
TDC Group, M&A and Value Optimization
Nordea Investment Banking, M&A & ECM

Professional experience:

ABG Sundal Collier, Investment Banking

Professional experience

Heimstaden AB, Director Sustainable Finance
DoLand, Chief Impact Officer
PKA, Head of Responsible Investment
PKA, Analyst, Responsible Investment