Our
organisation
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.
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.
Cristina Lage
Member since April 2023
Cristina Lage (b. 1954) is a professional board member and advisor. Cristina Lage is, among other things, member of the board of the Obel Family Foundation, member of the board and chairman of the investment committee of the LEO Foundation, vice chairman of the board of OK-Fonden, member of the Audit Committee of Topdanmark and chairman of the Working Environment Council.
Cristina Lage was previously CEO of Nordeas Invest and Nordea Liv og Pension, TV2 Danmark and Louisiana, and previously sat on a number of boards including PensionDanmark, GF Forsikring, Realkredit Danmark, Superfos, Jacob Holm A/S, Kunstindustrimuseet and Gyldendal.
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 A/S, C.W. Obel Ejendomme A/S, Obel-LFI Ejendomme A/S, Semco Maritime A/S, Semco Maritime Holding A/S and Goodvalley A/S as well as vice chairman of Fritz Hansen A/S and Skandinavisk Holding A/S. Furthermore, board member in A/S Motortramp, Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Orient’s Fond, Fonden Det Obelske Jubilæumskollegium, Rexholm A/S 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
Professional experience
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 Kilsmark A/S, Minkpapir A/S and Palcut A/S as well as board member of C.W. Obel Bolig A/S, C.W. Obel Ejendomme A/S, Rexholm A/S and Skandinavisk Holding A/S.
Uddannelse
M.Sc. Finance and Accounting
Investment team
Mads Nørgaard
Professional experience
KPMG Deal Advisory focusing on Transaction Services and M&A
Board member of Kilsmark A/S, Minkpapir A/S and Palcut A/S.
Education
M.Sc. Finance and International Business
Josefine Ive
Professional experience
Novo Nordisk, Finance & Business Development
Clearwater International Corporate Finance, M&A Advisory
Education
M.Sc. Finance and Accounting
Philip Lewis
Professional experience
Instructor, statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Student Analyst, Too Good To Go
Education
BSc Economic and Business Administration
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