Nils Smedegaard Andersen

He is a graduate in Business and Economics from the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He joined Carlsberg in 1983 and became Group Vice President in 1988. From 1990 to 1997 Nils Andersen worked abroad as CEO of Carlsberg Spain and later of Carlsberg German Brewery group. Nils Andersen left Carlsberg in 1997 to become CEO of Hero's drinks division based in Switzerland until he in 1999 returned to Carlsberg as member of the Executive Board with responsibility for European drinks operations. In 2001 he became CEO of Carlsberg A/S and led the group through a period of acquisitions and international growth until he in 2007 left Carlsberg to become Partner & Group CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk. Nils Andersen is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) since 2001 and since 2007 member of the EU-Russia Industrialists' Round Table (IRT). Within the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group he is Chairman of the Executive Board, Chairman of Maersk Oil & Gas A/S and Chairman of Danish Supermarket A/S.