Advisory Council members

ATRIUM Partners has established an advisory board – Advisory Council – of experienced Danish industry leaders with extensive networks from a wide range of businesses and industries:

  • Asger Kastbjerg (1948), CEO and professional member of board of directors with substantial competencies within finance and reconstructing and a vast network of contacts within all business areas
  • Axel Nørskov Laursen (1951), CEO and professional board member with substantial competencies and networks within process industry and turnkey deliveries
  • David Meyer (1957), CEO of VELUX A/S with substantial competencies and networks within technology, capital goods and health care
  • Erik Christensen (1937), professional board member with substantial competencies and networks within packaging, graphical industry and other industry
  • Erik G. Hansen (1952), professional member of board of directors with substantial competencies and networks within Danish industry
  • Hemming Van (1956), CEO of Daloon with substantial competencies and networks within food and consumer goods
  • Ib Kunøe (1943), CEO of Consolidated Holdings with substantial competencies and networks within trade, services and human ressources
  • Ivan Nadelmann (1946), CEO of Avis with substantial competencies and networks within services and the automotive industry
  • Karsten Borch (1943), professional member of board of directors with substantial competencies and networks within international trade and production
  • Niels Kristian Agner, previous long-time CEO in Dansk Kapitalanlæg with experience from different industries and several mergers and acquisition
  • Per Hornung Pedersen (1953), professional board member and Advisory Director with substantial competencies and networks within renewable energy and the telecom industry
  • Per Møller (1943), is a professional board member with substantial competencies and networks within construction, general industry and finance
  • Stig Løkke Pedersen (1961), professional board member with substantial competencies within the pharma- and biotechindustry
  • Thomas Hartwig (1950), Chairman of ATRIUM's Board of Directors and professional board member with substantial competencies and networks within IT, telekommunication and management consulting
  • Tom Behrens-Sørensen (1958) is a professional board member and advisor with extensive experience within shipping

The professional history, including current and past senior management positions and directorships, is summarised below for each of the members of ATRIUM’s Advisory Council:

Asger Kastbjerg, CEO and professional member of board of directors
Asger Kastbjerg (1948) is an independent adviser with AK Management and a professional board member. He has a vast network of contacts as well as an extensive financing and restructuring experience, not least from his position as a senior executive and Head of corporate customers and credit granting with Andelsbanken and the Unibank Group. He is a board member of A. Espersen, ATRIUM Fondsmæglerselskab, Beck Pack Systems, Cartoli, Insepa, Intermate Holding, Investeringsselskabet af 30.09.2003 og Rahbekfisk. He is also second chair of Cognitive Science Holding, Eurocog, Triobike and Trioinvest.

Axel Nørskov Laursen, CEO and professional board member
Axel Nørskov Laursen (1951), has through his 12 years as CEO of Atlas-Stord Denmark A/S and most recently as Executive Vice President of DISA Industries, extensive experience from processing industries and turnkey projects. Mr Laursen is CEO of NORLAU A/S and is a board member of Number1Service, Telecare, Union Engerneering, Thermo Invest and Harboe Fondsmæglerselskab. He is also second chair of Kosan Crisplant and the chair of Liftup and JILKO.

David Meyer, CEO
David Meyer (1957) is the CEO of VELUX A/S. Mr. Meyer is the chairman of the board of a number of VELUX subsidiaries as well as for A/S Gelsted Bygningsindustri, BT Components A/S, Gåsdal Bygningsindustri A/S, Velserv A/S, Velterm A/S. Furthermore he is a board member of Cerama and Pressalit. David Meyer has previously served as the Director of GVP Electronics A/S and GVP Industri A/S (2004-2005) and as CEO of Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S (1998-2003).

Erik Christensen, professional board member
Erik Christensen (1937) was previously Managing Director for Margarinefabrikken Alfa A/S (1962-1978) and Schur International a/s (1978-2000). Today he is a professional board member and he is the chairman of Andresen Services A/S, Morten Rahbek A/S, Nic. Christiansen Holding A/S, Ertech Stål A/S, KK Transport A/S, Eltronic A/S, and Luise Andersens Fond. Furthermore he is the vice chairman of EKV Transport A/S and he is a board member of Andreas Andresen A/S, Olitec A/S, Hyundai Bil Import A/S, Nic. Christiansen Invest A/S, Schur Invest A/S, Schur International Holding A/S, SP Group A/S, British Car Import A/S and Terminalen A/S.

Erik G. Hansen, professional member of board of directors
Erik G. Hansen (1952) is CEO of Tresor Asset Advisers and a professional board member. Today he is chairman of Polaris Management A/S, T.T.i.T A/S and DTU Innovation A/S, and he serves as a board member of PFA Pension, Wide Invest ApS, Lesanco ApS and Lokalnettet ApS. He is also second chair of Bagger-Sørensen & Co., Gumlink A/S and Fertin A/S as well as an Advisory Board member of Danske Private Equity, SEED Capital and Rainmaking. Previously he was the CFO of A.P. Møller, co-founder and executive director of the Bjørnskov & Co. investment bank and partner with EQT Partners

Hemming Van, Managing Director
Hemming Van (1956) is the majority shareholder of Daloon A/S where he has been Managing Director since 1989. He is also the founder and owner of HV Invest ApS, and he founded Easy Foods A/S, where he today serves as chairman. Furthermore he serves as the chairman of Dagligvareleverandørforeningen and Easy Productions A/S, as the vice-chairman of Albani Fonden, and as a board member of Royal Unibrew A/S, Dallon A/S, Easy Holding A/S, Halberg A/S, Halberg Kapital A/S, Halberg Investering A/S, HV Invest ApS, HV Properties ApS, SE 274711 ApS, DI Fødevarer og DI Handel. Hemming Van is also a member of Nykredit’s board of representatives

Ib Kunøe, CEO
Ib Kunøe (1943) is the chairman and owner of Consolidated Holdings, as well as co-owner of a number of different companies. Mr. Kunøe is one of the founders of the Mercuri Urval-group. He is a board member of ATRIUM Partners and the chair of Atea A/S, Columbus IT CDRator, Consolidated Holdings A/S, Core Workers A/S, DanPalletiser, Morsing PR, Netop Solutions A/S, Primare AB, Sparresholm Jagtselskab and Thrust IT. Mr. Kunøe has great expertise within IT, service and trade as well as Human Resources

Ivan Nadelmann, CEO
Ivan Nadelmann (1946) is CEO and the owner of the Biludan Group, better known as Avis. He has in-depth experience in developing and operating service industry concepts from his many years in the car leasing industry. He is a board member of Jupolcar Holding A/S, Objective A/S, Andersen & Martini A/S, Jet Time A/S and Biludan Gruppen. He is also the chair of Amos Holding A/S, ASD Ejendomme A/S, ECC A/S, Frigolease A/S, Investeringsselskabet Cuba A/S, Biler I Rusland A/S, Carirus ApS, and Bil Transport Kompagniet A/S.

Karsten Borch, professional board member
Karsten Borch (1943) began his career as a journalist, he then became the information manager for A.P. Møller and after switching to their shipping company became a ship-owner and a partner. After a period as the CEO of one of the worlds first projects for viable rainforests in South America, Mr. Borch returned to London in 1994 were he founded the consultancy company Borch Associates and began a career as a professional board member which has led him to board posts in companies such as LEGO, subsidiary companies of the ØK concern and the ECCO-group. Today he serves as chairman of Danionics A/S, C&I International GmbH, E.S.I. AG, K.T.Trading AG, KRM AG, as vice chairman for ECCO Sko A/S and ECCO Leater Group A/S, and as a board member of HADA Holding A/S, ECCO Holding A/S and Dansk Generationsskifte.

Niels Kristian Agner, CEO and professional board member
Niels Kristian Agner (1943) has been CEO in Pigro management ApS since 2004 and is former CEO of Dansk Kapitalanlæg Aktieselskab, InVenture Management A/S and of Investeringsselskabet of 26 November 1930 ApS. Today he is the chairman of G.E.C. Gad A/S, S.P. Group A/S, and S.P. Moulding A/S, and he is the second chair of G.E.C. Gads Boghandel A/S and Indeks Retail Invest A/S. He is all so a board member of Dantherm A/S, D.F. Holding, Skive A/S, G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S, Green Wind Energy A/S, G.W. Energi A/S, Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co., Dantherm Fonden, Direktør Hans Hornslyd og Hustru Eva Hornslyds legat og Direktør Svend Hornslyd Legat.

Per Hornung Pedersen, professional board member and advisory director
Per Hornung (1953) was previously CEO of Repower Systems AG (2008-2011), CEO of Suzlon Energy A/S (2004-2008) and has served as CFO in NEG Micon/Vestas (2000-2004). Before joining the wind industry Per has held managerial and executive positions in Construction, Packaging and Telecom industry. Per Hornung is now active as a Supervisory Board member in Deltaq A/S, Chaiman of Attraq A/S , Advisory Director of MerSanCapital Holding NY, USA and Advisory Director of MCFCorporateFinance, Hamburg and acting as industry advisor to Danish and German PE Funds.

Per Møller, Professional board member
Per Møller (1943) has extensive experience in finance and in-depth knowledge of investment banking and private equity investments, including from his former position as CEO of Superfos, a company owned by Industri Kapital and Ratos. Additionally, Mr. Møller is vice chairman of Biomar A/S, and board member of Bjarne Jensens Fond.

Stig Løkke Pedersen, professional board member
Stig Løkke Pedersen (1961) has been Executive Vice president of H. Lundbeck A/S. Stig Løkke Pedersen holds a M.Sc. in Economics and has worked within the pharmaceutical industry since 1986. Until 1992 he worked for Ciba-Ceigy in Denmark, Switzerland and South Africa. In 1992 he joined H. Lundbeck A/S where he as director of business development undertook the construction of a global subsidiary structure for Lundbeck. From 1996 till 1998 he was the managing director of Lundbeck´s subsidiary in the Netherlands and in 1998 he returned to headquarters where he until 2001 acted as senior vice president of corporate affairs with the responsibility of entering into a number of large partner alliances which still to this day has founded the company’s large growth. In 2001 Stig Løkke Pedersen took on the responsibility of the groups commercial operations for non European activities. In 2003 he was appointed executive vice president and member of the managing team and in 2006 he undertook the overall responsibility of Lundbeck´s commercial operations. Stig Løkke Pedersen is a member of VL-4 and also the chairman of the biotech company Nuecolution A/S.

Thomas Hartwig, Chairman of ATRIUM's Board of Directors and professional board member
Thomas Hartwig (1950) was Managing Director of Accenture Scandinavia (1990-2003), Toyota Denmark A/S (1989-90), Illum’s A/S (1988-89) and Diners Club A/S (1987-88) and Head of Sales and Marketing of IBM A/S (1983-87). Today he is the chairman of Maconomy A/S and Netcompany A/S and he is second chair of TPS Ltd.

Tom Behrens-Sørensen, director and professional board member
Tom Behrens-Sørensen (1958) is a professional board member and advisor. Mr Behrens-Sørensen was employed at A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S for more than 20 years, where he started as a Personal Assistant to Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1986-1989). During his career at A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S he held several positions, among others Managing Director in India (1990-1993) and China (1994-2003). In 2003 Mr Behrens-Sørensen was appointed Regional Director for the North Asian Region and subsequently chairman for A.P.Møller-Mærsk A/S in Singapore (2003-2007). From 2008 to 2009 he was chairman for the North Asian Region. Mr Behrens-Sørensen was chairman for the Danish Chamber of Commerce, Vice-president and member of the Board at the European Camber of Commerce in China and Advisory Council member in a number of Asian companies and Chinese provinces. Since October 2009 Mr Behrens-Sørensen has been a professional board member and advisor for several companies and funds within shipping, transport, service and the maritime industry in both Asia and Denmark.  


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