Fourth ranking of Denmark’s supply chain leaders Danish Dynamite: Top 25 Supply Chain Executives 2020

For the fourth consecutive year, Based on a thorough and exten- The award is sponsored Supply Chain Leaders Forum sive analysis of a triple-digit by ­Syncronic Management (SCLF) is celebrating the foste- number of very strong leaders Consulting and consists of ring of great supply chain lea- across Danish companies and a creative statuette by artist ders at Copenhagen Business organizations, SCLF and the lea- Åse Højer, and a valuable School. SCLF is a collaboration ding headhunter Korn Ferry have SCM problem analysis. between CBS, DTU, IDA Operati- evaluated and prepared a ran- ons Management and the associ- king of the Top 25 Supply Chain ation AAASCM. Executives in Denmark.

By Henrik Knak, Partner in Syncronic Management Consulting SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS FORUM

The 9th Supply Chain Leaders Forum many exciting presentations and discus- and the association AAASCM, with a strong Ferry represented by senior client partner 2020 very early in the annual preparations sions. From reinventing the business mod- support from Syncronic. In addition to Katriina Lillelund Schøier, member of the during springtime concluded that the el, over circular economy tier-1 and tier-2 honoring students from both CBS and DTU global Supply Chain & Operations COE. corona-situation would force the event to collaboration to the challenge of turning for the best academic assignments that bring This year, Torsten Steenholt, Executive re-innovate itself and to go online. Hence, the green business case into real value and value to business, the conference reached its Vice President and Chief Operating Officer we transformed the event to a studio-based harvesting the benefits. peak with the unveiling of the best supply at Chr. Hansen A/S ranked #1 in Denmark. setup with guest speakers from around The main purpose of the conference was chain leader in Denmark 2020. The award the world and with a few guest physically to bridge research and business, education was presented by partner in Syncronic Hen- Ranking Denmark’s Top 25 visiting the SCLF studio located at CBS and practice across commercial and techni- rik Knak grounded in a thorough analysis To produce this ranking of the Top 25 in Copenhagen. Supported by technicians, cal domains. This conference is a unique ex- that includes a broad and comprehensive ­Supply Chain Executives in Denmark, professional video and sound equipment, ample of how business and technical univer- assessment of many criteria. The data we initiated with a long list of triple-digit and members from the involved organ- sities and private companies can collaborate collection, analysis and the final selection number of senior­ leaders in bigger isations: CBS, DTU, IDA Operations across institutions. The event is organized were carried out by the SCLF board in close companies Management and AAASCM. This year, the as a collaboration between CBS – Copenha- collaboration with the executive search event attracted over 250 registered partic- gen Business School, DTU – the Technical company Korn ipants. University of Denmark, IDA Operations The conference theme ‘Green Supply Management, Chain Management – from plan to Track record & reputation action’ offered 4 Lighthouse Recommendations from leading Job 3 Danish­ CEOs complexity Organisational and academic Input from Korn Ferry Financial 2 roles global Supply Chain CoE performance SCOR functions covered University lectures Local market intelligence 1 Geographical footprint Conference appearances and insight from Korn Ferry Revenue Supply chain complexity Articles, interviews Peer review from EBIT Supply chain maturity and SCM statements SCM professors and consultants Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Growth in Revenue Growth in EBIT Growth in ROCE RANKING CRITERIA Top 25 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2020 2 SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS FORUM

situated in Denmark. We then took the for each of the Supply Chain Executive. models as the most important and press were asked to do reviews and leaders below following four overall factors into consid- This included span of control based on the releases as the least. were in some cases confronted with their eration: SCOR model (Buy, Make, Deliver, Plan) E.g. chairman roles in SCM associations, experiences. Based on all these 360-degree and were often correlated to the executive driver positions in SCM related national feedback the net list of executives was 1 Company: Financial performance level of the leader. projects and examinator at universities scored and ranked. 2 Role: Job complexity Secondly, the geographical scope indi- were valued at five points. University 3 Impact: Lighthouse cated each executive’s geographical area of lectures were awarded four points each, to Total score 4 Person: Track record & reputation command with global scope as maximum highlight and recognize those executives The total score for each factor (ranging score. who prioritize and focus on sharing knowl- from 25 to 0 point) was added together to Based on detailed evaluation criteria shown Thirdly, the supply chain complexity was edge, promoting education and attracting arrive at this ranking of the Top 25 Danish in the figure page 2 each factor were ana- evaluated to gain insight into the dynamic promising new talent to the supply chain Supply Chain Executives. lyzed, evaluated, rated and distributed on system of operation within each company. sector. Participation by the Danish supply a scale from max 25 points to 0 points. The Finally, the supply chain maturity was chain executive in keynote presentations winner is the person with total max score. assessed based on the Gartner model. In a or conferences was valued at three points level-one stage or per event. Interviews and own articles in ‘reactive’ supply chain, the focus is solely a weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual 1 based on the business unit. If the supply publication received two points each. Company: Financial performance chain is in a level-five stage of maturity, As a first step, company success was as- technology supports complete orches- sessed based on the latest financial results, tration and value is created for the entire 4 represented by the revenue and EBIT, and network. Person: Track record & reputation ROCE. This entailed extracting the compa- As a final qualifying and most impor- nies’ revenue details and EBIT results from tant step, senior client partner, Katriina their annual reports. 3 Lillelund Schøier from Korn Ferry’s Supply Furthermore, we compared performance Impact: Lighthouse Chain & Operations COE unit assess the in 2019 and 2018 to quantify and evaluate In the third step, we assessed how well the executives track records and personal the improvement in revenue, EBIT and executive succeeded in exposing the supply reputation. Grounded in an evaluation of SUPPLY CHAIN ROCE. chain concept to an audience beyond the the full list of qualified executives, a net EXECUTIVE persons own company. We looked at role list of the topmost qualified executives was model engagements that the leader was developed. The headhunter qualified this 2 involved in outside the company, keynote list further by contacting key people over 2020 Role: Job complexity presentations and university guest lectures, and above the executive to understand the During second step we assessed the press releases and interviews. These criteria performance and track record of the execu- complexity of the leader’s responsibility were then given a weighting value with role tive. Peers inside and outside the company

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And the winner is Torsten Steenholt, EVP and COO at Chr. Hansen A/S

science. Torsten is involved in several Mr. Steenholt holds a strong background non-executive board roles in successful from blue-chip supply chain companies, FMCG-companies but also engages him- has consistently demonstrated strong self in delivering presentations, lectures, results over his career and is a strategic interviews, video-casts and tweets about thinker with a holistic end-to-end supply various supply chain and leadership topics. chain view. His market reputation from During the initial COVID-19 crisis he current and former peers, superiors and actively tried to motivate operations people other stakeholders is very strong, and he is across Denmark via the association Danish a persuasive people leader with an ability SUPPLY CHAIN Industry to keep up the good faith and to build high performing, diverse teams. spirit while being safe and delivering good He shows strong supply chain capacity also EXECUTIVE supply chain management. beyond Chr. Hansen – being a true supply The company, Chr. Hansen has under chain role model for all of us. his leadership delivered increasing perfor- Finally, and beyond the formal scoring 2020 mance across all key financial dimensions, criteria, it is worth to mention that the and the supply chain has matured to a level winner is capable of living a balanced The four criteria described previously have aspiring to Gartners level 4. Despite a very work-life with time for his wife and three thoroughly been leveraged, and the result complex global setup with 12 plants and 20 kids, running marathon, reading books discloses a very senior leader, though still distribution centers supplying to a global and playing with gadgets. And once COV- fairly young: 51 years, given his executive market, he and his team have secured an ID-19 is more contained I am sure he will status for more than 3 years. agile, yet resilient and efficient operation again pick up on his eagerness to explore The winner of the SYNCRONIC award across the planet. And this in a such sus- the world and new parts of our beautiful for Best Supply Chain Leader in Denmark tainable manner that it contributed via UN earth. 2020 goes to a person that hold excellent Sustainability Development Goal number track records from leading positions in 12 to place Chr. Hansen as #1 in the world fast moving consumer goods and bio- in 2019, and #2 in 2020. Good job.

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Torsten Steenholt ­recieved the award for Best Supply Chain Executive in Denmark 2020 – an art-piece called ’The conductor’ created by Åse Højer – at the SCLF studio in CBS. Henrik Knak represented the sponsor­ Syncronic­ Management ­Consulting at the event.

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Hall of Fame

SUPPLY CHAIN Torsten Steenholt will in 2021 join the Hall of Fame for a period of three years pushing out EXECUTIVE Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen. She will then rejoin the pool of potential winners of the Best Supply Chain Executive in Denmark.

2019 2018 2017

Carsten Rasmussen, Jean-Marc Lechêne, Susanne Hundsbæk-­ Carsten Rasmussen, Chief Operating Officer Pedersen, Senior VP COO of The Lego Group, at Vestas, took the top Devices & SCM at Novo won last year. Carsten spot in 2018. He has Nordisk, won in 2017. was acknowledged been a member of the She has worked for for the great achieve- top management in Novo Nordisk since ments The Lego Group Vestas and COO since 2002. Currently in the experienced in 2018 2012. He took an MBA position of Senior and 2019 where solid from Insead in 1988 Vice President with numbers as revenue and spent 5 years Global Responsibility. and operating profit showcased a solid or- at McKinsey, worked for Lafarge for 18 years Novo Nordisk recorded 4% revenue growth and ganization, supporting the company growth. and spent, before joining Vestas, three years 10% EBIT growth in 2016 versus 2015. Susanne Furthermore, Carsten and The Lego Group put at Michelin­ in the European tire business. At Hundsbæk-Pedersen is particularly concerned an effort to integrate innovative technologies Vestas, he is responsible for the company’s with the implementation of new developments and to put focus on sustainable supply chain global operations with ~ 12,000 employees and is often quoted in supply chain magazines. management. Since 2001, Carsten held nu- and a tripling of capacity in just 5 years. In addition, she regularly attends conferences merous positions across The LEGO Group, e.g. Jean-Marc Lechêne’s public profile has been and lectures at universities. leading the supply chain office in Hong Kong, built up through press releases, mentioned in leading Lego Production in the Czech Republic, numerous supply chain publications and parti- and being responsible for Lego Shopper Marke- cipation in conferences. ting & Channel Development.

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and enjoy the outdoors why the held different positions in vestas in the third place among the best award that Chr. Hansen received since he joined the Company in supply chain leader in Denmark! as most sustainable company in 2001 starting as a Finance Man- He is part of Nilfisk’s global the world, ranked by the Cana- ager from 2001 – 2004 he later leadership team and manages an dian based Corporate Knights become VP Finance & IT, 2004 organization of +2,500 employees #1 in 2019, is a remarkable achieve- #2 – 2006. From 2008-2009 Tommy across Europe, US and Asia. His ment. was Vice President/Managing responsibilities include demand Torsten Steenholt Tommy Rahbek Nielsen Chr. Hansens manufacturing Director in Vestas Wind Systems, and supply planning, procure- Chr. Hansen Vestas EVP for Global Operations portfolio includes facilities in the EVP & COO China after which he in 2009 ment, supply management, US, Brazil, Chezc Republic, Ger- became SVP, in 2012 Group SVP manufacturing, warehouse opera- many, France and Denmark and for Supply Chain, in 2015 Senior tions, distribution, sales support Torsten Steenholt is EVP for by looking at their production of Tommy Rahbek Nielsen is EVP SVP, PEX, Assembly & towers etc. Global Operations in Chr. culture and enzymes alone, they & COO in Vestas and holds a the and in May he was appointed The global company that Hansen and has been since 2017. are said to reach 1 billion peo- global responsibility for around Executive Vice President & COO. Nilfisk is today builds on many Beforehand he was SVP for Glob- ple daily and worldwide as they 10,000 employees spread out to 19 years of innovative thinking. As al Product Supply since 2012. Be- are represented in every second factories in 15 different countries. an example, Nilfisk was the first sides his position in Chr. Hansen, cheese product manufactured Furthermore, Tommy is member to launch the very first electric Torsten is a Member of the Board in the world and likewise their of Vestas Executive Management vacuum cleaner in Europe back of Directors in both RO-CO A/S enzymes and cultures are used team. in 1910. and Altia Plc. in general dairy products all over Vestas design, manufacture, #3 Jesper graduated from Aarhus Alongside Torstens many years the world. install and service wind turbines School of Business in 1999 with of professional expertise he holds globally and with more than Jesper Terndrup Madsen a M.Sc in Economics & Business a numerous amount of batches 108 GW of wind turbines in 80 Nilfisk Administration and later he add- from educational institutions countries they have installed EVP operations & Service ed an MBA course in Strategic counting a masters degree from more wind power than any of Financial Analysis. the University of Copenhagen, their competitors. 2020 is the first Jesper Terndrup Madsen, joined UCL, Scandinavian International year Tommy is to find on the list Nilfisk in 2015 and is now EVP Management Institute and IMD covering the best supply chain operations & Service and on the Business School. leaders in Denmark and shows a short list among candidates for Besides holding a top position very high level of expertise when the fourth year in a row! In 2019 in Chr. Hansen, Torsten spends entering the list as second best, Jesper was ranked #34 and this a lot of time in his running shoes the first year he is listed. Tommy year he can proudly find himself

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recognized for his global outreach tion which is counting 46 global she holds an Engineering Degree part of the Executive manage- and the complex supply chain he manufacturing facilities! from the University of Copenha- ment team in Novozymes, as is responsible for. In 2019, Bjørn was ranked no. gen and additionally an Executive Executive Vice President for Educational-wise, Lars holds 26 among the best supply chain MBA in Change Management. Operations, Supply & Quality. a Bachelor degree of Market- leaders in Denmark, and this year In her role in Dupont, leading Novozymes is an organization #4 ing from Copenhagen Busi- he jumps to be fifth in the overall a global organization of more with more than 6,000 employees ness School and furthermore assessment, where especially his than 6,000 employees, she puts and offices and facilities spread Lars Bang a Master’s degree in Industrial person responsibility and reach a strong focus on Operational out on the globe. H. Lundbeck Executive Vice President, Engineering from the Technical counted! Excellence, Productivity and Graziela joined Novozymes in Supply Operations University of Denmark. Regarding the educational Digitalization while her every day 2002 and through the years she & Engineering background Bjørn holds an MBA includes responsibility for Man- was based in both Brazil, Den- from Henley Business School ufacturing & Supply Chain, Con- mark and China. Currently she Lars Bang joined H. Lundbeck and has been employed in the tract Manufacturing, Operational holds the global responsibility back in 1988, the last 32 years he building industry since 1988. Excellence, Integrated Business for Operations, Supply Chain, has worked with pharmaceutical Since 2014 Bjørn has volunteered planning and many more. Engineering & Sourcing, Enviro- and since 2018 he has been EVP in Team Rynkeby who bikes from Next to her employment in ment & Safety and many more. Product Development & Supply #5 Copenhagen to Paris every year DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, It is the first time that Graziela in H. Lundbeck with a cross Bjørn Rici Andersen to raise money for children with Karen-Marie is a Board Member is ranked aming the best supply functional and global responsi- ROCKWOOL cancer. of NTG Nordic Transport Group. chain leaders in Denmark, and bility for product development, Senior Vice President a +6% ROCE growth and her manufacturing, safety and envi- for Group Operations global responsibility, was among ronment etc . Beyond his work and Technology the factors that resulted in her in H. Lundbeck, Lars is a mem- coming in as 7th. ber of the Board of Directors Bjørn Rici Andersen is Senior Next to the many years in of Claudio­ Bidco A/S, Clauidio Vice President for Group Op- #6 pharmaceutical industry Graziela Holdco A/S, Fertin Pharma A/S erations and Technology in #7 holds a master’s degree in food and OB Holding Aps. ROCKWOOL. He is the part of Karen-Marie Katholm Graziela Chaluppe engineering. In 2019 Lars was ranked #9 the group management, consist- DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences dos Santos Malucelli among the best supply chain ing of 7 Vice President and the Integrated Operations Leader Novozymes Executive Vice President leaders in Denmark and in 2018 President and CEO. Bjørn has he took the #2nd place, placing since 2018 been responsible for Karen-Marie Katholm is Inte­ him in top ten for the last three the Group Operations & Tech- grated Operations Leader in Graziela Chaluppe dos Santos years! In 2020 Lars was especially nology throughout the organiza- DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, Malucelli has since 2019 been

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to 2009 Andres was responsible Service with a responsibility for warehouses and E-call centers for developing the overall LEAN customer focused Supply Chain with up to 3,500 employees, strategy applied in Novo Nord- activities for the merged company he leads the Global Supply and isk, called cLEAN which covered of Widex and Sivantos. He has S&OP planning for Pandora and more than 9,000 employees. been in the Hearing Aid industry furthermore and he leads a team #8 Andrew is on the list among the for the past 7 years. Beforehand #10 with three directors and four vice best supply chain leaders in Den- Martin worked as a consultant presidents in direct reporting line Andrew Finnegan Jacob Kops Pedersen mark for the second year in a row for 8 years, working with larger to an organization of roughly 500 Novo Nordisk Pandora Corporate VP Supply Chain and this year Andrew jumped procurement and supply chain Senior Vice President people. In 2019 Jacob was ranked 9 places on the list to be nr. 8 in transformation. Furthermore, for Global Operations #12 as the best supply chain 2020, remarked by especially his Martin is well recognized for his leader in Denmark so this year Andrew Finnegan is corporate personal responsibility within his work in academia with bonds to he jumps two spots to reclaim his VP Supply Chain in Novo Nord- function. the Copenhagen Business School, Jacob Kops Pedersen joined Pan- position in the top ten. isk. Andrew joined Novo Nordisk teaching classes of Supply Chain dora in 2011 and since 2012 he in 2004 and the last 16 years Theories. held VP positions in the company he added different titles to his In 2019 Martin was ranked no. within logistics and supply chain, portfolio. Andrew took his first 43 among the best supply chain before he in March 2020 became education from the University leaders in Denmark and his place Senior Vice President for Global of West London (Thames Valley #9 as #9 in this year assessment is Operations. Jacob holds a Master University) and later added a well deserved! of Science from the Technical master’s degree in Economics and Martin Hagger Kirk WS Audiology was formed University of Denmark and Business Administration from WS Audiology in 2019 through the merger of furthermore added a Leadership Copenhagen Business School. Vice President Sivantos and Widex, which pro- Module within Retail from Har- for EMEA operations Andrew has the global respon- vides them a combined experi- vard Business School in 2017. In sibility for Supply Chain Strategy ence and expertise based on 140 the role as Senior Vice President & Development, S&OP, Supply Martin Hagger Kirk has since years in the business. Today, their for operations, Jacob is among Network Planning, Launch May 2020 been Vice President market share is showed as one in other responsible for the global Planning and Execution, Supply for EMEA operations in WSAu- three hearing aids worn by people operations strategy in Pandora, Chain IT and Shipping & Dis- diology and before he was Vice across the world is manufactured the global logistics, customs & tribution. In the period of 2004 President, Global Logistics and by WSAudiology! Compliance, 10 E-commerce

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mately 3,500 employees worldwide with emloyees and 3,4 Billion Euro in annual Nicolaj Boysen Frank Berg Rasmussen Coop Danmark 14 direct reports being SVP’s VP’s & MD’s, Coloplast sales. Prior to his employment in Grund- Chief Supply Chain Officer development of 3-5 years strategy and Vice President for fos, Stéphane has worked in Switzerland, many more. Additionally, Per is a Member Global Supply Chain France, Mexico, Slovakia and Thailand in #11 of the Executive Management, Chairman #14 different positions related to supply chain, of the Board and Member of the Board of plant management, planning etc. Educa- Nicolaj Boysen has since February 2019 Directors in different divisions of MAN Frank Berg Rasmussen has been Vice tional, Stéphane holds a Master’s degree been Chief Supply Chain Officer in Coop Energy Solutions. His educational back- President for Global Supply Chain in in Industrial Engineering and Computer Denmark with the responsibility for supply ground includes degrees/diplomas from Coloplast since 2016. Frank brings 17 years Science from Valenciennes. chain setup for more than a 1,000 stores. Cranfield University, INSEAD, Columbia, of experience within Coloplast to the table,

Nikolaj is co-responsible for implementing IMD and Stanford University. and before his current position as VP he Nicolai Gradman the SAP retail ERP in Coop and also part had numerous of positions, both in Thisted Salling Group of the Coop Management team. With 2,000 Thomas Stig Lundtrøm and China with a responsibility for around Executive Vice President FTE his areas of responsibility, counts GN Group 1,000 employees at the time. As VP for the for Supply Chain Senior Vice President & Logistics Operations of distribution centers, demand for Operations global supply chain, Frank holds the end to #16 planning, master data management, in- #13 end responsibility for the full global supply and outbound freight for all commodities chain of Coloplast, a cooperation with Nicolai Gradman became Executive Vice and many more. Nikolaj joined Coop Thomas Stig Lundtrøm is Senior Vice more than 12,000 employees. President for Supply Chain & Logistics for ­Denmark in 2006 as project manager, and President for Operations in GN Group and Besides many years of professional Salling Group in 2013. Previous, he was since held different management and direc- has been for three years now. Beforehand, experience, Frank holds a Ph.D. in Physics Senior Vice President CAM and Supply tor positions. Nikolaj holds an EMBA from Thomas was Vice President for Global from Aarhus university and a number of Chain in Esko Belgium for 10 years and Copenhagen Business School among other Supply Chain for almost four years, and management educations. Deputy Director and Factory in Grundfos educational achievements. combined with his seven and a half years for nine years. in GN ReSound he holds more than 15 Stéphane Simonetta Today, the Salling Group counts more Per Rud years of experience in the field of hearing Grundfos than 1,400 stores in three countries and Group Executive MAN Energy Solution aid. Additionally, Thomas has a total of five ­additionally the portfolio covers web Senior Vice President for Vice President for years as management and strategy con- shops, coffee shops, restaurants, meal After Sales Marine Operations, COO #15 & Power Plant sulting experience from different agencies. ­boxes and self-owned brands, to which #12 Thomas has an educational background Stéphane Simonetta is since 2015 Group Nicolai holds the global responsibility of Per Rud is Senior Vice President for After with a Master of Science in Management of Executive Vice President for Operations, the supply chain and logistics. Sales Marine & Power Plant in MAN Planning and Technology and an Executive COO in Grundfos giving him the glob- About education, Nikolaj holds a degree Energy Solution and have been since 2016. MBA from IMB Business School. al responsibility of the manufacturing, as Master of Science in Engineering from Per’s responsibilities counts a sales budget Supply Chain/Logistics, purchasing etc., Aalborg University. of approximately 1,4 Billion EUR, approxi- spread out on 27 plants, more than 18,000

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and has since worked in different positions industry in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Vagn Hundebøll Katarina Lindström DLG, Director and Group within manufacturing, product devel- Hempel Germany. Prior to his position in Ørsted he Vice President for opment and supply chain. During time, Executive Vice President worked 12 years in E.ON, an international ­Production & Morten was both SVP in Global Supply and COO provider of energy solutions, in various Logistics #17 Chain and SVP & Managing Director #20 director roles with assets management, for Danfoss Solar Inverter. Besides his operations etc. and in various countries. Vagn Hundebøll is Director and Group work in Danfoss Drives, Morten is since Katarina Lindström was in august 2020 Mark is educated from Durham University Vice President for Production & Logistics 2018 Chairman of the Board in MADE, a announced as Executive Vice President where he holds a BSc in Engineering & in DLG and has been for the last 10 years! non-profit organization consisting of uni- and COO in Hempel where she is driving Management and from Warwick Business Despite the name and ownership by the versities, companies, GTS-institutes and the company strategic agenda regarding School where he took his MBA. Danish farmers, DLG is one of the largest educational institutions, with a vision of operational excellence, innovation and actors on the European market within world class manufacturing in Denmark. sustainability. Prior to her position in Aymeric Chandavoine A.P. Moller – Maersk import and export of agriculture products. Hempel, Katarina worked more than 20 Senior Vice President as Emmanuel Buyse DLG employes 1,500 people in Denmark years at Volvo Group holding a series of Global Head of Logistics ISS alone, 3,800 employees in Germany and global senior executive positions within and Services Vice President, #22 has companies in 18 countries! Head of Supply Chain both operations and product management. Since 1994, Vagn held CEO positions & Procurement­ #19 Besides her roles as EVP, Katarina is a Aymeric Chandavoine was appointed with 8 years in DanGrønt and 13 years in Board Member in Stockholm based ­Senior Vice President as Global Head of Vitalys. Emmanuel Buyse has since March 2019 Gränges, a global supplier of rolled Logistics and Services at A.P. Moller – Vagn is educated from University of been Vice President, Head of Supply Chain aluminum products. Katarina is educated Maersk in April 2020. Before joining A.P. Southern Denmark with a Bachelor of Busi- & Procurement in ISS giving him the from the Royal Technical Institute in Moller Maersk he was 10 years in CEVA ness Administration, a study on University responsibility of the group supply chain and Sweden with a Master of Science in Logistics, a logistics and supply chain com- of Hong Kong in Development of Business procurement consistent of approximately Material Science. pany based in Marseille. Here he held dif- in China and holds an MBA from Univer­ 350 procurement professionals in 30+ coun- ferent positions on top management level sity of Aarhus in Business & Economics. tries. Before his promotion to current posi- Mark Porter as VP for Consumer & Retail in Shanghai, Ørsted Wind Power tion, Emmanuel was Director and Head of EVP for Global Sales in Zürich, and COO Senior Vice President Morten Buhl Sørensen Group Category Management for two and for Operations for Freight Management. Aymerics records Danfoss Drives a half years in ISS. His previous positions shows another 11 years in the logistics Senior Vice President for #21 Global Supply Chain include a Senior Manager position in Ørsted field in FM logistics in both Poland and #18 and seven years as consultant for Accenture. Mark Porter has been the Senior Vice China. Aymerix is educated with a masters Emmanuel is educated from the University President for Operations in Ørsted Wind degree from Ecole Superieure des Affairs Morten Buhl Sørensen is Senior Vice Pre­ of Antwerpen with an Academic Degree in Power, since 2018. Mark demonstrates in Business and later from Centrale Lille a sident for Global Supply Chain in Danfoss Maritime Economic Science and Master’s international expertise with more than Masters degree in Computer Engineering. Drives. Morten joined Danfoss in 1989 degree in Applied Economic Sciences. 25 years of experience in the electricity

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Group Insurance & Group Procurement. Pernille Fagerberg Danfoss Power Solutions Prior to joining DSV Lars held positions Global Supply Chain at the LEGO Group as Corporate Risk Final Ranking Supply Chain Director­ Manager with responsibility for all insur- #23 ance and risk management in the LEGO Top 25 Danish Executives 2020 and KIRKBI group. Later he was assistant Claudia Holmen was in 2019 appointed Director in AON with the regional respon- Progression # Name Ranking 2019 Head of Supply Chain Management at sibility in Jutland and later Director for the 2019  2020 Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (former Large Accounts Department in Codan In- #1 Torsten Steenholt #20 +19 Biogen). Claudia has more than 20 years surance. About education, Lars is educated #2 Tommy Rahbek Nielsen Not listed New commer of experience with the pharma industry from the Copenhagen Business School. #3 Jesper Terndrup Madsen #34 +31 and medical device industry. In her career #4 Lars Bang #9 +5 she held different supply chain titles as #5 Bjørn Rici Anderen #26 +21 Søren Lisbjerg #6 Karan-Marie Katholm #39 +33 Director of Supply Chain in ALK Abelló, Unibrew #7 Graziela Chaluppe dos Santos Malucello Not listed New Commer Director of Supply Chain Management Vice President #8 Andrew Finnegan #17 +9 in Ferrosan Medical Devices. Along the for the Supply Chain #9 Martin Hagger Kirk #43 +34 way, Claudio also took a one year interna- #25 #10 Jacob Kops Pedernsen #12 +2 tional contract as Manager for the Plan & #11 Nicolaj Boysen #13 +2 ­Sourcing unit in UNICEF. Søren Lisbjerg has since 2018 been Vice #12 Per Rud #3 -9 Claudia initiated her career as a President for the Supply Chain in Royal #13 Thomas Stig Lundstrøm #33 +20

­Management Consultant and Sr. Project Unibrew with a record of supply chain #14 Frank Berj Rasmussen #10 -4

Manager in PwC, after she graduated from in the brewing industry to 1991 when he #15 Stéphane Simonetta #24 +9

Odense University with as a Master of started out as a Brew Master and Depart- #16 Nicolai Gradman Not Listed New Commer

Science in Operational Research. ment Manager in the Carlsberg group. Since #17 Vagn Hundebøl #40 +23

t then, Søren held numerous positions within #18 Morten Buhl Sørensen #36 +28

Lars Bille supply chain in both Coca Cola Nordic Be­ #19 Emmanuel Buyse #5 -14 DSV verage and Carlsberg Group with titles such #20 Katarina Lindström Not Listed New Commer Executive Vice President as VP Supply Chain, EVP Supply Chain #21 Mark Porter #6 -15 #24 & Logistics etc., before he became Supply #22 Aymeric Chandavoine Not Listed New Commer Chain Director for Royal Unibrew in 2009. #23 Claudia Holmen #11 -12 Lars Bille has since January 2018 been Sørens educational background is a Master #24 Lars Bille Not Listed New Commer Executive Vice President in DSV – Global of Science in chemistry from the Technical #25 Søren Lisbjerg Not Listed New Commer Transport and Logistics. Lars joined DSV University of Denmark and Brewmaster in 2010 when he was hired as Director for from Scandinavian Brewing School.

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Leading in a Crisis What Supply Chain Leaders are Saying ‒ and Doing

customers, and streamline operations. In a recent conversation, Katriina spoke The goal: yes, wait for better times, but give about the common themes that shine the company an edge for when demand through her work with the COOs and inevitably returns. CSCOs, and what great leaders are doing In today’s remarkably rough times, with to help not only their organizations but the global coronavirus outbreak upending themselves. the modern world as we know it, everyone is dealing with their own challenges. And that certainly includes the world’s chief operations officers and chief supply chain Page 13 officers. It is these leaders who must keep their organizations supply chain and op- erations afloat. It is they who must inspire Top-8 people to innovate and try to preserve as many jobs as possible while making the or- steps ganisation agile and fast. And while these Katriina Lillelund Schøier, Korn Ferry’s EMEA Leader of Supply Chain & Operations CoE COOs/CSCOs are balancing so many im- a leader possible dilemmas—what suppliers to pay, Many corporate COOs and CSCOs are capital as possible. It was the standard what factories to keep open—they must can take facing their toughest leadership challenge. reaction multiplied many times by a global carry the burden of their own uncertainties A Korn Ferry veteran tell us what she is pandemic—save all that is left for better as well as those of the thousands of workers hearing—and seeing—from the C-suite. times. for whom they bear responsibility. now In a stunningly short time, demand for Yet this COO saw things differently. “It’s something that nearly everyone his firm’s multibillion-kroner product had Cutbacks were made, of course. But instead we’re working with is wrestling with,” says dropped almost in half. And almost as of purely hunkering down, he directed the Katriina Lillelund Schøier, Korn Ferry’s quickly, the call for many inside the com- teams to work on finding new efficiencies EMEA Leader of the Supply Chain & Ope­ pany was to act fast and preserve as much for the product, create new services for rations CoE. “It has never been tougher.”

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Leading in a Crisis

Top-8 steps a leader can take now

1 Be purposeful 4 Be both action oriented 7 Be aware of mindsets • Constantly remind people why and reflective • Move from fixed/fear mindsets it is so important that we exist. • Reconcile the paradox of pause and action; both to growth mindsets. • See this crisis as a new way to purposeful- are critical. • Know that our openness and closedness ly serve colleagues and customers in new, • Avoid being too passive or too hyperactive opens or closes others. ­meaningful, value-creating ways. ­during these times. • Catch yourself in fixed/fear mindsets and • Leverage purpose as a new tool of innovation; • Step back to reflect, learn, and strategize when move to growth mindsets before acting purpose can touch lives in new ways. the pace and bias for action are too high. or behaving.

2 Be empathetic 5 Be inspiring 8 Be courageous • Acknowledge others’ stress in this situation. • Share stories that reveal the enduring values • Make the tough decisions on purpose • Know that people are also struggling with and what is really important now. and with courage. ­personal and family issues beneath the • Remember the purpose of the enterprise and • Pay attention to fear-based, reactive business­ issues. rally people around it. decisions. • Show you care about them versus the • See the crisis as an opportunity to more deeply • Inspire others with your courage, enterprise­ only. live and serve our people and customers. energy, and positivity. • Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Be resilient 3 Be calm, clear, and confident 6 • Take care of your energy, wellness, and fitness. • Communicate with realness, clarity, ­ • Encourage others to take care authenticity, and regularity: tell the real story. of themselves, and demonstrate • Express a vision of the other side of this… by modeling it. elevate from now to next. • Show your energy to take on • Convert anxiety to the attitude these challenges with energy “we will get through this together.” and innovation.

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Bedste Supply Chain Leder i Danmark 2020 (fra venstre): Peter Jacobsen (emeri- tus professor på DTU), Kim Sundtoft Hald (professor ved CBS og formand for SCLF), Torsten Steenholt (EVP Global Opera- tions i Chr. Hansen), Peter Brønd (medlem af bestyrelsen i IDA Operations Manage- ment), og Henrik Knak (partner i Syncronic og formand for AAASCM).

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