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Corporate Management Team

Henrik Poulsen
President and CEO
Appointed 2008

Born 1967

M.Sc., Finance and Accounting, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 1994

International Business Controller
Novo Nordisk A/S
Pharmaceuticals, Global leader in diabetes1994-1995

Engagement Manager
McKinsey & Co., Scandinavia (Copenhagen office)
Aarsø Nielsen & Partners (later A.T. Kearney)
Scandinavian strategy and corporate finance "boutique" 1995-1997

Senior Engagement Manager
McKinsey & Co., New York, USA (Manhattan office)
Global leader in strategy consulting 1998-1999

Vice President, Business Development, LEGO 1999-2000

Senior Vice President, Global Segment 8+, LEGO 2000-2002

Senior Vice President, Global Innovation and Marketing, LEGO Group 2002-2003

LEGO Group, Global brand leader in construction toys 2004 - 2005

Regional Managing Director, Senior Vice President
LEGO Europe, Asia and Emerging (Head Office in Switzerland)

Executive Vice President, Markets & Products
LEGO Group, Global brand leader in construction toys 2006

Operating Executive, Capstone Principal
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Global leader in private equity 2007

President and CEO, TDC A/S, 2008

 

Jesper Ovesen
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, TDC A/S

Born 1957

Master of Finance, University of Copenhagen, 1984. State-authorized Accountant 1987.

Vice President Finance, Baltica Holding, 1989. Chief Executive Officer, Baltica Bank, 1993. Vice President Finance, Novo Nordisk, 1994. CFO, Danske Bank, 1998. CFO, LEGO Company, 2003. President, KIRKBI A/S, 2006. Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, TDC A/S, 2008.

Member of the Boards of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and FLSmidth & Co A/S

 

Jesper Theill Eriksen
Senior Executive Vice President TDC A/S and President Private and International Holdings

Born 1968.

Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 1991. INSEAD (executive management training program), LiNKs, 1999. TDC's management development program, 2001 and 2004. DIEU (executive program), Denmark, 2004-05.

Lawyer, law firm Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, 1992.

Assistant General Counsel, Tele Danmark, Legal Affairs, 1996.

General Counsel, Tele Danmark International, 1998.

Senior Vice President, TDC Mobile International A/S, Europe, 2000.

CEO, Bité GSM (Lithuania), 2004.

President and CEO, TDC Switzerland, 2006.

President, TDC Mobile International A/S, 2006. Mergers & Acquisitions and President, International Holdings, 2007.

Senior Executive Vice President Corporate HR and Chief of Staff, 2007. Senior Executive Vice President TDC A/S and President Mobile Nordic 2008

Member of the Board, Polkomtel S.A. (Poland).

 

Eva Berneke
Senior Executive Vice President, Head of HR and Group Strategy 

Born 1969

Master of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 1992. Ingenieur Economiste, Ecole Centrale de Paris, 1991. INSEAD, MBA program, 1995.

Consultant then Project Manager, McKinsey & Co, Scandinavia and UK, 1993-1998.

Partner with McKinsey & Co, specialized in consumer goods, retail high tech & telecom, 1998-2007.

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, TDC A/S, 2007.

Member of the Board of the Copenhagen Business School

 

Jens Munch-Hansen
Senior Ececutive Vice President TDC A/S and President TDC Nordic

Born 1955

Cand Merc. Copenhagen Business School 1980

Business Analyst, IBM, USA, HQ 1980-1982

Account Manager/Sales Director/Department Director, IBM DK, 1982-94

Operations Manager, IBM, Europe HQ, Paris 94-97

Market Director, IBM Nordic. 97-99

WW VP, Sales operations, IBM, USA, HQ, 99-2000

Regional General Manager, IBM Nordic, 2000-2007

VP sales and Business Development, IBM, North East Europe. 2007-09

 

Carsten Dilling
Senior Executive Vice President TDC A/S and President Operations & Wholesale

Born 1962

HA, Bachelor of Science, Business Economics, Copenhagen Business School, 1983. HD, Bachelor of Commerce, International Trade, Copenhagen Business School, 1986.

IBM Denmark, Nordic & EMEA 1984-2001: From 1999 Director of Personal Systems Group, IBM Nordic and member of Executive Committee, IBM Danmark A/S.

CEO, Columbus IT Partner, 2001.

Deputy CEO, Ementor ASA, 2005. 

Senior Executive Vice President TDC A/S and President Fixnet Nordic, 2007.

Chairman of the Board of Traen Informationssystemer A/S

 

Niels Breining
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, YouSee A/S
Appointed to the Executive Committee in 2008.

Born 1955.

MSc Economics and Business, University of Aarhus, 1979.

Since 1999 CEO/President for YouSee A/S

1996-1999 Tele Danmark A/S, Business Division, CFO,

1995-1996  Hedeselskabet A/S, Senior Executive Vice President,

1979-1994 Jydsk Telefon A/S, different positions, latest Vice President,

Chairman of the Board of Dansk Kabel TV A/S

Member of Executive Committee, Cable Europe, Brussels.

 

Martin Lippert

Senior Executive Vice President, TDC A/S and President of TDC Business 

Born in 1967

MSc (Economics and Business Administration), 1992, PhD in Economics, 1996, University of Aarhus

INSEAD, TDC's Executive Management Training Program, 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2003. DIEU 1997-1998.

DanaData, BPR Consultant, 1995-1996

TDK Business, Business Development Manager, 1996-1997

TDK Erhverv, Executive Assistant, 1997-1998

TDK Erhverv, Market Manager, 1998-1999

TDK, [[Director/Head]] of Business Sales and Customer Service, 1999-2000

TDK SME, Vice President, 2000

TDC Internet, Senior Vice President, 2000-2002

TDC Totalløsninger, Executive Vice President, 2002-2005

End2End Mobile, CEO, 2005-2006

Mach S.a.r.l., CEO, 2006-2009

Senior Executive Vice President, TDC A/S and President of TDC Business, 2009-