What did you do before joining our team?
Firstly, I didn’t start out in the business world – I thought my career would be something very different. I studied sports at university and was a keen soccer player; I did have the idea that this would be my vocation. But at some point, I felt a stronger desire for broader challenges and therefore changed track and ended up completing a master’s degree in political science instead.
My first job in the maritime sector was with Svitzer, where I started as a student and later transferred into a full-time position in the Corporate Affairs and Business Development department in the Copenhagen headquarters. I was involved in corporate restructuring, reviewing contractual documents, preparing reports, recommendations, and much more in a global expanding company with a very steep growth curve. It was a fantastic introduction to the business world where I learned from the best and spent some very formative years that helped to shape my business DNA.
After six years, I took on a more commercially oriented role in Maersk FPSOs (Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading), which gave me an incredible insight into highly complex commercial and contractual processes. I was directly involved with projects in Norway, UK, Australia, and Africa, and I renegotiated some rather major contracts.
Following the company’s decision to divest the Maersk FPSO business unit, I moved to Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC), where I became Head of Service Sales focusing on growing the service business. We covered several services such as training, maintenance, upgrade and rehabilitation, technical service agreements, and O&M contracts.
