SkyBrands A/S was founded in 2008 by Jan Kølbek and is today one of the leading European providers of branded home textiles and apparel. The immediate success leads back to the experience and knowledge of Jan Kølbek and his staff. That experience and expertise comes from Duotex, which he sold to an equity fund in 2007 after building it from scratch in 2000. Kristian Moutitzen joined the company as a partner in December 2011. Coming from KE Leisure where he very successfully was the Managing Director for more than 9 years. In September 2012 SkyBrands A/S Launched an apparel department together with highly experienced staff. Already after just one year in the market this department showed outstanding performance towards production, quality and distribution and made SkyBrands A/S the number one choice for retailers in the Nordic countries. To further strengthen SkyBrands A/S both financially and towards all our partners, Jan and Kristian decided in 2015 to join forces with the private equity fund Catacap, who acquired 60% of SkyBrands A/S in June 2015. As part of SkyBrands A/S future strategy, to strengthen its distribution setup across Europe, SkyBrands GmbH was opened on December 1st 2015. Managing Director is Maarten de Baat Doelman. He has more than 20 years of experience within the home textile, apparel and license business. As of March 1st 2018 Adrian Durrani was appointed new CEO in SkyBrands A/S. Adrian will continue the company’s focus on product innovation together with customers and suppliers, and the strengthening of the distribution setup across Europe.
