Experience

AkademikerPension

• Denmark
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Alternative Investments

  • Apr 2022 - Present



AP Pension

• Denmark
• Insurance
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Head of Alternative Investments

  • Sep 2019 - Mar 2022

  Heading and building out a newly established Alternative Investments team. - Part of the investment department's leadership team - Build and managed a team of senior investment professionals - Established a credit platform from scattered lending activities and conducted senior hires - Revised investment strategies, mandates and decision making processes to optimize execution - Drove or oversaw new investments for EUR 1.8bn in PE, Infrastructure and Credit (direct as well as indirect) - Substantial portfolio repositioning and clean up to improve quality and run rate returns - Obtained support for significant increase in size of mandates within infrastructure and credit - Established tools and procedures to meet ESG and tightened regulatory requirements Show less

• Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2019

  Responsible for building out and managing AP Pension’s portfolio of alternative investments within Infrastructure, Private Equity and other bespoke investment opportunities.Serve on a range of Advisory Boards including funds managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Platinum Equity Partners and Lone Star Funds.



PensionDanmark

• Denmark
• Insurance
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chief Investment Manager, Alternative Investments

  • Jul 2015 - Mar 2016

  Promoted to senior role as the team was expanded.

• Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments

  • Feb 2009 - Jun 2015

  Responsible for investing and managing PensionDanmark's portfolio of private funds. The portfolio consisted of >70 commitments totalling EUR 3.5bn across private equity, infrastructure, special sitauations, credit, foreign real estate and farmland funds. Worked on a couple of direct corporate equity and debt transactions as well, including FIH Erhvervsbank.Responsibilities included - Strategy and portfolio construction - Sourcing and screening investment opportunities - Commercial, legal and tax due diligence - Negotiating terms and conditions - Deal closings - Monitoring - Representing PensionDanmark on various boards and investment committeesLead or co-lead approx. 30 transactions worth well over EUR 1.5bn with very solid returns. Served on the Advisory Boards of the following funds: Platinum Equity III, Lone Star Fund VIII & IX, Lone Star Residential Mortgage Fund I, Exponent Fund III, Innisfree Secondary Fund I & II, Silverlands Private Equity SICAR and Exponent Fund III. Show less



North Sea Capital A/S

• Denmark
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Manager, Principal

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2009

  Responsible for sourcing and due diligencing pan-European, American buyout and special situation funds as well as co-investments and secondary fund interests. Responsible for sourcing and due diligencing pan-European, American buyout and special situation funds as well as co-investments and secondary fund interests.



Nordea

• Finland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Financial Officer, Private Equity

  • Oct 2001 - Dec 2006

  Succesfully established and managed an entire accounting and client servicing department from scratch. Developed proprietary accounting and reporting systems, and managed the back office support team. Responsibilities included: - Team leader for a group of 4 accounting professionals and support staff - Resposible for the operational setup, business procedures and external service providers - Preparation of quarterly and audited annual reports - Currency hedging strategies and cash management - Monitoring investments - Valuation of companies and fund interests - Participate in internal and external marketing activities - Overseeing contractual obligations towards clients were met As a key member of the team I was involved in most aspects of the business including business development, fund raisings and client meetings. The business was eventually spun out to form North Sea Capital. Show less



Carnegie Investment Bank

• Sweden
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Equity Analyst

  • Feb 2001 - Oct 2001

  Peer group analysis within the food, brewery and service sectors. Peer group analysis within the food, brewery and service sectors.



Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark

• Denmark
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant teacher

  • Aug 1999 - Jan 2001

  Assistant teacher for Bachelor students. Assistant teacher for Bachelor students.