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Board candidates in Topdanmark 2022
Maria Hjorth
Date of birth: 26 October 1972
Nationality: Danish
Joined Topdanmark's board of directors:
New candidate
Current position held:
Professional Board Member and General Partner & Co-Founder VÅR Ventures
Previous positions held:
2000 - 2002 Associate, Corporate Finance (M&A), Carnegie Bank A/S
2002 - 2003 Project manager, Securities, Carnegie London Ltd
2005 - 2014 Various executive positions, Danske Bank A/S, including head of internal communication, head of International Corporate Banking and head of Business Banking Business Development Danmark
2014 - 2019 CEO & Partner, Mercer Danmark A/S and Mercer Pensionsrådgivning A/S
2019 - 2021 Deputy CEO/CEO, VP Securities A/S
Education:
MSc Business Psychology, University of Westminster,
London
Cand.polit., University of Copenhagen
Offices held:
Member of the Board of Directors of Asetek A/S
Grandhood ApS (chairman)
Maj Invest Holding, Fondsmæglerselskabet Maj Invest A/S and Maj Invest Equity A/S
Thylander Gruppen A/S (deputy chairman) Trifork Holding AG
Member of:
The Audit Committee of Asetek A/S (chairman)
The Audit Committee of Trifork Holding AG (chairman)
Rate of attendance 2021: N/A
Expertise and qualifications:
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark. Among these, Maria Hjorth possesses knowledge and experience of the following:
Management experience from other financial businesses, board assignments in financial businesses, organisation, strategic management, financial reporting, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the professional market, finance, own funds, auditing, financing and investments, recruitment and human resources.
Independence:
Maria Hjorth meets the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Cristina Lage
Date of birth: 13 November 1954
Nationality: Danish
Elected at the AGM
Joined Topdanmark's board of directors: 2019
Current position held:
Professional Board Member
Previous positions held:
1987 - 1996 | Deputy Director and Group Treasurer, ISS |
International Service System A/S | |
1992 - 1994 | CFO, Kulturby 1996, Copenhagen 1994 - |
1996 CFO, ISS Scandinavia A/S | |
1996 - 2000 | CFO and CEO, Louisiana Museum of |
Modern Art | ||
2000 | - 2003 | CEO, TV2/Danmark A/S |
2003 - 2004 | Head of secretariat, Det Radikale Venstre | |
2004 - 2008 CEO, Nordea Liv og Pension | ||
A/S | ||
2008 | - 2011 | CEO, Nordea Invest A/S 2011 - 2016 CEO, |
Unipension A/S |
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Education:
M.Sc. (Economics and Business Administration), Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
Offices held:
Member of the Board of Directors of Arbejdsmiljørådet (Chairman)
LEO Fondet C.L. Davids Fond
Det Obelske Familiefond OK-Fonden.
Member of:
The Investment Committee of LEO Fondet (Chairman) The Audit Committee of Topdanmark
Rate of attendance 2021: 100%
Expertise and qualifications:
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark.
Among these, Cristina Lage possesses knowledge and experience of the following:
Management experience from other financial businesses, board assignments in financial businesses, organisation, strategic management, insurance operations, reinsurance, long-tail business (premiums, provisions, run-off), financial and insurance reporting, general statistics, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the private market, sales to the professional market, marketing and branding, outsourcing, finance, own funds, solvency and minimum capital requirements, rules for internal models, auditing, financing and investments, regulatory environment, compliance, IT and IT security, digitalisation, recruitment and human resources.
Independence:
Cristina Lage meets the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Petri Niemisvirta
Date of birth: 19 February 1970
Nationality: Finnish
Elected at the AGM
Joined Topdanmark's board of directors: 2017
Current position held:
Executive Director, Mandatum Group and Mandatum Life Insurance Company Ltd
Previous positions held:
1995 - 1999 Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company
1999 - 2000 Sampo Life Insurance Company Limited
2000 - 2001 Managing Director, Evli Life Ltd
2001 - 2021 Managing Director, Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited
Education:
LL.M., University of Turku
Offices held:
Member of the Boards of Directors of: Mandatum Asset Management Ltd (Finland)
Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company (Chairman) (Finland) Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (Finland) Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
Alma Media Corporation (Deputy Chairman) Finance Finland (FFI)
Finance Finland Life Insurance.
Member of:
The Group Executive Committee of Sampo
The Executive Committee of Finance Finland Life
Insurance
Rate of attendance 2021: 100%
Expertise and qualifications:
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark. Among these, Petri Niemisvirta possesses knowledge and experience of the following:
Management experience from other financial businesses, board assignments in financial businesses, organisation, strategic management, insurance operations, long-tail business (premiums, provisions, run-off), financial and insurance reporting, general statistics, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the private market, sales to the professional market, marketing and branding, finance, own funds, solvency and minimum capital requirements, auditing, financing and investments, regulatory environment, compliance, IT and IT security, digitalisation, recruitment and human resources.
Independence:
As Petri Niemisvirta represents a controlling shareholder's interests, he does not meet the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
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Morten Thorsrud
Date of birth: 23 December 1971
Nationality: Norwegian
Elected at the AGM
Joined Topdanmark's board of directors: 2019
Current position held:
President and CEO, If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ.
Previous positions held:
1996 - 2002 Various positions including Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Norway/ Europe
2002 - 2004 Head of Corporate Strategy, If P&C
Insurance Ltd. (publ)
2004 - 2005 Head of Industrial Underwriting and Claims, If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ)
2005 - 2013 Head of BA Industrial, If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ)
2013 - 2019 Group Executive Vice President, Head of BA Private, If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ)
Education:
Master of Business and Economics., Norwegian School of Management
Offices held:
Member of the Board of Directors of Finans Norge Euronext N.V. Hastings Group.
Member of:
The Group Executive Committee of Sampo The Audit Committee of Euronext N.V.
Rate of attendance 2021: 100%
Expertise and qualifications:
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark. Among these, Morten Thorsrud possesses knowledge and experience of the following:
Management experience from other financial businesses, board assignments in financial businesses, organisation, strategic management, insurance operations, reinsurance, long-tail business (premiums, provisions, run-off), financial and insurance reporting, general statistics, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the private market, sales to the professional market, marketing and branding, outsourcing, finance, own funds, solvency
and minimum capital requirements, rules for internal models, auditing, financing and investments, regulatory environment, compliance, IT and IT security, digitalisation, recruitment and human resources.
Independence:
As Morten Thorsrud represents a controlling shareholder's interests, he does not meet the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Ricard Wennerklint
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Date of birth: 2 September 1969
Nationality: Swedish
Joined Topdanmark's board of directors: 2017
Current position held:
Group Executive Vice President, Chief of
Strategy, Sampo plc
Previous positions held:
1994-1997 Financial Controller, Project Manager, Head of Financial Control, Trygg-Hansa
1997-1999 Head of Control, Skandia P&C 1999-2001 Senior Vice President, Head of Business and Financial Control, If P&C Insurance Ltd 2002-2008 CFO, If P&C Insurance Ltd
2006-2019 Managing Director, If P&C Insurance Ltd
2008-2019 Deputy CEO, If P&C Insurance
Holding Ltd
2019-2019 Executive Director, If P&C Insurance
Holding Ltd.
Education:
Business Administration and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
Offices held:
Member of the Board of Directors of: If P&C Insurance Holding Ltd
Nordax Bank AB (publ.) (Sweden)
Hastings Group Holdings Ltd, UK (Chairman) Mandatum Holding Ltd.
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Member of:
The Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of Topdanmark
The Nomination Board of Nordea Abp (Chairman).
Rate of attendance 2021: 100%
Expertise and qualifications:
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark. Among these, Ricard Wennerklint possesses knowledge and experience of the following:
Management experience from other financial businesses, board assignments in financial businesses, organisation, strategic management, insurance operations,
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reinsurance, long-tail business (premiums, provisions, run-off), financial and insurance reporting, general statistics, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the private market, sales to the professional market, marketing and branding, outsourcing, finance, own funds, solvency and minimum capital requirements, rules for internal models, auditing, financing and investments, regulatory environment, compliance, IT and IT security, digitalisation, recruitment and human resources.
Independence:
As Ricard Wennerklint represents a controlling shareholder's interests, he does not meet the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Jens Aaløse
Deputy Chairman
Date of birth: 26 September 1966
Nationality: Danish
Joined Topdanmark's board of directors: 2016
Current position held:
Managing Partner, Maj Invest Equity
Previous positions held:
1990 - 2002 Various executive positions, SAS Scandinavian Airlines A/S
2002 - 2006 Vice President, SAS Scandinavian Airlines A/S
2006 - 2010 CEO, Nordic Media Link AB and Dansk Reklame Film A/S
2010 - 2013 CEO, Danske Licens Spil A/S
2013 - 2021 Senior Executive Vice President, TDC A/S.
Education:
B.Sc. Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Offices held:
Member of the Boards of Directors of:
Dansk Erhverv (the Danish Chamber of Commerce) FDM Travel A/S
Sticks N Sushi (Chairman)
Blue Ocean Robotics (Chairman).
Member of:
The Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of Topdanmark.
Rate of attendance 2021: 100%
Expertise and qualifications:
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark. Among these, Jens Aaløse possesses knowledge and experience of the following:
Board assignments in financial businesses, organisation, strategic management, insurance operations, reinsurance, long-tail business (premiums, provisions, run-off), financial and insurance reporting, general statistics, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the private market, sales to the professional market, marketing and branding, outsourcing, finance, own funds, solvency and minimum capital requirements, auditing, financing and investments, regulatory environment, compliance, IT and IT security, digitalisation, recruitment and human resources.
Independence:
Jens Aaløse meets the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
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