Executive Board and Board of Directors
Read about Topdanmark's Executive Board, Board of Directors, and Senior Management.
Read about Topdanmark's Executive Board, Board of Directors, and Senior Management.
Read about Topdanmark's Executive Board, Board of Directors, and Senior Management.
Read about Topdanmark's Executive Board, Board of Directors, and Senior Management.
Current position held: Group Executive Vice President, Chief of Strategy, Sampo plc
2 September 1969
Swedish
2017
100%
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
Business Administration and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
Member of the Board of Directors of:
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, 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.
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.
Current position held: Senior Executive Vice President, TDC A/S
26 September 1966
Danish
2016
100%
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
B.Sc. Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Member of the Boards of Directors of:
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, financial and insurance reporting, risk management and risk assessment, sales to the private market, sales to the professional market, marketing and branding, outsourcing, finance, own funds, auditing, financing and investments, regulatory environment, compliance, IT and IT security, digitalisation, recruitment and human resources.
Jens Aaløse meets the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance
Current position held: Chairman of De Overordnedes Forening
14 January 1968
Danish
2019
100%
Member of the Board of Directors of:
• Bjatola A/S
Current position held: Professional Board Member and Senior Advisor
24 April 1963
Danish
2019
100%
2012–2014 Senior Executive VP, Global Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking and Transactional Credit,
Danske Bank A/S
2014–2017 Member of the Board of Directors of Solix Group AB
2015–2017 Member of the Board of Directors of Sampension KP Livsforsikring A/S
2016–2018 CCO, Intrum Justitia AB / Lindorff AS
Member of the Board of Directors of
The Board has defined the required competencies and qualifications for board members of Topdanmark.
Among these, Anne Louise Eberhard 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, generel 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.
Anne Louise Eberhard meets the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Chairman of the Staff Association of Topdanmark
20 June 1976
Danish
2015
100%
Current position held: Professional Board Member
13 November 1954
Danish
2019
100%
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
Member of the Board of Directors of
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.
Cristina Lage meets the definition of independence set out by the Committee on Corporate Governance
Current position held: Chairman of Assurandørforeningen of Topdanmark
29 June 1957
Danish
2019
90%
Current position held: Managing Director, Mandatum Holding Ltd
19 February 1970
Finnish
2017
100%
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
Member of the Boards of Directors of:
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.
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
Current position held: President and CEO, If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ.)
23 December 1971
Norwegian
2019
100%
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)
Member of the Board of Directors of
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.
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.
Joined the Executive Board on 5 February 2018
1973
2016
Member of the Board of Directors of:
Joined the Executive Board on 1 June 2009
1955
1986
Member of the Board of Directors of:
Joined the Executive Board on 1 March 2016
1963
1988
Member of the Board of Directors of:
Joined the Executive Board on 1 October 2018
1972
2018
D.O.B. 1970, joined Topdanmark in 2019
D.O.B. 1965, joined Topdanmark in 1994
D.O.B. 1973, joined Topdanmark in 2019
D.O.B. 1959, joined Topdanmark in 1988
D.O.B 1966, joined Topdanmark in 2018
D.O.B. 1963, joined Topdanmark in 2019
D.O.B. 1965, joined Topdanmark in 1989
D.O.B 1963, joined Topdanmark in 2019
D.O.B. 1964, joined Topdanmark in 1992
D.O.B. 1966, joined Topdanmark in 1998
D.O.B 1972, joined Topdanmark in 2014
D.O.B. 1970, joined Topdanmark in 2018
D.O.B. 1967, joined Topdanmark in 2000
D.O.B. 1979, joined Topdanmark in 2019
D.O.B. 1976, joined Topdanmark in 2017
D.O.B 1978, joined Topdanmark in 2020
D.O.B. 1976, joined Topdanmark in 2014
D.O.B. 1970, joined Topdanmark in 2019
D.O.B. 1973, joined Topdanmark in 2013
D.O.B 1968, joined Topdanmark in 2018