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Jesper Kjaedegaard

Member of the Board

Jesper Kjaedegaard has more than 40 years of maritime experience. He was CEO of The Maersk Company Ltd until 2009, after which he spent 9 years as a Partner with Mercator Intl, a leading global maritime consultancy specializing in ports and vessel network planning. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Board Director/Advisor for a number of both listed and privately owned transport related companies in Europe and the Middle East. Jesper Kjaedegaard is also past President of the UK Chamber of Shipping and Chairman of Maritime UK. In 2011, he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. Jesper Kjaedegaard is a graduate of the A.P. Moller Shipping Academy and holds a degree from Copenhagen’s Commercial College. He has also attended Harvard’s Advanced Management Program.