Chr. Hansen Holding A/S has today appointed Lise Skaarup Mortensen as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lise is an experienced international leader with a strong track-record and a passion for leadership who joins from a position as CFO at Microsoft Germany
Lise Skaarup Mortensen (52) has a strong financial background with many years of experience in large international companies and has for the past eight years been with Microsoft in international senior leadership positions in India and Germany. Prior to joining Microsoft, Lise has held senior level positions within the fields of finance and strategy at IBM, AP Moller-Maersk and BG Bank.
Commenting on the appointment, CEO Mauricio Graber says: “I am very pleased that we have found in Lise the right CFO for Chr. Hansen. Lise has very relevant international experience, high performance aspirations and a great leadership track record. Coming from the software and digital services industry, Lise will be well-positioned to help Chr. Hansen and our teams further develop our digital, data analytics and productivity agenda. Lise is ambitious and purpose driven, which makes her a great cultural fit to the organization. Moreover, I feel confident that her vast international experience will enable her to bring even more diversity of thought to our corporate leadership team. I am looking forward to welcoming Lise to Chr. Hansen.”
“Chr. Hansen has a great reputation and I feel honored to join such a respected Danish company. Becoming part of a team that enables compelling business opportunities grounded in the relevance of natural ingredients in today’s world – and with strong focus on sustainability – is a privilege. I look forward to getting to know my new colleagues and contribute to the future growth journey of Chr. Hansen,” adds Lise Skaarup Mortensen.
Lise Skaarup Mortensen will start at Chr. Hansen on October 1, 2020, after which there will be a short transition period until current CFO Søren Westh Lonning leaves, expected by the end of October. Lise will join the Executive Board after the transition period is completed.
Lise Skaarup Mortensen is a Danish national, currently living in Munich. She will relocate back to Denmark to take up this position. Lise holds a master’s degree in Business Administration & Economics from the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
A Chr. Hansen é uma empresa líder global de biociência, que desenvolve soluções naturais para as indústrias alimentícia, nutricional, farmacêutica e agrícola. Desenvolvemos e produzimos culturas, enzimas, probióticos e corantes naturais para uma ampla variedade de alimentos, confeitos, bebidas, suplementos nutricionais, rações animais e proteção vegetal. A nossa inovação em produtos se baseia em cerca de 40 mil cepas microbianas – nós gostamos de chamá-las de “bactérias boas”. Nossas soluções permitem aos fabricantes de alimentos produzir mais com menos – ao mesmo tempo que reduzem o uso de produtos químicos e outros aditivos sintéticos –, tornando nossos produtos altamente relevantes no mundo atual. Sustentabilidade é uma parte essencial da visão da Chr. Hansen para melhorar os alimentos e a saúde. Em 2019, a Chr. Hansen foi considerada a empresa mais sustentável do mundo pela Corporate Knights, graças aos nossos esforços em prol da sustentabilidade e às muitas parcerias colaborativas com os nossos clientes. Há mais de 145 anos nós satisfazemos os nossos parceiros e, por extensão, os nossos consumidores finais em todo o mundo. Temos orgulho pelo fato de que mais de 1 bilhão de pessoas consome diariamente produtos contendo os nossos ingredientes naturais. A Chr. Hansen foi fundada em 1874 e está listada na Nasdaq Copenhagen.
