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Overview
Kasper Rorsted has over 20 years of international senior-leadership experience acquired from working as a CEO of Adidas AG (2016 to 2022) and Henkel AG & KGaA (2008 to 2016), DAX and EURO STOXX 50 companies. He has a wealth of multi-industry knowledge of consumer goods, technology, industrial, chemical and business services industries.
Currently, Kasper is Board member at A.P. Møller – Mærsk AS and at Siemens AG, where he is a member of the Innovation Committee. He is Senior Adviser at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP., and Adviser at Circus SE. Kasper is also an Independent Non-Executive Director at Lenovo Group Ltd.
Previously, Kasper was Chair of Accell Group BV, and served on the Boards of Nestlé SA, AB InBev SA, Bertelsmann AG, Danfoss AS and Ecoloab, and at Cable & Wireless UK where he was also Chair of the Audit Committee. He was also a member of the European Round Table.
Earlier in his career, Kasper worked as Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA at both Hewlett Packard SA and Compaq Computer MG.
Kasper was ranked by Institutional Investor as One of the best CEOs in the Luxury Goods sector in 2020.
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Adidas AG
CEO
Henkel AG & KGaA
CEO and Chair
Siemens AG
Board member
A.P. Møller – Mærsk AS
Board member
Lenovo Group Ltd
Independent Non-Executive Director
Other Career Highlights
EMEA
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Nestle SA
Independent Director
AB InBev SA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP
Senior Adviser