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Chr. Hansen Leadership

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  • The Chr. Hansen executive team is 43% female and 57% male.
  • 73% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of Chr. Hansen management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Lise Skaarup Mortensen

EVP/Chief Financial Officer

Lise Skaarup Mortensen joined Chr. Hansen in October 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this Mrs. Mortensen was CFO at Microsoft Germany.

Mrs. Mortensen started her professional career in 1993 where she joined BG Bank as a management trainee and three years later became assistant vice president, Board and Executive Secretariat. In 1998, Mrs. Mortensen joined A.P. Moller - Maersk, where she served as General Manager at Maersk Data Group for six years.

In 2004, Mrs. Mortensen joined IBM as Nordic CFO for Integrated Technology Delivery. Following her time with IBM, Mrs. Mortensen joined CityMail Denmark in 2008 where she served as CFO for two years before joining Microsoft in 2010. During her tenure at Microsoft, Mrs. Mortensen held various international senior leadership positions in India and Germany.

Mauricio Graber

Board Member

Mauricio Graber's LinkedIn

Mauricio Graber joined Chr. Hansen in June 2018 as CEO. Prior to this Mauricio Graber was until 1 April 2018 President of the Flavours Division of Givaudan S.A. and a member of Givaudan’s Executive Committee. His professional career started in 1989 with The Nutrasweet Company in the USA as Business Development Manager. After two years in the role, he returned to Mexico in 1991 to become Regional Head of North Latin America.

In 1995, he joined the US-based flavour company Tastemaker as Regional President of Latin America. In 1997, Tastemaker was acquired by the industry leader Givaudan, and subsequently Mr. Graber was appointed Regional President of Latin America of the combined regional business. From his new base in Brazil, he continued in that role until 2006 when he was appointed President of the Flavours division based in Switzerland.

Charlotte Hemmingsen

Board Member

Heidi Kleinbach-Sauter

Board Member

Luis Cantarell Rocamora

Board Member

Thomas Schäfer

Executive Vice President & CSO

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Thomas Schäfer is an Executive Vice President & CSO at Chr. Hansen.

Alice Larsen

Vice President-Human Resources

Dominique Reiniche

Chairman

Jacob Vishof Paulsen

EVP-European

Jesper Brandgaard

Vice Chairman

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Name & TitleBio
Lise Skaarup Mortensen

EVP/Chief Financial Officer

Lise Skaarup Mortensen joined Chr. Hansen in October 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this Mrs. Mortensen was CFO at Microsoft Germany.

Mrs. Mortensen started her professional career in 1993 where she joined BG Bank as a management trainee and three years later became assistant vice president, Board and Executive Secretariat. In 1998, Mrs. Mortensen joined A.P. Moller - Maersk, where she served as General Manager at Maersk Data Group for six years.

In 2004, Mrs. Mortensen joined IBM as Nordic CFO for Integrated Technology Delivery. Following her time with IBM, Mrs. Mortensen joined CityMail Denmark in 2008 where she served as CFO for two years before joining Microsoft in 2010. During her tenure at Microsoft, Mrs. Mortensen held various international senior leadership positions in India and Germany.

Mauricio Graber

Board Member

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Mauricio Graber joined Chr. Hansen in June 2018 as CEO. Prior to this Mauricio Graber was until 1 April 2018 President of the Flavours Division of Givaudan S.A. and a member of Givaudan’s Executive Committee. His professional career started in 1989 with The Nutrasweet Company in the USA as Business Development Manager. After two years in the role, he returned to Mexico in 1991 to become Regional Head of North Latin America.

In 1995, he joined the US-based flavour company Tastemaker as Regional President of Latin America. In 1997, Tastemaker was acquired by the industry leader Givaudan, and subsequently Mr. Graber was appointed Regional President of Latin America of the combined regional business. From his new base in Brazil, he continued in that role until 2006 when he was appointed President of the Flavours division based in Switzerland.

Charlotte Hemmingsen

Board Member

Heidi Kleinbach-Sauter

Board Member

Luis Cantarell Rocamora

Board Member

Thomas Schäfer

Executive Vice President & CSO

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Thomas Schäfer is an Executive Vice President & CSO at Chr. Hansen.

Dominique Reiniche

Chairman

Jesper Brandgaard

Vice Chairman

Karen Lauesen

Board Member

Kevin Michael Lane

Board Member

Chr. Hansen leadership demographics

Chr. Hansen gender distribution in management team

  • The Chr. Hansen executive team is 43% female and 57% male.
  • Chr. Hansen is 45% female and 55% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 55%
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Company-wide: 45%

Chr. Hansen executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Chr. Hansen executive officers is White.
  • 73% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Chr. Hansen's management is Black or African American.
  • 10% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 67% of employees are White.
  • 13% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of employees are Asian.
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Updated November 18, 2022

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