Executive Committee

The role of the Executive Committee is to drive the Group’s strategic development and ensure that there are clear objectives across the Group.


Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen President, CEO since 2007. Appointed to the Executive Board of Carlsberg A/S in 2006. Chairman, Deputy Chairman or member of the Supervisory Boards of Carlsberg Group companies. Member of the Supervisory Board of Toms Gruppen A/S. Prior to joining Carlsberg, Mr Rasmussen held senior managerial positions in Western and Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa in, amongst others, Gillette Group, Duracell, Mars and Unilever.	Jørn P. Jensen Deputy CEO since 2007; CFO since 2004. Appointed to the Executive Board of Carlsberg A/S in 2000. Chairman, Deputy Chairman or member of the Supervisory Boards of Carlsberg Group companies. Prior to joining Carlsberg, Mr Jensen held senior managerial positions in, amongst others, Nilfisk Advance A/S and Foss Electric A/S.

Anton Artemiev Eastern Europe Senior Vice President, Eastern Europe since 2008. President of Baltika Breweries since 2005. Executive Vice President of Baltic Beverages Holding AB (BBH) from 2000. Prior to joining BBH, Mr Artemiev headed the Russian operations department of Bossard Consultants/Gemini Consulting. In 1992 Mr Artemiev was directly involved in the recommendations that led to foreign investments in Baltika Breweries.	Jørn Tolstrup Rohde Northern Europe Senior Vice President, Northern Europe since 2009. Mr Tolstrup Rohde joined Carlsberg in 2004 to initiate the ComEx project and was appointed CEO of Carlsberg Danmark the same year. From 2007 to 2009, Mr Tolstrup Rohde was President & CEO of 3C GROUPS A/S. Mr Tolstrup Rohde has also held senior managerial positions in, amongst others, ORKLA Group and Sara Lee.

Jesper Friis Western Europe Senior Vice President, Western Europe since 2009. Mr Friis has been with Carlsberg since 2005. Before joining Carlsberg’s Executive Committee, Mr Friis was CEO of Ringnes, Carlsberg’s Norwegian subsidiary, from 2007. Mr Friis has a broad career within fast moving consumer goods, having worked for Toms Nordic in Sweden, Bacardi-Martini and Leaf.	Roy Bagattini Asia Senior Vice President, Asia since 2009. Mr Bagattini joined Carlsberg from SABMiller where he was Regional Managing Director for Eastern Europe. Prior to that, Mr Bagattini held senior general managerial positions in South Africa and the USA as well as being Country Managing Director of SABMiller in India, China and Italy. Mr Bagattini is based in Hong Kong.

Kasper Madsen Corporate Supply Chain Senior Vice President, Group Supply Chain (production and logistics) since 2005. Mr Madsen joined Carlsberg in 1986 and has held several managerial positions in the supply chain in Copenhagen as well as abroad: Thailand, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Member of the Supervisory Boards of Carlsberg Group companies, including Baltika Breweries.	Khalil Younes Group Sales & Marketing and Innovation Senior Vice President, Group Sales, Marketing & Innovation since 2009. Prior to joining Carlsberg, Mr Younes worked 15 years for The Coca-Cola Company, most recently as President of Global Juice Marketing. Mr Younes was responsible for a number of successful brand developments and change processes around the world.

Thomas Ekvall Group Human Resources Vice President, Group Human Resources since 2007. Responsible for Carlsberg’s top executive recruitment, executive assessment and development of key executives, talent development programmes, remuneration programmes etc. Prior to joining Carlsberg, Mr Ekvall was Director Human Resources at Tele 2, Sweden. Before coming to Tele 2, Mr Ekvall spent 23 years in the military.	Anne-Marie Skov Group Communications Vice President, Group Communications since 2004. Responsible for Carlsberg’s corporate communication activities, including investor and media relations, and the CSR unit. Member of the Supervisory Board of WWF Denmark. The Tuborg Foundation, Erik Møller Architects and Nørrebro Teater. Prior to joining Carlsberg, Ms Skov worked with the Novo Group, most recently as Vice President and member of the Executive Management of Novozymes A/S.