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Executive management

Tommy Thomsen, CEO. Shipping education from A.P. Møller-Mærsk. International Senior Management Program, Harvard Business School. From 1978-2007 employed by A.P. Møller-Mærsk and held various positions during that period, inter alia Vice President of Mærsk Tankers from 1991-1995 and President and CEO of Maersk Inc., USA, from 1995-2001. Shipowner and Partner from 2001-2007. CEO of Clipper Tankers from 2008-2009. Partner of Clipper Group.     Christian Hassel, Chief Financial Officer (CFO). LLM from the University of Copenhagen, 1988. MBA from INSEAD, France, 1992. Employed by the law firm of Kromann Reumert from 1988-1991. Adviser, McKinsey & Company, from 1993-1996. Partner and CEO of Carnegie Investment Banking from 1997-2008. Executive Adviser, Clipper Group, 2009. Member of the boards of Nordic Ferry Services A/S and Sydfynske A/S.

General management

Claus Thornberg,  Senior Vice President. Maritime education from A.P. Møller-Mærsk. Leader development, DIEU.  Working as a navigator and captain in the years 1987-1996. Managing Director and later CEO of Tesma from 1996-2005. Project Director, Camillo Eitzen & Co., ASA (Norway), from 2005-2007. 2007 Vice President of the technical department of Clipper Group and as of 1 June 2009 Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Clipper Tankers. Chairman of Lloyd's Register's Nordic Committee.     Jens Pontoppidan, Senior Vice President. Shipping education from D/S Torm. HD graduate (foreign trade) from CBS, 2003. From 1997-2007 employed by D/S Torm  and held various positions during that period, inter alia in London and Tokyo. From 2006-2007 Vice President of Derivatives D/S Torm. Partner and CEO of Tanker Freight Invest ApS from 2007-2009. Managing Director of Nordic Tankers, 2009.

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