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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.
 
 

Kurt Rye Damkjær, Managing Director Nordic Tankers Marine A/S. Maritime education in A. P. Møller. Navigator and captain in DFDS A/S from 1977 to 1989. Head of the Danish Shipowners' Association and their office in Brussels from 1989 to 1997. Division commander in the Danish Maritime Institute from 1997 to 2000. Rector and Director of SIMAC from 2000 to 2006. From 2006, Senior Vice President of Clipper Group and head of the technical department. From January 2010 Managing Director of Nordic Tankers Marine. Board member of the Danish Shipowners' Association of 1895 and the Executive Board in the Bahamian Shipowners' Association.

Helle Bjerre, Vice President. Shipping educated in A. P. Møller in 1987. Diploma in marketing management from CBS in 1996. Sales & Marketing Manager at Maersk Line until 1996. Product Manager at Kilroy Travels International A/S until 1999. Product Manager focusing on international investments in Copenhagen Airports A/S until 2002. General Manager in Copenhagen Tankers, which was acquired by Clipper Group in 2005. Director, Business Development in Clipper Group from 2007 to 2009. Since January 2010 Vice President of Nordic Tankers A/S with responsibility for HR, IT and marketing.

 
 


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