Niels Christiansen

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Niels B. Christiansen (born 12 April 1966, in Sønderborg) is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of The Lego Group.

Christiansen was managing director of Danfoss from October 2008 to July 2017, when he was succeeded by . In August 2017, Lego announced that Christiansen would take over as CEO in October.^[1]

Education[]

As a student from Aabenraa State School, Christiansen graduated as a civil engineer from DTU in 1991. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 1993.

Career[]

• 1991–1995, Management Consultant at McKinsey
• 1995–1997, Vice President of Corporate Development in Hilti Corporation.
• 1997–2000, Employed by GN Netcom
• 2000–2003, Managing Director of GN Netcom
• 2003–2004, Group Executive Vice President of GN Store Nord
• 2004–2005, Executive Vice President at Danfoss
• 2005–2006, Chief Operating Officer, Danfoss
• 2006–2008, Deputy Managing Director, Danfoss
• 2008–2017, Managing Director, Danfoss^[2]
• 2017–present, Managing Director, LEGO Group
• Economic Unsubscribe, Niels B. Christiansen's salary from Danfoss estimated to have been 50 million kroner in 2015, which made him Denmark's highest paid business manager.^[3]

Board posts[]

• Chairman of Axcel
• Member of the Board of Directors of AP Møller - Maersk
• Member of the Board of William Demant Holding A / S
• Vice Chairman of the Board of DI's Business Committee
• Member of the Board of Manufacturing Industry (a union under DI)
• Member of the Board of the Technical University of Denmark

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