LEGO®

Three new members are expected to join the Board of Directors of LEGO A/S, the parent company of the LEGO Group, at its annual general meeting in April.

Two of the new directors are: Niels Jacobsen, CEO of William Demant Holding A/S and Oticon A/S, and Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, CEO of CSO Holding.

They replace Mads Øvlisen, chairman, and Gunnar Brock, both of whom are retiring from the board at their own request and handing over the succession of the company after seeing it safely through its turnaround.

The third new member of the board of LEGO A/S is expected to be the new CEO of LEGO Holding A/S, which will later change its name to KIRKBI A/S. Poul Hartvig Nielsen is currently acting CEO.

The other members of the board – Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (deputy chairman), Torben Ballegaard Sørensen, Kåre Schultz and Thomas Kirk Kristiansen – continue in their posts.

The new chairman is expected to be Niels Jacobsen.

Niels Jacobsen (50) holds an M.Sc. degree in economics from the University of Århus, and he was previously CEO of Aktieselskabet Orion. He joined William Demant Holding in 1992 as executive vice president and was appointed CEO in 1998.
Niels Jacobsen is a director of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S, Novo Nordisk A/S and Thomas B. Thriges Fond. In addition, he is a director of several companies in the William Demant Group, a member of the Central Board of the Confederation of Danish Industries, and a member of the Board of the Copenhagen Industries Employers’ Federation.

Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (39) graduated in information and media sciences and holds an MBA from the Copenhagen Business School. Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille set up MouseHouse in 1992, and was its CEO until 2002. She later became CEO and chairwoman of the board at OEO Aps, and is currently CEO of CSO Holding.
Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille is chairwoman of Resultmaker A/S and 2BM A/S and deputy chairwoman of Odense Theatre. She is also a director of a number of other companies, including NOIR Illuminati II A/S, DYRBERG/KERN and COOP A/S.

Mads Øvlisen has been a member of the LEGO Group board since 1991 and its chairman since 1996. In addition to retiring as a director of LEGO A/S, he is withdrawing from a number of other LEGO boards.
Gunnar Brock has been a member of the LEGO Group board since 1995.

Deputy Chairman Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen says:
“I am very grateful to Mads Øvlisen for continuing as chairman of the board and supporting Corporate Management in our difficult years. Mads has done a magnificent job – for which I thank him sincerely. Gunnar Brock, too, has earned our gratitude for his many years’ work as a member of the board. I wish them both the very best of luck and good fortune in their future activities.”

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CV for Niels Jacobsen

Position:
President & CEO, William Demant Holding A/S and Oticon A/S

Education:
Holds an MSc in Business Administration from the University of Aarhus, Denmark (1983)

Business career:
1998-----> President & CEO, William Demant Holding A/S and Oticon A/S
1992-1997 Executive Vice President, William Demant Holding A/S and Oticon A/S
1988-1991 President & CEO, Aktieselskabet Orion
1987-1988 Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Atlas Danmark A/S
1984-1987 Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Thrige-Titan A/S

Positions of trust (current):
Member of the boards of A. P. Møller - Mærsk A/S, Novo Nordisk A/S and Thomas B. Thriges Fond

Member of the boards of a number of companies in the William Demant Group, including William Demant Invest A/S - Össur hf., Reykjavik - Sennheiser Communications A/S - HIMPP A/S, HIMSA A/S and HIMSA II A/S

Other:
Member of the Central Board of the Confederation of Danish Industries
Member of the Board of the Copenhagen Industries Employers' Federation

Private:
Date of birth: 31 August 1957

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CV for Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

Education:
BA, Information and media science, University of Aarhus, 1994
MBA, Copenhagen Business School, 1998

Current activities:
Managing director, CSO Holding Aps
Chairwoman, Resultmaker A/S and 2BM A/S
Deputy chairwoman, Odense Theatre
Board member, NOIR.Illuminati II A/S, Vækstfonden, DYRBERG/KERN A/S, envision A/S,
3XNielsen A/S, Hotel Pro Forma and COOP A/S

Previous activities (among others):
Founder and Managing director of MouseHouse A/S - Cell Network A/S, 1992–2002
Chief Creative Officer (Executive Board), Cell Network AB, 1999–2002
Member of the steering committee of the Danish Design Council, 2003-2005
Managing director and chairwoman, OeO Aps, 2003-2007
Chairwoman, Pretty Ink Aps, 2004-2007
Board member, Grønnegårds Theatre, 1997-2007
Board member, Copenhagen Capacity, 2001-2007
Organiser and TV host, ”Chefens Sjæl”, DR 2, 2006-2007
Deputy chairwoman, ITEK, Danish Industries, 1998-2002
Chairwoman, Koblo A/S, 1998-2002
Member of the Trade Development Council’s think tank, 2001-2002
Founder of the multimedia design education Space Invaders. Principal 1993-1995; chairwoman 1996-1998; board member 1998-2002

Private:
Date of birth: 8 June 1968