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Thomas Thune Andersen

Major Career Roles

  • Independent Chair, Ørsted AS
  • Chair, Lloyd’s Register Group Ltd and Lloyd’s Register Foundation
  • Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, IMI plc
  • Chair, VKR Holding AS
  • CEO, Maersk Olie & Gas AS
  • Chair’s Community, World Economic Forum

Other Career Highlights

  • Independent Director, BW Offshore Ltd
  • Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Petrofac Ltd
  • Chair, DeepOcean Group Holding Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director, SSE plc
  • Various roles, Maersk Inc. & A.P. Møller – Mærsk AS
  • Chair, British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark

Thomas Thune Andersen has a wealth of global experience as a Chair and Executive across multiple sectors, including engineering, maritime, critical infrastructure, energy sectors and manufacturing – specifically container-shipping, logistics, ports, shipowning and operation, oil-field services, traditional upstream E&P and high-end engineering.

Thomas is Chair at Lloyd’s Register Group, Chair of VKR Holding AS, Independent Director of BW Group Ltd and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of IMI plc, where he is ESG responsible for employee engagement. He is Chair of Lloyd’s Register Foundation one of UK’s largest charities. He has also been appointed Non-Executive Director for Lambert Energy Advisory Ltd.

Thomas was previously Independent Chair of Ørsted AS, Non-Executive Director of SSE plc, Petrofac Ltd and BW Offshore Ltd, and Chair of DeepOcean Group Holding AS as well as an an Independent Board member of Green Hydrogen Systems AS. In his executive career, he was a Partner at A.P. Møller – Mærsk AS and CEO and Partner at Maersk Olie & Gas AS.

A general focus over the past years has been business transformation, sustainability, and the global energy transition towards a carbon free future. Mr Andersen’s present and past board experience grants him extensive experience with different ownership structures and governance models.

Thomas is also a member of Friends of Ocean Action Community/UNGC, and is a Commissioner of the Energy Transitions Commission. He is also a member of the Danish Committee for Good Corporate Governance.

Thomas was awarded the Danish Knight’s Cross in 2018.