A global company with local agility
To ensure local expertise, global consistency and commercial agility, the Hempel Group is organised in two dimensions. Our regions support our customers, both locally and globally, and have responsibility for operational execution. Our group functions ensure process excellence and operational synergies across the Group.
We’re proudly owned by the Hempel Foundation and governed by the Hempel A/S Board of Directors.
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Our Executive Management Board
Lars Petersson Group President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lars Jønstrup Dollerup Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter Kirkegaard Executive Vice President & Chief People & Culture Officer (CPCO) Michael Hansen
Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Steen Hoff (Acting) Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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Our Operational Management Board
Greg Bengtson Group Vice President, North America Lars Gautier Sørensen Group Vice President, South America Mark Rees Group Vice President, Middle East Michael Mei Group Vice President, North Asia Pernille Lind Olsen Group Vice President, South & East Asia Nikolaj Gertz Group Director, Strategy & M&A Joe Devitt Group Vice President, Crown Paints
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The Hempel A/S Board of Directors
Richard Sand Chairman Eric Alström Deputy Chairman Marianne Wiinholt Chairman of the Audit Committee Leif Jensen Susanna Schneeberger Søren P. Olesen Helle Fiedler Elected by the employees Mark Terrell Sutton Elected by the employees Maria Gomis Elected by the employees
Our heritage
Hempel has been protecting assets for over 100 years. It was established in 1915 by J.C. Hempel in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was just 21 years of age at the time and had just DKK 300 in his pocket, but his idea to sell ready-mixed marine paints would go on to revolutionise the Danish marine industry. J.C. Hempel delivered the first order himself on his bicycle, with the cans of paint dangling from the handlebars.
J.C. Hempel led our company for over 70 years. His belief that it’s “the will to want that creates the skill to do” remains at the core of our company today. He also believed a company’s greatest asset was its people. And, despite global growth, we remain a small company at heart, where colleagues are valued and looked after.
