11 February 2016
Announcement No. 11/2016
Kim Bruhn-Petersen, Topdanmark’s COO of non-life insurance, will be 60 in April 2016 and has announced that he wants to resign. Consequently, it has been agreed with Kim Bruhn-Petersen that he resigns as COO on 1 March 2016, but will continue in the Group until 30 June 2016. On 1 March, Marianne Wier and Brian Rothemejer Jacobsen will join Topdanmark’s Executive Board.
Since 2013, Marianne Wier, who is 52 years old and a lawyer, has been Director of Topdanmark’s claims handling. Previously, Marianne Wier has held executive positions in, among other businesses, the IT industry with Damgaard, Navision and Microsoft. Marianne Wier’s managerial responsibilities will be claims handling, project processes and IT. Additionally, Marianne Wier will be responsible for Topdanmark’s digital development.
Since 2009, Brian Rothemejer Jacobsen, who is 52 years old and holds an MBA from Henley, has been CEO of Topdanmark Livsforsikring (Topdanmark’s life insurance company). Brian Rothemejer Jacobsen’s managerial responsibilities will be the non-life insurance business areas (Personal, Partners, SME & Industrial and Agricultural), Life Insurance and Marketing.
Besides Marianne Wier and Brian Rothemejer Jacobsen, the Executive Board will continue to comprise Christian Sagild, CEO, and Lars Thykier, CFO.
“This is the right time for me to leave Topdanmark. I’ve been in the Group for 27 years, and the most recent 10 years on the Executive Board. I have had many really good and exciting years in Topdanmark together with my employees and colleagues. In the COO job function, the business must be carried on, and regular renewal is necessary. In my opinion, it is getting more and more challenging to add something new to Topdanmark, and therefore, I believe that introducing new people on the Executive Board is the right thing to do”, says Kim Bruhn-Petersen.
“I want to thank Kim Bruhn-Petersen for his great and valuable efforts for Topdanmark during 27 years. I respect Kim Bruhn Petersen’s decision to leave Topdanmark. Over the years, he has ensured disciplined insurance operations which have generated good technical results and helped making Topdanmark more customer-oriented,” says Søren Thorup Sørensen, Chairman of Topdanmark’s Board of Directors.
Christian Sagild, CEO of Topdanmark, adds: “I welcome Marianne Wier and Brian Rothemejer Jacobsen on the Executive Board. Both of them have the qualifications needed to continue Topdanmark’s focused strategy to improve its position in the Danish insurance market.
Please direct any queries to:
Christian Sagild
Chief Executive Officer
Direct tel.: +45 4474 4450
Steffen Heegaard
Group Communications and IR Director
Direct tel.: +45 4474 4017, mobile: +45 4025 3524
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