Although she often smiles and has a smile on her face, she is a strict lady and leader throughout her work history, and is truly described as an “Iron Lady”!
Has held various positions in Spain, China, Hong Kong, USA, and Copenhagen for Maersk Tankers, Maersk Oil, Maersk Logistics/Damco, and Svitzer where Henriette Thygesen was the CEO from 2016 to 2020.
She has held the position of CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands at Maersk (2019 – 2023), responsible for all strategic, non-integrated businesses and the enabling functions that operate across our businesses including, but not limited to APM Terminals, Maersk Container Industry, Maersk Supply Service, Maersk Line Limited, Svitzer, Maersk Oil Trading, Maersk Growth, and the Maersk Fleet.
Henriette Hallberg Thygesen has held several senior positions at A.P. Moller Maersk – including CEO for the American and North Asian divisions of Damco, CEO for Svitzer, and head of Fleet & Strategic Brands.
Most recently, she was Chief Customer Delivery Officer at A.P. Moller Maersk having been named as part of a 15-member ’executive leadership team’ that helped to guide Maersk following the appointment of Vincent Clerc as chief executive and departure of former chief executive Soren Skou.
Additionally, Henriette Hallberg Thygesen is a board member of ISS, Vestas, and SAS
During her tenure within the broader Maersk Organisation, she has worked across many of the company’s properties.
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Beginning in February 1994 with a three-year stint as a Maersk International Shipping Education trainee, Ms Thygesen next led research at Maersk Tankers in Copenhagen before moving to Shanghai, China, to lead Maersk Logistics’ branch and eventually become operations manager for the subsidiary in China.
She spent a year as director of strategic planning with Maersk Oil and another year as a senior HR director during a nearly 10-year stretch with Damco, formerly Maersk Logistics.
In 2016, Ms Thygesen was named chief executive of Maersk-owned Svitzer, focused on towage and emergency response.
Chairwomanships at Damco and Maersk Supply Service ran concurrently with a four-year stint and two executive vice presidencies as part of the Maersk Group, covering fleet and strategic brands for the company before being named its customer delivery officer.
For her track record, Ms Thygesen has in the past been named as one of Offshore Support Journal’s Industry Leaders.
In reflecting on her “29 years, 10 months and 19 days” of employment with Maersk, she cited her role as Shanghai Branch manager in 2002 as “one of the most formative roles” and the Covid pandemic as a waymarker in maintaining services in “situations with large personal sacrifices”. Ms Thygesen called out the work of seafarers, truck drivers, terminal and warehouse workers as well as logistics and “front-line colleagues” as inspiring.
On 19 August 2024, Henriette Hallberg Thygesen will assume the CEO role at Terma. She will replace Jes Munk Hansen, who was announced earlier this year as the new CEO of ROCKWOOL.
Maersk ex-chief executive Vincent Clerc said, “Distinguished for her sharp intellect and rapid reasoning, Henriette Hallberg Thygesen has always demonstrated passion for our customers and frontline operations. She has been a key driver and ambassador for our decarbonisation efforts,
“With Henriette at the helm, Terma gains a strong leader accustomed to running a global business. Therefore, she is also the right person to lead the new strategy that Terma presented in connection with our annual report, where the plan is to double our revenue over the next three years,” says Terma’s Chairman Carsten Dilling, adding:
Terma is an important company for Denmark, and that is why we went through a very thorough process with several strong candidates to find the right person to lead Terma forward – and we found that person in Henriette.”
The new CEO of Terma says that the company has an important responsibility, which she looks forward to leading:“As the country’s largest defense company,
Terma is responsible for delivering solutions and creating technology for Denmark and, not least, for our international partners. To be able to meet that challenge, Terma is embarking on a transformative growth journey. I am very excited to be a part of that,” says Henriette Hallberg Thygesen
Bio: Henriette Hallberg Thygesen
A.P. Moller – Maersk
- EVP, Chief Customer Delivery Officer: Feb. 2023 – Feb. 2024
- EVP, CEO Fleet & Strategic Brands: Jan. 2020 – Feb. 2023
Svitzer
- CEO: Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2020
Damco (Maersk Logistics)
- VP, CEO Americas: Aug. 2014 – Sep. 2016
- VP, CEO North Asia: Jan. 2012 – Aug. 2014
Board Positions
- ISS A/S: Apr. 2024 – Present
- Vestas: Apr. 2024 – Present
- SAS: Mar. 2021 – Present
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies known as Thatcherism.
A Soviet journalist dubbed her the “Iron Lady”, a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
It is notworthy Terma is a global company owned by a commercial foundation and with roots in Denmark. We develop, manufacture and service solutions, and provide advice to customers around the world.
At Terma they develop advanced technology and offer services and advice for a selection of application areas. in the field of security solutions.