University Of Aarhus News

The board of BP plc announced that it has appointed Nils Smedegaard Andersen as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect; as well as serving on the Board he will join the Audit Committee. Andersen was Group Chief Executive of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S until 2016 and had previously been President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S. Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman of BP, said: “I am delighted to welcome Nils Anderson to the BP Board. Nils brings broad experience from the energy, shipping and consumer goods industries. Nils S. Andersen, 58, was Group Chief Executive of A.P. Møller - Mærsk from 2007 to June 2016.

Hempel A/S announced that CEO Pierre-Yves Jullien will be succeeded by Henrik Andersen, Group COO of ISS A/S, by March 1st 2016. Henrik Andersen has been with ISS A/S since 2000, since 2011 as Member of the Executive Board, first as Group CFO and from 2013 Group COO, EMEA and following a recent change been appointed in his current position as global Group COO. Prior to returning to Copenhagen in 2011, Henrik spent 7 years in the UK starting as CFO and from 2008 to 2011 as CEO for ISS UK and its 43,000 employees. During his tenure, ISS UK grew from GBP 500m to GBP 925m in turnover and more than doubled earnings. ISS A/S is one of the world´s largest facility services providers with more than 500.000 employees…

The hull of the new vessel is being built in Szczecin, Poland, for later delivery for completion at Denmark's Hvide Sande Ship & Bådebyggeri yard. The Roman goddess Aurora gives her name to Aarhus University's new research vessel which from the summer of 2014 should be ready to sail. "The keel on the 28 meter long ship has just been completed and construction is progressing according to plan. Aurora is a very flexible ship that can be adapted for many different tasks. She can really reinvent herself every morning", says Torben Vang, skipper of the new research vessel.