Board of Directors

Richard Sand, (Chairman), Partner, Bech-Bruun Law Firm

Candidatus juris from Copenhagen University in 1985; Admitted to the Danish High Court in 1988; Admitted to the Danish Supreme Court in 1994.

Chairman of the Board of Aller Holding, Hempel A/S, Hempel Holding A/S, Motorships Agencies A/S, E. Callsen & Co. A/S and other companies and foundations.

Deputy Chairman of Jacob Holm & Sons A/S and other companies and foundations.

Board member of Bech-Bruun Law Firm, Aller Foundation, Aller Media A/S, Aller Tryk A/S, Aller Tryk Norden A/S, Limpopo Travel A/S, The Mary Foundation’s Executive Council and other companies and foundations.

Member of the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees since 2004

John Schwartzbach (Deputy Chairman)

Graduated from Copenhagen Business School in 1968 with a degree in Foreign Trade.
Joined Hempel A/S in 1968 first in Corporate Marketing and later became Vice President Finance.
General Manager, Braenderupvaenge ApS and Keldskov ApS.

Deputy Chairman of Hempel Holding A/S, Member of the Hempel Cultural Foundation, T.G. Partners A/S and T.G. Partners Holding A/S.

Member of the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees since 2003

Per Soerensen, Administration Manager, Hempel Foundation

Joined Hempel A/S in 1976 in Group Finance and was stationed in Singapore as Finance Manager and in Jakarta, Indonesia as General Manager 1982-1987.

1962-1976 H.C. Steen Hansen/Arthur Andersen, chartered accountants.

Member of Hempel Holding A/S and the Hempel Cultural Foundation.

Member of the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees since 2009

Leif Jensen

1981 M.A. Economics.

Former CEO VKR Holding A/S and Managing Director, VELUX Foundations.

Member of Hempel Holding A/S and Hempel A/S.

Member of the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees since 2005

Kim Dam-Johansen, Professor, Department Head, DTU Chemical Engineering

M.Sc. 1983, PhD Chemical Engineering, DTU 1987.

Founder and Director of Graduate School on Molecular Product and Process Technology.

Member of Hempel Holding A/S, VGB Scientific Advisory Board, Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, Danish Technical Chemical Foundation (chairman), The Board of Appeal for Patents and Trademarks (Denmark) , Steering groups and boards of Danish and international research programs, conferences and evaluation committees.

Einstein Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2011.

Doctor Honoris Causa, Aabo Akademi University, Finland, 2011.

Member of the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees since 2005

Helle Friberg, Group Risk & Insurance Manager (Employee Representative)

Joined Hempel A/S in 1998.

Previous employments:

Dumex A/S, Mærsk Oil and Gas A/S, ISS Finans A/S and ISS A/S.
Primary educations:

ED (Erhvervssproglig Diplomuddannelse – Part I) in English, Insurance at The Danish Insurance Academy and Associated in Risk Management (ARM) at AICPCU.

Current positions of trust:

Deputy Chairman of The Risk Management Association at the Confederation of Danish Industry, board member since 2005.

Co-President of Junior Chamber International Friends (senior chamber), JCI member since 2002.

Elected to the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees in 2007 and to the Hempel Holding A/S Board in 2011

Martin Boegsted, Area Sales Manager Protective Denmark (Employee Representative)

Joined Hempel A/S in 1982 as a trainee. Stationed in Saudi Arabia 1989-1991 and in Houston, USA 1991-1993.

Member of Hempel’s Co-operation Committee 2002-2010.

Member of Hempel’s Safety Committee since 2009.

Elected to the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees in 2010 and to the Hempel Holding A/S Board in 2011

Morten Schaarup, Project Manager (Employee Representative)

B.Sc.M.E, Mechanical Engineering. Graduated from The Engineering Academy of Denmark1986.

Business degree in management 1996.

Employed by Hempel A/S from 2005 as Technical Manager and from 2008 as Project Manager.

Previous employments:

Promecon, 2003-2005.

Arabian Danish Paint Company, Saudi Arabia, 2000-2003.

S. Dyrup & Co., 1995-2000.

Burmeister & Wain Shipyard, 1992-1995.

DISA Systems Group, 1989-1991.

A.L.A. Engineering A/S, 1986-1988.

Elected to the Hempel Foundation Board of Trustees and to the Hempel Holding A/S Board in 2011