Bjarne Hansen

Board Member

Mr Hansen is Senior Partner of Wing Partners I/S, Denmark.

He was with A. P. Møller- Mærsk for 46 years and serves as Chairman or Board member of several Danish companies in the industrial as well as airline sector. He was a Partner of the Group from 1999 to 2001, when he moved to Singapore to assume the position of Chief Executive for Mærsk's Asia Region as well as Chairman of A. P. Møller Singapore Pte Ltd. He was also Chairman or Board Member of all Mærsk-affiliated companies in the Asia Region. Additionally, Mr Hansen's community work includes the Chairmanship of the Danish Cystic Fibrosis Association. In 2003, Mr Hansen resigned to establish Wing Partners in Denmark.

Throughout his career with the A. P. Møller-Mærsk Group, Mr Hansen was involved in the entire spectrum of the Group's businesses including positions as Chief Executive of Mærsk Air as well as Mærsk Contractors. From 1991 to 1993, he was elected President of International Air Carriers Association (IACA). He was also elected "Airline Man of the Year" in Denmark in 1986.

Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark has bestowed a Knighthood upon Mr Hansen.