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Company profile: Actona Group A/S is a global company that is specialised in supplying furniture to on- and offline retailers. We are based in Denmark and our headquarters, showroom and European distribution center are located right outside the city of Holstebro. Our yearly turnover is more than 360 million euros and our successful group of companies in Denmark, China, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine have 4,000 dedicated employees. Every day we develop and manufacture furniture in close cooperation with our skilled partners around Asia and Eastern Europe. For more than 40 years we have been a preferred supplier for retailers all over the world. In fact, our furniture is sold in more than 90 countries at the moment. Website: https://actonagroup.com Main responsibilities: (1) General Director and Legal representative for Actona China Limited (ACL). (2) As Vice President, APAC Procurement; Leading new Asia Pacific Procurement team consisting of specialized team members for upholstery, hardline furniture, chairs and raw material / components procurement. (3) Back-office: continuous efficiency improvements and integration with Actona Group for Finance, IT and HR. (4) Following the closure of ASL, leading the ACL team which has grown to around 80 employees, for which half is spread out on 4 geographical clusters, supporting Actona Group with QA, QC, Compliance/ESG etc. at supplier sites. (5) Responsible and accountable for Actona China Profit/Loss.

Main responsibilities at Actona Direct Limited include: (1) Legal representative for Actona China, which includes Actona Direct Limited (ADL) - Trading Company - and Actona Seating Limited (ASL) - Upholstery manufacturing facility. (2) Building up a new Actona China sourcing function consisting of specialized team members for upholstery sourcing, hardline furniture sourcing, chairs sourcing with focus on “Goods for resale”. Throughout its first year the new team amongst other things supported with sourcing for JYSK tenders and new Actona tender setup. (3) Establishing raw material sourcing in China for Actona Poland (upholstery factories) and Actona Lithuania (upholstery factories) on track to reducing their raw material cost significantly. (4) Established sourcing in India, for which the first products hit the market in late 2025. (5) Planning- and executing new site construction for Actona China with office facilities and 600m2 show room facilities, warehouses and packing facilities thereby reducing MOQ requirements for sister companies in Poland and Lithuania. Actona China moved in the new facilities in Q4 2025. (6) Taking Actona China transformation to the next level through staffing adjustments, designing new performance tracking, installing regular town hall meetings, improving managerial accounting setup. (7) Back-office: Improving efficiencies for Finance, IT, HR & Admin. (8) Planning- and executing the closure of Actona Seating Limited, including product transfer to suppliers, handling mass redundancies, selling left over materials, selling equipment etc. (9) Responsible and accountable for Actona China profit/Loss.

Main responsibilities: (1) Head of Actona China Operations. (2) Shipping & Purchase. (3) ESG & Master data. (4) Asia Sourcing, with initial focus on designing new sourcing setup and commencing the establishment of a new sourcing strength in China and exploring options in other South East Asia countries based on AI supported country macro analysis. (5) Organizational transformation, designing company transformation plan changing focus from pure administrative trading support functions to “managing for value creation”.

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Company profile: Aden Group is an Asia-based, Asia-focused company with a 20-year history of driving change in the integrated facility management (IFM) industry. We know the business terrain in Asia like no other IFM provider, and use our global network to deliver customized solutions with powerful results. Aden’s integrated facility management solutions are designed to improve the environment and quality of life at the place people spend half their lives: the workplace. We believe that technology is the best way to do that. Digitalizing the way we manage facilities delivers increased transparency, efficiency, and control for our clients. The best solutions are the ones that still emphasize the human touch. With our over 26,000 employees and the latest technological solutions, Aden is on a mission to make our clients’ workplaces a better place to be. Website: https://www.adenservices.com/en/ Key responsibilities include: Head of Aden China Facilities Operations and Center of Expertise (COE) in China; - Responsible and accountable for Aden China Facilities main profit/loss; - Facility management service delivery including both hard- and soft service, including cleaning service, foodservice, HVAC, building repair and maintenance, landscaping, guard service, administration, project management etc.; - Operations people leadership: Leading operations team, spread over China in multiple regions and with multiple facility management service lines; - COE people leadership: Leading the Center of Expertise team including the following expertise functions: Food Service, Hard Service / Technical Asset Management, Soft service, Quality, Digital, Integrated Facility Management, Healthcare; - Heavily involved in new sales and additional sales and as part of that structured sales pipeline follow up; - Placing technical services at the core of offerings; - Designing and implementing strategies to improve operational performance.

Key responsibilities include: - Supervising- and accountable for main facility management P&L and performance management. - Strengthening integrated facilities management and business capabilities at the area level. - Placing technical services at the core of business offerings. - Designing and implementing business strategies, plans, and procedures. - Establishing comprehensive goals for performance and growth. - Overseeing day-to-day operations and collaborating closely with divisional heads to ensure seamless coordination and execution. - Providing strategic direction and guidance to area leaders, empowering them to achieve their performance targets and contribute to overall success.

Company profile: ISS was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of the world's leading facility services companies with revenues in 2016 amounting to DKK 79.2 billion. The secret to our success lies in how we tailor our solutions to client needs, how we manage risk, and how our engaged team of more than 490,000 staff members add the power of the human touch in everything we do. Responsibilities as Division Director, I&M, New Tech. for ISS China: - Member of ISS China’s Country Leadership Team; - Head of Industry & Manufacturing, New Tech division, which consist of various global key accounts, regional key accounts and country key accounts; - Responsible and accountable for division profit/loss; - Leading a direct reports team of some 8-10 key account directors/managers, HRBP, Finance BP and some 2,000 front line employees spread over multiple sites, and accounts, throughout China; - Heavily involved in new sales and additional sales for own division and as part of that leading sales engagements with structured sales pipeline follow up, including but not limited to (1) prospecting, (2) lead qualification, (3) solution proposal and (4) pitching to potential clients etc (B2B); - Delivering strong YoY improvements in profitability and revenue growth; - Supporting clients to maintain safe operations after COVID-19, based on best ISS practices, for safe working environments.

Company profile Maersk Container Industry Group (MCI) – part of Maersk Group – is a strong global supplier of Cargo Transportation Equipment to a large group of leading shipping lines and leasing companies. In 2004, Maersk Container Industry Group (MCI) invested in facilities for the manufacturing of dry containers - Maersk Container Industry Dongguan Ltd. (MCID) – in the Guangdong Province, China. Internet: www.mcicontainers.com. MCID has an annual turnover within the range of USD 200-400 mill. Responsibilities at Maersk Container Industry Dongguan (South China) • Management of dry van container factory with 100+ office employees and 2,000+ factory employees producing 300-400 containers per day; • Annual turnover within the range of USD 200-400 million; • Daily oversight of HSSE, HR, Finance, Quality, Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Supply Chain and Government Relations; • Leading labor-intensive heavy steel manufacturing production to a zero Lost Time Incident Rate during 2018 and 2019, through a mix of extensive HSSE training of front-line leaders, HSSE controlling, multi-level safety committees and personal daily eyeballing of operations; • Weekly interaction with customer’s quality inspectors and regular interaction with customer VIP’s; • Regular town halls for office employees and yard speeches for 2,000+ factory employees; • Part of MCI groups global leadership team; • Planning- and executing the closure, which was announced on 3rd January 2019, and the divestment of Maersk Container Industry Dongguan Ltd. Selling materials, equipment, other assets and land, taking place throughout 2019.

Responsibilities at Maersk Container Industry Dongguan (South China) General management • Leading multiple functions; Finance, Accounting, Controlling & IT (CFO), Human Resources & Administration (CHRO), Logistics & Purchasing (CPO). As part of that responsible for some 50+ office employees and 200+ blue collars; • Driving a high engagement level as evaluated by employees in anonymous engagement surveys; • Regular “site walks” eyeballing safety, quality compliance and providing shop floor employees a chance to discuss daily issues with top management directly. Purchasing, HR and Finance • Optimizing supplier development and supply risk spread; zero production interruption due to material inflow/outflow, as part of this ensured a minimum of two qualified and active suppliers for each raw material category; • Member of MCI Group procurement council, governing Maersk Procurement- and MCI category managers work with MCI’s category strategies and procurement tactics based on Maersk Group frameworks; • Weekly interaction with customer’s quality inspectors and regular interaction with customer VIP’s; • Facilitating optimal staff allocation and development; zero production interruptions caused by man power shortfall, including structured successor planning; • Leading finance, accounting, and cash planning for factory with an annual turnover of some USD 200-400 mill; • Building up adequate corporate governance frameworks and regular compliance controlling. Efficiency and cost saving • Leading 2015 “BOX300” savings- and efficiency project, which achieved approx. USD 40 million (some 10%) in savings based on procurement, manning and production efficiency improvements (turn-around management); • Leading company LEAN transformation to some 10% efficiency on each pilot area. See below links to speeches delivered in Chinese

At Maersk Container Industry AS (Denmark). Area's of responsibility - Strategy development; - Coordination of board activities; - Project assignments / ad hoc. Holding position until return to Maersk Container Industry Dongguan Ltd.

Head of Human Resources and Administration (CHRO) at Maersk Container Industry Dongguan (South China) HR & Administration management • Leading 12-20 office employees and approx. 30-40 blue collars; • Transformed HR from a mere processing office to a solid business partner; • Values cascading facilitator, talent coaching and ensuring successor development for all key positions; • Increased dormitory standards, cars/busses management and increased satisfaction from approx. 25 % to approx. 85 % for canteens producing 3,000-6,000 meals per day. This was mainly done by changing from one to two separately running canteens. Implemented quality measurements. Downsizing and ramp up • Downsizing with minimal legal disputes and without further social unrest/strikes from approx. 2,100 to 1,000 employees during 2009; • Ensuring a record time ramp-up from approx. 1,000 to 2,400 employees during 2010 beating all competing factories ramp up times, and by that enabling the factory's, at the time, best fiscal year . Strike and media barrage handling • Handling strikes/riots in 2008, negotiating with officials and unions and facilitating significant company improvements; • Acting as media spokesperson handling severe media barrage in 2009 and aftermath in 2010/2011, both in PRC and DK.

HR General Manager and head of department at Maersk Container Industry AS (Denmark) Downsizing and restructuring • Downsizing with minimal legal disputes and with social unrest/strikes from approx. 300 to 50 employees; • Facilitating mapping of new responsibilities when changing from HQ with local production to a pure HQ function. Talent development • Designing and implementing MCI Group talent management program; • Implementing structured successor planning on group level. Operational and tactical HR • Leading headquarter HR department consisting of 2-3 employees supporting local organization with operational HR and subsidiaries in China Management with tactical HR; • Driving HR strategy development and values cascading; • Improving compensations, -reward systems and -operational HR.

HR Consultant at Maersk Container Industry AS (Denmark) Recruitment and competence development • Recruiting office staff, welders, electricians and operators, which included more than 1,000 selection interviews • Facilitating “ramp up” intro training program for additional 100+ employees; • Organizing job fairs and university recruitment; • Developing structured competence development systems.

High-lights: - Retail toy store; - Various junior positions before becoming assistant store manager.

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