{"id":158948,"date":"2026-09-03T21:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/158948\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T21:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:53:21","slug":"ceo-steps-down-interim-ceo-appointed-as-part-of-succession-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/158948\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO STEPS DOWN, INTERIM CEO APPOINTED AS PART OF SUCCESSION"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DFDS<\/a> DFDS A\/S <\/p>\n

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT no. 11 – 25 March 2026 <\/p>\n

DFDS’ CEO succession process was initiated on 6 November 2025 to bring in new perspectives to lead DFDS’ ongoing transition towards a higher level of business and financial performance. Towards the end of 2025, financial performance has started to turn around, and this trend has continued in the first months of 2026. <\/p>\n

Following this development and considering the extended management handover period as well as the closing of the financial year 2025 by today’s Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors has decided to move the succession process forward. <\/p>\n

Torben Carlsen will therefore step down as President & CEO on 17 April 2026. <\/p>\n

Karen Boesen, CFO has been appointed Interim CEO effective from 18 April 2026. <\/p>\n

Michael Hansen will join DFDS on 1 July 2026 following his appointment as President & CEO for DFDS in January 2026. <\/p>\n

Claus V. Hemmingsen \u2013 Chair, Board of Directors:
“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Torben Carlsen for his many years of dedicated leadership. Torben’s commitment to the company, his personal integrity, and unwavering focus on serving our customers, employees, and partners have been exceptional. The Board also appreciates that Torben’s continued focus during the succession period has ensured that DFDS remains firmly on track through its ongoing transition. We wish Torben every success going forward.” <\/p>\n

Torben Carlsen \u2013 President & CEO:
“I am grateful for the opportunity to lead an organisation that has meant so much to me for many years. The strength of our people and our joint achievements make me proud and confident in DFDS’ future. In recent years, results have in some areas not met our ambitions. I am therefore very pleased to see that results towards the end of 2025 and the first few months of the year support that 2026 is going to be a turning point. I will always carry with me the relationships I have formed over the years with colleagues, customers, and other partners. I wish Michael Hansen the very best of luck. I know he will be supported by a great organisation.” <\/p>\n

Contact <\/p>\n

Torben Carlsen, CEO +45 33 42 32 01 <\/p>\n

Karen Boesen, CFO +45 20 58 58 40 <\/p>\n

S\u00f8ren Br\u00f8ndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59 <\/p>\n

Dennis Kj\u00e6rsgaard, Media +45 42 30 38 47 <\/p>\n

About DFDS <\/p>\n

We operate a transport network in and around Europe with an annual revenue of DKK 30bn and 16,000 full-time employees. <\/p>\n

We move goods in trailers by ferry, road & rail, and we offer complementary and related transport and logistics solutions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DFDS A\/S COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT no. 11 – 25 March 2026 DFDS’ CEO succession process was initiated on 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6052],"tags":[9471,438,1275,6057,1414,4007,4002,4003,9472,1963,4004,373,9473,9474,5039,504,1988,950,4005,4006,771,9475,1537,9476],"class_list":["post-158948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dfds","tag-401k","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-dfds","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-financial-information","tag-investing","tag-investment-tools","tag-investor","tag-market-news","tag-mortgage","tag-mutual-funds","tag-personal-finance","tag-quote","tag-real-estate","tag-retirement","tag-stock","tag-stock-research","tag-stock-valuation","tag-stocks","tag-suze-orman","tag-tax","tag-track-portfolio"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117209333920086773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}