Thomas Woldbye has resigned and steps down as CEO of Copenhagen Airports A/S on 30 September 2023. The Board of Administrators will now provoke the course of to establish CPH’s new CEO.
After 12 years as CEO of Copenhagen Airports A/S, Thomas Woldbye has at the moment resigned with a view to take up the place as CEO of Heathrow Airport in London, UK. Thomas Woldbye will proceed as CEO of Copenhagen Airports till 30 September 2023. The Board of Administrators in Copenhagen Airports A/S will now begin the method to establish the brand new CEO.
Chairman of the Board Lars Nørby Johansen says: “I obtain the information of Thomas Woldbye’s resignation with deep unhappiness, however I’ve nothing however respect and understanding for his choice to simply accept the supply of turning into CEO of Heathrow Airport. Thomas Woldbye has been a extremely profitable CEO to Copenhagen Airports A/S. In his time as CEO, he has led the airport ambitiously by its progress interval with passenger ranges rising to document ranges from 20 to 30 million in 8 years, and with a gradual hand he has guided us by the troubling Covid pandemic”.
Lars Nørby Johansen continues: “On behalf of the Board of Administrators, I want to thank Thomas Woldbye for his 12 years as CEO for Copenhagen Airports A/S. His devoted work, along with our robust administration workforce, creating the airport leaves us in a powerful and stable place to proceed our imaginative and prescient of being Architects of the Future Airport. With Thomas Woldbye’s choice to step down as CEO, the Board of Administrators has initiated the method to establish the following CEO of Copenhagen Airports”.
Regarding his resignation as CEO, Thomas Woldbye says: ”There’s by no means a great time to depart, however we’re by the worst results of Covid, and the airport is in a great place to totally get well with strong plans for the longer term. I’m pleased with what we’ve got achieved and of the airport that I can hand over to my successors. It has been a journey with ups and downs however at all times with a concentrate on the shoppers, the longer term, the standard of what we do, our position in society and the many individuals making all of it work”.
Thomas Woldbye expresses his gratitude to the Board, the administration workforce and workers of CPH: “By my years in Copenhagen Airports, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many extremely competent and devoted colleagues. Copenhagen Airports A/S has – as many different firms – been by a really onerous time the final couple of years throughout Covid and post-Covid, however by it all of the airport’s workers have labored tirelessly to safe our day by day operations and proceed to supply the absolute best expertise for the passengers touring by Copenhagen Airports. It saddens me to say goodbye to all my colleagues, however I’m assured they’ll proceed their decided work to make sure a vivid and thrilling future for Copenhagen Airports A/S”.
The knowledge on this announcement doesn’t change CPH’s monetary steerage for the monetary yr 2023 as communicated within the Q1 2023 interim report.
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Chairman of the board, Copenhagen Airports A/S: Lars Nørby Johansen
Head of Company Communication and Media relations Copenhagen Airport: Lise Agerley Kürstein
+45 40210177
CV Thomas Woldbye
Thomas Woldbye has been CEO in Copenhagen Airports A/S since Might 2011. On this interval, he has overseen the most important progress within the historical past of the airport with passenger ranges rising to document ranges from 20 to 30 million in 8 years and the airport’s greatest building challenge thus far.
Beforehand, Thomas Woldbye has labored for A.P. Moller-Maersk for 27 years and has throughout his profession labored overseas and held a number of administration positions in Indonesia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and A.P. Moller-Maersk’s head workplace in Copenhagen.
Moreover, Thomas Woldbye has been assistant to A.P. Moller-Maersk’s CEO, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller.
Thomas Woldbye is chairman of the Board of Copenhagen Airports Worldwide A/S and Copenhagen Airports Lodge A/S. In addition to, Thomas Woldbye has the next board work:
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Chairman of Board, Smarter Airports A/S
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Member of the Board, Airports Council Worldwide (Europe) ACI Europe
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Member of the Board, Great Copenhagen
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Member of Confederation of Danish Business Committee for Enterprise
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Chairman of Veteran charity, Velkommen Hjem
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