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= Nils Andersen = Nils Andersen (b.1958) currently holds the positions of Chair of Unilever, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee. He is also Non-Executive Director at BP plc, Chairman of Dansk Supermarker Group and Chairman of Unifeeder A/S and has worked in other companies like Hero Group and Union Cervecera.

Career
Nils Andersen studied a Business and Economics degree at Aarhus University. This resulted in his first role as financial controller of Nordic Sugar between 1982-1983.

Mr Andersen is a Non-Executive Director at BP plc, Chairman of Dansk Supermarker Group and Chairman of Unifeeder A/S.

From 2007 to 2016 he served as Group Chief Executive Officer of A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S. Before that he was Executive Vice President of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S from 1999-2001, becoming President, Chief Executive Officer from 2001-2007.

He has also previously worked for Danske Sukkerfabrikker, Tuborg International, Union Cervecera, Hannen Brauerei and Hero Group. Mr Andersen was also previously Non-Executive Director of Inditex, Vice-Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists and a member of the Committee on Business Policies, Confederation of Danish Industry.

Between 1999-2001, Nils was Executive Vice President of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S, becoming President, Chief Executive Officer from 2001- 2007.

In 2007, Nils was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S. In April 2015 he was appointed Non-Executive Director to Unilever and became a member of Unilever’s Compensation Committee until April 2016 when he became a member of Unilever’s Audit Committee.

In 2016 he became a Non-Executive Director BP plc and in 2017 he became the Chairman of Unifeeder A/S. Andersen was also Chairman of Unifeeder A/S from 2017 to 2018 and was appointed Chairman of AkzoNobel N.V in 2018.

In November 2019 he was appointed Chair of Unilever, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.