Henrik PoulsenAge: 43Education: M.Sc., Finance and Accounting, Aarhus School of Business, DenmarkCareer highlights:2008 President and CEO, TDC A/S 2007 Operating Executive, KKR Capstone2006 Executive Vice President, LEGO Group “The telecoms market has limited underlying growth and declining prices,” says Henrik Poulsen. “This is a challenge we share with most of our peers in the European…
If any proof were needed that the world economy has not yet fully emerged from recession, then the harsh austerity measures currently being imposed in many countries – and the often less than enthusiastic reaction to these measures of many of the citizens of those countries – clearly signal that the voyage to full recovery…
The credit crisis took a wrecking ball to the balance sheets of many global banks. Not Saxo Bank. This feat marked the bank out. This Denmark-based operation now has a hugely expanding geographic footprint and its distinctively outspoken CEO is not shy of challenging the traditional big players – as well as the perceptions of…
If you think you’d like to extend your Turks & Caicos vacation — perhaps permanently —you’ll join the ranks of visitors turned expatriates, who have chosen to do business, retire or enjoy a second home in idyllic surroundings. In the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI), you’ll enjoy the sea and sand at your front door…
The eurozone’s dominant service sector expanded much slower than expected in December but its manufacturing sector, which led a large part of the economic recovery, grew faster than thought, surveys show. Worryingly for policymakers, a large part of the strength was on the back of a very positive performance in Germany and a supportive France,…
Portugal is under pressure to seek a European bailout due to concerns Lisbon’s debt woes could drag down Spain and trigger an even greater crisis. The Financial Times Deutschland said some states wanted Portugal to seek aid in order to avoid Spain, the fifth largest EU economy, from having to follow suit. “If Portugal were…
Western energy firms are poised to strike deals in Turkmenistan as the Central Asian state opens up its lucrative oil and gas reserves after years of isolation. Chevron Corp, Total and TXOil Ltd, a company chaired by a younger brother of former US president George W. Bush, are among those pursuing deals in the desert…
After two days of talks, the G20 has ended up at the lowest common denominator. An agreement to develop “indicative guidelines” to help identify large current account imbalances that risk destabilising the global economy was the bare minimum expected of the leaders of the world’s 20 major economies. By giving finance ministers the task of…
China cannot continue to resist upward market pressure on its yuan currency without facing higher inflation and rising asset prices, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said recently. Geithner, in an interview with CNBC television on the sidelines of a Group of 20 leaders summit, said he believed there had been progress on China currency issues…
While the fate of those deals rests primarily with President Obama, US business leaders say trade is one area of potential compromise between the White House and Republicans in 2011. “Trade has been at the back of the bus for last two years and I think there’s a real opportunity for trade to be in…
