{{Short description|Danish businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Jacob Aarup-Andersen | image = Jacob_Aarup-Andersen.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|06|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Copenhagen | occupation = Businessman | known for = | title = CEO, Carlsberg Group | term = | predecessor = | successor = | spouse = Stine Aarup-Andersen | children = 3 }}
'''Jacob Aarup-Andersen''' (born 6 December 1977) is a Danish businessman and CEO of Carlsberg, one of the world's leading brewery groups based in Denmark.
==Early life== Aarup-Andersen was born on 6 December 1977.<ref name="Danske Bank CV">{{cite web |title=Jacob Aarup-Andersen |url=https://danskebank.com/-/media/danske-bank-com/file-cloud/2017/2/jacob-aarup-andersen--english-cv.pdf |website=Danske Bank |accessdate=18 October 2018 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201635/https://danskebank.com/-/media/danske-bank-com/file-cloud/2017/2/jacob-aarup-andersen--english-cv.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen in 2002.<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web |title=Executive Profile: Jacob Aarup-Andersen |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=36546924&privcapId=558679 |website=Bloomberg LP |accessdate=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Danske Bank CV"/>
==Career== From 2002 to 2012, he worked in London for Goldman Sachs, Highbridge Capital and Montrica Investment Management. This was followed by the position as chief portfolio manager at Danske Capital from 2012 to 2014. Aarup-Andersen then became CFO of Danica Pension, a life and pension company, before joining the executive board of Danske Bank as group CFO in 2016. At Danske Bank, in 2018 he moved to the position as head of wealth management and later head of banking.<ref name="Danske Bank CV"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avisen.dk/blaa-bog-finanstilsyn-spaendte-ben-for-danske-banks_521149.aspx|title = BLÅ BOG: Finanstilsyn spændte ben for Danske Banks kronprins| date=17 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.issworld.com/en/about/global-management-and-organisation/leadership-and-structure|title=Leadership and structure|website=www.issworld.com}}</ref>
On 17 October 2018, the Danish financial regulator rejected Aarup-Andersen as the next chief executive (CEO) of Danske Bank (to succeed Thomas Borgen who resigned following a major money laundering scandal), despite him being the board's unanimous choice, citing his lack of experience.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |title=Danske Bank's choice of chief blocked by Danish regulator |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/17/danske-bank-choice-of-chief-blocked-by-danish-regulator |accessdate=17 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=17 October 2018}}</ref> On 2020 was announced that Danish services provider ISS hired him as chief executive to replace Jeff Gravenhorst.<ref>{{Cite news|author= Stine Jacobsen, Emelia Sithole-Matarise and David Goodman |date=2020-05-18|title=Services Group ISS Hires Banker Aarup-Andersen to Complete Revamp|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/18/world/europe/18reuters-iss-dk-moves.html|access-date=2020-05-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In autumn 2023, Aarup-Andersen became CEO of the Carlsberg Group, replacing Cees ‘t Hart.
==Personal life== He and his wife, Stine Aarup-Andersen, have three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/han-var-udset-til-danmarks-tungeste-bankpost|title=Han var udset til Danmarks tungeste bankpost|author=|date=17 October 2018|website=dr.dk|accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref>
==Honours== In 2025, Aarup-Andersen was appointed Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.
==Other activities== Aarup-Andersen is a member of the European Group of the Trilateral Commission. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum.
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