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Claus Holstein
Claus Holstein is MD of the Port of Aalborg with more than 20 years experience in export trade. Positions held at companies with more than 150 employees and an export percentage above 70%, where he has directly contributed to their international growth. Claus Holstein is currently serving 8 professional boards with focus on international trade and growth. Claus Holstein has a Master of Commerce in Organisation & Strategy from Aalborg University, where he still holds the position of external lecturer.
Christian Ringheim is Director of SMEs at Microsoft, Denmark. His areas of responsibilities includes management of all distributors and partners of Microsoft DK, all the marketing & sales activities for SMEs and business development of the market. Christian Ringheim has been involved in various big technology companies such as a position as Consulting Sales Director of Oracle and Senior Manager at a technology division of A.P. Moeller Group.
Lasse Bolander is Chairman of the Board at COOP, which is the largest retail trade group in Denmark. Additionally, he holds several board positions within the media and advertising industry, but also as advisor at technology companies. Lasse Bolander is former CEO of Det Berlingske Officin and responsible for building its digital business. He holds a Master in economic (cand.oecon) and is commonly used to comment on situations as a media expert.
Jan Hove Sørensen joined LD Equity in 2006 from PA Consulting Group as a Senior Manager. Prior to that Jan worked as a Director of Oracle Corporation (1999-2003). He holds an engineer's degree from the Technical University of Denmark, a HD from the Copenhagen Business School and has participated in INSEAD's management programme. Jan is a member of the investment committee for LD Equity 3 K/S.
Thomas Riis came to LD Equity in 2008 from North Sea Capital, where he since 2005 has worked with international private investments in regards to co-investors, Secondaries and in private equity funds. Before this, Thomas worked for 3i (Nordic), where he was involved in private investments in medium-sized Danish and Nordic companies (01-05). Thomas has also worked with M&A consulting in PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance (98-01) as well as Gudme Raaschou (97-98). Thomas holds a M.Sc. (Econ.) from University of Copenhagen.