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THOMAS
TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP FRODE
LAURSEN, WE MUST UNDERSTAND
HOW TO INNOVATE WITH RESPECT FOR
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN BUILT UP
In 2004, at 38, Thomas Corneliussen was
appointed CEO of Skanol, a joint venture where
Thorkil and Annie owned 50 per cent, while
the oil company Hydro Texaco owned the other
half.
“The meeting with Thorkil was ‘colourful’
and characterised by two owners from very
different cultures: On the one hand, a renowned
international oil company headquartered in
North Zealand, and on the other, an entrepreneurial and energetic Jutland businessman.
This resulted in lively board meetings, and as
a relatively young director, in addition to the
task of developing the company, I also had the
exciting challenge of building bridges between
the owners.”
FOUR YEARS IN THE USA
Thomas originally trained as a freight forwarder
and has since completed a degree course in
supply chain management at Aarhus University.
In the early 1990s, he lived and worked as a
freight forwarder in the USA for several years.
Since then, he has had various management
jobs within the transport and logistics industry
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and on the other side of the desk with customers. Here, he has worked on developing and procuring logistics solutions in larger companies.
TEMPTED AND CHALLENGED
The bridge-building and development of Skanol
were successful. The company grew beyond
the country’s borders and into both Sweden
and Norway – and over time, the shareholders
found each other. Today, there is an exemplary
collaboration between Skanol’s owners.
“Throughout the years that followed, Thorkil and I got to know each other and worked
closely together, and in 2016, I was offered the
chance to join Frode Laursen’s executive board.
While I was sad to say goodbye to Skanol, a fantastic company, the temptation and challenge of
Frode Laursen’s offer was too great to pass up.”
THE NEXT STEP
On 1 January 2017, Thomas joined Frode
Laursen’s executive board, which at the time
consisted of four members. He was responsible
for Logistics and 3PL customers. In the follow-
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