Robert Kledal
Professor, Management School
Biography
Mr. Kledal served as Chief Executive Officer for Wrist Ship Supply, the world’s leading supplier of provisions & consumables to the shipping and offshore industries, in the period from October 2010 to December 2019. As of January 2020, Robert serves on the Board of Directors for Wrist in addition to the advisory board of Stirling University Business School. From 2014 to 2020, Robert served on the board of DSV Panalpina.
Prior to his position at Wrist, Robert spent 21 years in various leadership positions at A.P. Møller-Mærsk across Denmark, Hong Kong, China and USA. He holds an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and he currently undertakes extensive digital education across USA, Europe and China.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“My passion is to (re-)create, (re-)build and grow a business and to take the team towards the vision. Attaining and capitalizing on scale has been my recurring theme. Having lived across China/Hong Kong, USA and Europe while working with Middle East, I consider myself very global with a keen understanding of cultural differences and high tolerance for ambiguity. I have led a turnaround, several acquisitions and integrations and led across different ownership formats, geographies, company sizes and cultures. As CEO, nailing the customer value proposition, challenging paradigms, setting the strategy and moving the team forward in a high-impact/low-ego way is what counts. With 6 years’ experience as NED in a global top4 logistics company, I navigate comfortably in the cooperation between C-suite and supervisory board.”
Experience
CEO & Investor
Hydro Hull CleaningNon Executive Director
Blue Water ShippingWrist Ship Supply
Non Executive Board Member
Chief Executive OfficerAdvisor/Investor
TechStation InvestAdvisor/investor, Motion Ventures
Motion VenturesMember Of The Board Of Advisors, Professor
University of Stirling, Management SchoolNon-exec member Of The Supervisory Board
DSV - Global Transport and LogisticsA.P. Moller - Maersk
Group Senior Vice President | Head of Route management Senior Vice President Head of Greater China for Maersk Line Senior Director / Regional Manager South China General Manager TraineeSergeant - Royal Danish Life Guards
Den Kongelige Livgarde
Education
INSEAD
Board EducationINSEAD
Effective Board workIMD Business School
Digital leadership, Digital Disruption, Leading in the Digital AgeMIT Sloan School of Management
Digital Strategy; Cyber SecuritCopenhagen Business School
Sustainability, Strategy and Business DevelopmentSingularityU Nordic
Executive Digital EducationThe Personal Business Plan
Personal DevelopmentHarvard University A.P.Moller-Maersk leadership Education, Business strategy & Leadership
IMD Business School
eMBA, Business Administration and Management, GeneralChina Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Working in ChinaA.P.MOLLER SHIPPING SCHOOL
Bachelor's degree, ShippingDanish Army Sergeant School
Military LeadershipGentofte Statsskole
highschoolBagsvaerd Kostskole og Gymnasium
The Personal Business Plan
9 month coaching
Videos
Robert Kledal on Strategy Development and Business Model Innovation by PinPointers
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