Management
Lars Højgård Hansen
CEO
CEO since: 2007
Employed since: 2006
Born: 1963
Lars Højgård Hansen has long experience of international sales and marketing, mainly in technology companies and has previously held several leading marketing positions within the Sony Ericsson Group and GN Store Nord.
Education: Graduate Diploma (HD), Copenhagen Business School and Executive MBA, Lund University, School of Economics.
Holding: 415,000 shares and 48,000 employee stock options*
Thomas Larsson
CFO
Employed since: 2012
Born: 1964
Thomas Larsson has long experience of various financial and accounting roles both in listed companies and private companies at different phases of development, including Pharmacia and Doro Nordic AB. Thomas’ most recent role was at Systemtextgruppen AB as CFO.
Education: M.Sc. Economics and Business Administration, Växjö University.
Holding: 262,338 shares and 24,000 employee stock options*
Carsten Aagesen
SVP Global Sales & Marketing
Employed since: 2007
Born: 1968
Carsten Aagesen has long experience of international sales and marketing from leading positions at GN Netcom A/S and Apple, among others. Previous experience includes Global Marketing Director at GN Netcom’s mobile division and Marketing Manager at Apple Nordic & Benelux.
Education: M.Sc. (Econ.), Marketing and Strategic Management, Copenhagen Business School.
Holding: 17,000 shares and 24,000 employee stock options*
Joakim Birgersson
SVP Operations
Employed since: 2018
Born: 1964
Joakim Birgersson has many years of experience within the security and hearing protection industry and has held executive positions in both small and large manufacturing companies, such as Sordin and Peltor. His most recent position was as Corporate Vice President and General Manager Europe at MSA Safety.
Education: Mechanical Engineer. University studies. Diploma in Marketing.
Holding: 37,000 shares and 24,000 employee stock options*
Ray Clarke
SVP Sales North America
Employed since: 2017
Born: 1961
Ray Clarke has many years of experience in the personal protection and safety industries focused on military and first responder markets and has led sales, marketing, and business development teams in executive positions with global companies Draeger, Mine Safety Appliances and Revision Military.
Education: Bachelor of Science, West Virginia University.
Holding: 11,500 shares and 24,000 employee stock options*
Jan Larsen
SVP R&D
Employed since: 2007
Born: 1962
Jan Larsen has many years’ experience of product development of various types of hearing and acoustics applications and has held a number of executive positions in R&D at GN Netcom A/S, UnoMedical A/S, and Oticon A/S.
Education: B. Sc. EE, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, and Graduate Diploma (HD-O), Copenhagen Business School.
Holding: 69,255 shares and 24,000 employee stock options*
* Last updated 30.06.2023