Awards & Recognition
★Fortune Businessperson of the Year 2018 recognition
★Led Adidas to Forbes' 2022 list of America's Best Large Employers
★Led Adidas to Fortune's 2022 World's Most Admired Companies list
★Described as 'margin magician' and 'superstar' by German business media
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Adidas AG (2016-2022) and Henkel (2008-2016)
→Led Henkel's market capitalization to quadruple to over €36 billion
→Currently serves on supervisory boards of Siemens AG, Lenovo Group, and A.P. Møller-Mærsk
→Harvard Business School executive education graduate
→Born in Denmark, has lived in Germany for over two decades
→Former member of Nestlé Board of Directors (2018-2022)
→Received €16 million termination package from Adidas
→Recently joined AI-robotics company Circus SE as Board Advisor in 2025