Kasper Karlsen has been with Svitzer since 2020 and has held the role of Global Chief Operating Officer since 2022.

Kasper Karlsen (Danish nationality) has been Global Chief Operating Officer of the Svitzer Group since December 2022. Prior hereto, Kasper Karlsen was Chief Operating Officer of Svitzer Europe from 2020-2022 and held various senior leadership positions within Operations, performance improvement and business transformation while employed by Maersk Drilling A/S from 2007-2020. Kasper Karlsen holds a Master of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Technical University of Denmark and he has completed different management programs and leadership programs at IMD Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management and DTU Executive School of Business.