Vagn Sørensen

Vagn Soerensen

Independent director since November 2006 and Chair since May 2017 

Vagn Sørensen is a corporate director. Mr. Sørensen serves as director of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and CNH Industrial N.V. He also represents various private equity funds in some of their portfolio companies. Mr. Sørensen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Airlines Group from 2001 to 2006 and held various senior commercial positions with SAS Scandinavian Airlines System including Deputy Chief Executive Officer. 

Mr. Sørensen is the former Chair of British Midland Ltd. and of FLSmidth & Co. A/S and of Pantheon Infrastructure PLC, as well as a former director of Lufthansa Cargo AG. He has also served as Chair of the Association of European Airlines and a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). 

Mr. Sørensen holds a Master of Science degree in economics and business administration from Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark.