Niels Christiansen

For the footballer, see Niels Kristensen. For the rower, see Niels Kristensen (rower).

Niels B. Christiansen (born 12 April 1966, in Sønderborg) is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of The Lego Group.

Christiansen was managing director of Danfoss from October 2008 to July 2017, when he was succeeded by Kim Fausing. In August 2017, Lego announced that Christiansen would take over as CEO in October.

Education

As a student from Aabenraa State School, Christiansen graduated as a civil engineer from DTU in 1991. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 1993.

Career

• 1991–1995, Management Consultant at McKinsey
• 1995–1997, Vice President of Corporate Development in Hilti Corporation.
• 1997–2000, Employed by GN Netcom
• 2000–2003, Managing Director of GN Netcom
• 2003–2004, Group Executive Vice President of GN Store Nord
• 2004–2005, Executive Vice President at Danfoss
• 2005–2006, Chief Operating Officer, Danfoss
• 2006–2008, Deputy Managing Director, Danfoss
• 2008–2017, Managing Director, Danfoss
• 2017–present, Managing Director, LEGO Group
• Economic Unsubscribe, Niels B. Christiansen's salary from Danfoss estimated to have been 50 million kroner in 2015, which made him Denmark's highest paid business manager.

Board posts

• Chairman of Axcel
• Member of the Board of Directors of AP Møller - Maersk
• Member of the Board of William Demant Holding A / S
• Vice Chairman of the Board of DI's Business Committee
• Member of the Board of Manufacturing Industry (a union under DI)
• Member of the Board of the Technical University of Denmark