Robert Kledal

Mr. Kledal served as Chief Executive Officer for Wrist Ship Supply, the world’s leading supplier of provisions & consumables to the shipping and offshore industries, in the period from October 2010 to December 2019. As of January 2020, Robert serves on the Board of Directors for Wrist in addition to the advisory board of Stirling University Business School. From 2014 to 2020, Robert served on the board of DSV Panalpina.

Prior to his position at Wrist, Robert spent 21 years in various leadership positions at A.P. Møller-Mærsk across Denmark, Hong Kong, China and USA. He holds an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and he currently undertakes extensive digital education across USA, Europe and China.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

“My passion is to (re-)create, (re-)build and grow a business and to take the team towards the vision. Attaining and capitalizing on scale has been my recurring theme. Having lived across China/Hong Kong, USA and Europe while working with Middle East, I consider myself very global with a keen understanding of cultural differences and high tolerance for ambiguity. I have led a turnaround, several acquisitions and integrations and led across different ownership formats, geographies, company sizes and cultures. As CEO, nailing the customer value proposition, challenging paradigms, setting the strategy and moving the team forward in a high-impact/low-ego way is what counts. With 6 years’ experience as NED in a global top4 logistics company, I navigate comfortably in the cooperation between C-suite and supervisory board.”

Experience

• CEO & Investor
  Hydro Hull Cleaning

• Non Executive Director
  Blue Water Shipping

• Wrist Ship Supply
  Non Executive Board Member
  Chief Executive Officer

• Advisor/Investor
  TechStation Invest

• Advisor/investor, Motion Ventures
  Motion Ventures

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors, Professor
  University of Stirling, Management School

• Non-exec member Of The Supervisory Board
  DSV - Global Transport and Logistics

• A.P. Moller - Maersk
  Group Senior Vice President | Head of Route management Senior Vice President Head of Greater China for Maersk Line Senior Director / Regional Manager South China General Manager Trainee

• Sergeant - Royal Danish Life Guards
  Den Kongelige Livgarde

Education

• INSEAD
  Board Education

• INSEAD
  Effective Board work

• IMD Business School
  Digital leadership, Digital Disruption, Leading in the Digital Age

• MIT Sloan School of Management
  Digital Strategy; Cyber Securit

• Copenhagen Business School
  Sustainability, Strategy and Business Development

• SingularityU Nordic
  Executive Digital Education

• The Personal Business Plan
  Personal Development

• Harvard University A.P.Moller-Maersk leadership Education, Business strategy & Leadership

• IMD Business School
  eMBA, Business Administration and Management, General

• China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
  Working in China

• A.P.MOLLER SHIPPING SCHOOL
  Bachelor's degree, Shipping

• Danish Army Sergeant School
  Military Leadership

• Gentofte Statsskole
  highschool

• Bagsvaerd Kostskole og Gymnasium

• The Personal Business Plan
  9 month coaching