20/06/2013at 14:13

Tommy Thomsen choses development over shipping

The former A.P. Moeller-Maersk shipowner and soon-to-be former CEO of Nordic Tankers, Tommy Thomsen, was unable to resist the temptation of a career change, turning from shipping to working with developing nations and Danish investments.

BY OLE ANDERSEN

The temptation was too great for 55-year-old Tommy Thomsen as he chose to say yes to a significant career change after 35 years in shipping when the Danish government came decided to pursue him as the new CEO for the Danish investment fund for developing nations (IFU), and the almost two meters tall and former shipowner in A.P. Moeller-Maersk towered above the other applicants for the job. And working with developing nations is far from a new field for Tommy Thomsen.

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