Danske Bank Names Carsten Egeriis as New Chief Executive Officer

Danske Bank, a strong Nordic Bank, has appointed Carsten Egeriis as its new Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

He will take over the position of Chris Vogelzang, who has told the Board of Directors that he wishes to resign from his position.

Carsten has more than 20 years of experience in banking. Prior to this new role, he has worked at Danske Bank as Chief Risk Officer for more than 3 years. He spent more than 11 years at Barclays. Carsten started his career at GE as Chief Risk Officer in Sep 2003 and work there for about 3 years.

“I am pleased that we have a strong and competent successor in Carsten Egeriis, who has been part of the Executive Leadership Team as Chief Risk Officer for almost four years. He has had a pivotal role in our remediation efforts and in the strengthening of the risk area over the last years and not least in the bank’s handling of the corona crisis. He has more than 20 years’ experience from the financial sector, and the Board is confident that he is the right person to lead the transformation that is already progressing well”, Karsten Dybvad, Chairman of the Board of Directors, commented.