Lone Fønss Schrøder
Lone Fønss Schrøder is a Danish entrepreneur and businessperson who founded CashWorks, Inc., Schrøder Consult ApS, and Norfalck AB and has been at the helm of 7 different companies. Currently, Lone is the Chief Executive Officer for Concordium AG. Lone is also the owner of Engelberg Zug Financial Group AG and Fredlyst ApS and is on the board of 14 other companies.
With extensive executive experience ranging from large-cap companies in aviation, biotech, retail, automotive, oil & gas, and shipping to banks and capital markets, Fønss Schrøder is also the Vice Chairman of Volvo Cars, and a Director at IKEA.
She spent 22 years at A.P. Moller-Maersk — the world’s largest shipping company — serving as Senior Vice President and founding Maersk Procurement and Star Air. She was also the President of Wallenius Lines, a leading provider of global factory-to-dealer transport solutions and terminal facilities for the automotive industry.
Lone was also appointed as the Chairman of the Committee by the Minister for Climate, Energy, and Building, Copenhagen, Denmark from 2015-2018 to prepare general conditions for building and construction works and supplies (AB). These conditions were published in Report 1570 of 21 June 2018.
She is also the author of a number of articles on Large Cap companies' digital strategy development.
She has also been advising the Board of NREP, an urban investor that seeks to improve the built environment of cities, to the benefit of all stakeholders. Additionally, she is a Board member of Aker Horizons, a company that is active in renewable energy, carbon capture, and hydrogen and develops industrial-scale decarbonisation projects.
She previously held the position of Chairman at Nustay A, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Geely Financials Denmark AS and Chairman of Saxo Bank A (a subsidiary of Geely Financials Denmark AS), Chairman at Bioneer A, President & Chief Executive Officer at Walleniusrederierna AB, Senior Vice President for A.P. Møller-Mærsk An and Partner at AGC Biologics A.
Lone holds an M.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Copenhagen Business School and a Master in Law (LLM) from the University of Copenhagen and a Blockchain Technologies program from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
