Anders Jeppesen Jensen joins DLG Group from DAKA Denmark A/S, where he has served as General Manager since 2018. In this role, he has driven organizational development and successfully implemented a new strategy, leading to substantial profit improvements.
“I am happy to welcome Anders Jeppesen Jensen to DLG Group. Our Danish business plays a crucial role in serving our owners, the Danish farmers. Anders brings significant leadership experience, extensive knowledge of the agricultural industry and a strong commercial acumen; competencies that are important for us to build the DLG Group of the future. With his team, Anders will bring us even closer to our owners and customers by strengthening our value proposition and competitiveness through new solutions and best-in-class service, thus delivering the value of our transformation program, ReGen,” says Group CEO Peter Giørtz-Carlsen.
Anders Jeppesen Jensen holds an MSc in Business Administration from the University of Southern Denmark and started his career at Arla Foods. He held several commercial and leadership roles during his 15 years at the dairy company, before moving to Tican A/S as Managing Director for the processed business in 2007 and later took on the same role for HKScan Denmark A/S (Rose Poultry) in 2014.
In his new role at DLG Group, Anders Jeppesen Jensen will have full responsibility for the Danish market to ensure strong local anchoring, while working closely with the global Agriculture Business Group to create value through use of scale and best practices across markets.
“Collaboration with farmers has been a consistent theme throughout my career, and I am very committed to finding ways to create value for them. Therefore, it is with great enthusiasm that I have accepted the position at DLG. I am very much looking forward to getting to know my new team and, together with them, ensuring that DLG firmly establishes its role as the market leader in Denmark. Some of the industry's most skilled experts work at DLG, and we need to leverage their expertise even more to create the greatest possible value for our owners,” says Anders Jeppesen Jensen.