The LEGO Group's mission is "to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow"​. Its most famous product to do so is the LEGO brick - an amazing play system for both kids and adults!

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Colette Burke joined the LEGO Group as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer in January 2021. Colette reports to Chief Executive Niels B Christiansen and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

She is responsible for the Group’s global commercial strategy which includes e-commerce, business to business retailer partnerships, omnichannel development, LEGO®-branded retail channels and geographic expansion into new countries. Reporting to Colette are the Group’s Market Groups including teams in the Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific and China; LEGO Retail; the e-commerce Centre of Excellence and Market and Commercial Development.

Prior to joining the LEGO Group, Colette had a 25-year career at consumer electronics company, Bose Corporation. Most recently she was responsible for the company’s global consumer sales and was a member of the Executive Team. Before this she held a wide range of commercial, general management and marketing leadership roles at a global, regional and national level, including 19 years working in the United States. She began her career as a consultant with German firm, SAI.

Colette studied International Marketing and Languages at [Dublin City University](/org/dublin-city-university), Ireland and Cologne University, Germany and completed post-graduate studies in Finance at [Harvard University](/org/harvard) in the United States.

Colette Burke

Maurer previously worked at [Landsec](/org/landsec), holding the position of Head of Innovation. Prior to that, she spent over 18 years at [Tesco](/org/tesco), where she founded and led the grocery giant’s R&D arm [Tesco](/org/tesco) Labs. (Jo Hickson replaced her when she moved on to [Landsec](/org/landsec)). Maurer’s time at [Tesco](/org/tesco) also included stints as Head of Product - Online Shopping (Food and Wine) and Commercial Manager - [Tesco](/org/tesco).com.

Angela Maurer

Ashley Oswald

Jan Thorsgaard Nielsen is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of A.P. Møller Holding. He became a member of LEGO A/S Board of Directors in 2013.

Jan also holds a position as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Danske Bank A/S.

In 2005, Jan was appointed Managing Director of Blackstone Group UK and later Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group Hong Kong.

In addition to the above, Jan is also a Member of the Board of APMH Invest A/S, Member of the Board of A.P. Møller Capital P/S, and Chairman of the Board of KK Wind Solutions A/S.

He holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Management from Aarhus University in Denmark.

Jan Thorsgaard Nielsen

Søren Thorup Sørensen is Chief Executive Officer of KIRKBI A/S. He is Vice Chairman and has been a Member of the Board of LEGO A/S since 2010.

Søren is also Member of the Board of Falck A/S, Merlin Entertainments Limited, Landis + Gyr AG, Ole Kirk’s Fond, Billund A/S, Boston Holding A/S and 6 fully owned subsidiaries of KIRKBI A/S.

Søren has previously held positions as Group CFO of A.P. Møller Maersk Group and Partner at [KPMG](/org/kpmg). He holds an M.Sc. Accounting and Audit from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).

Søren Thorup Sørensen

Carsten Rasmussen first joined the [LEGO](/org/the-lego-group) Group in 2001 and has since held a broad range of leadership roles in functions including Shopper Marketing and Channel Development, Operations, Procurement, and Organisational Capability Building in various markets.

Carsten began his carrier at the [LEGO](/org/the-lego-group) Group as Purchasing Manager and soon after took on the role as Purchasing Director. In 2006, he became General Manager of [LEGO](/org/the-lego-group) Company Supply Chain in Hong Kong, where he gained extensive experience within logistics, quality control, code of conduct, and finance. Three years later, Carsten became overall responsible for [LEGO](/org/the-lego-group) Production, which included taking on a broad range of functions within leadership and overseeing more than 3000 employees at [LEGO](/org/the-lego-group) Group production facilities in Billund and Kladno. Before taking on his current role as Chief Operations Officer, Carsten held roles as Senior Vice President of Shopper Marketing & Channel Development and Organisation Capability Building with responsibility for shopper insights and development, e-commerce, marketing, and strategy development.

As Chief Operations Officer, Carsten's responsibilities include Manufacturing, Packing, Supply Chain Planning, Distribution & Logistics, and Engineering & Quality.

Carsten Rasmussen

Skip Kodak joined the LEGO Group in 2002 as Vice President of U.S. Field Sales. Skip has extensive knowledge within customer development, direct to consumer marketing and sales. In 2008, he became Vice President of global Direct-to-Consumer and Merlin Affairs, assuming leadership of driving collaboration and synergy with the company’s strategic operating partner of LEGOLAND® Parks and LEGOLAND® Discovery Centers worldwide. Skip joined LEGO Group Corporate Management in 2012 as Senior Vice President for Shopper Marketing and Channel Development.

In 2017, Skip took on the role as Senior Vice President of Americas Market Group. He is responsible for consumer, shopper and customer operations across North, Central, and South America and accountable for strategic direction setting, execution, and results for the region's marketing, sales, demand planning, and customer service teams.

Skip Kodak

Fiona Dawson joined the LEGO A/S Board of Directors in August 2020.

Fiona Dawson has worked for family-owned Mars, Incorporated for over thirty years. In her current role she sits on the Mars, Incorporated Leadership team and is Global President for Mars Foods’ portfolio of household brands, the various Multi-Segment markets in Mars, Incorporated, and the Global Customers. Mars, Incorporated has global annual revenues of more than US$35 billion. During her career, Fiona has held a wide range of leadership and marketing roles including President of Global Retail and Mars Chocolate UK, and European Marketing Vice President.

Fiona has a passion for the advancement of women in business and is Chair of the United Kingdom’s Women’s Business Council, a government backed and industry led group seeking to advance women’s careers in business and address the gender pay gap. She also sits on the Board of the Trinity Business School in Dublin, and is a Trustee of The Follicular Lymphoma Foundation. Previously Fiona has been President of the IGD, Vice President of the UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and previously, served on the Economic Development Advisory Group to the U.K’s Department for International Development (DfID).

Ms. Dawson holds a BBS degree in Business from [Trinity College](/org/trinity-college), Dublin.

Fiona Dawson

Supply Chain Leader with deep FMCG experience, leading large teams responsible for customer service, supply chain strategy, supply and demand planning, and warehouse and transport operations.

Jane Burkitt

Eleanor Davies

Prior to joining Lego in January 2022, Taylor was based in Barcelona as CEO at DDB-owned Cartoce.


Nicole Taylor

Jesper Andersen joined the LEGO Group in October 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

He is responsible for the LEGO Group’s finance team which includes strategic financial planning and reporting, business partnering, audit, tax and treasury. He also oversees the company’s legal, compliance and risk management, strategy and transformation and business services teams.

Jesper joined the LEGO Group from plant-based food company Upfield, whose brands include Flora and Becel, where he had been Chief Financial Officer since 2018. Prior to this he was Chief Financial Officer at Beiersdorf for three years. Jesper began his career at Colgate-Palmolive where he spent more than 20 years as a finance executive, holding leadership roles in Europe, Asia and North America.

Jesper holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Aarhus School of Business and a Bachelor of Business from the South Danish Business School.

Jesper Andersen

Eric Maugein is the Regional President of Asia Pacific Market Group.

Eric Maugein was appointed Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific in January 2019. In his current role Eric oversees the Group’s Asia Pacific business where its largest markets include Australia, Korea and Japan.

Throughout his career at the LEGO Group, Eric has built strong teams with high gender and cultural diversity. Since 2004, he has been instrumental in working with his teams to successfully build the LEGO business in France and Iberia to today’s market leadership positions and integrating LEGO Middle East and Africa businesses to Central and Eastern Europe to create LEGO CEEMEA Market Group.

In his current role as Senior Vice President of REEMEA Market Group, Eric is responsible for all commercial activities in a vast region, including Russia, CIS, CEE, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa.

Eric Maugein

Victor Saejis is the Regional President of Wester Europe.

Victor Saejis was appointed Senior Vice President, EMEA in 2018. Previously he was Senior Vice President, Western Europe a position he held for a year.

In his current role at the LEGO Group, Victor is responsible for all commercial activities in Western Europe markets.

Victor Saeijs

As Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Julia Goldin is responsible for leading and inspiring the creation of LEGO® play experiences which excite and educate kids. Julia’s talented team is responsible for developing the product portfolio and experience, as well as marketing and building the brand through content, communication and digital channels.

Julia is responsible for product development, marketing, research and insights, licensing, partnerships, and the LEGO Group’s in-house creative agency.

Prior to joining the LEGO Group in 2014, Julia was Global Chief Marketing Officer at [Revlon](/org/revlon). She also had a 13-year career with the Coca-Cola Company, where she held several senior global and regional marketing roles, including Division Marketing Director of Northwest Europe and deputy Chief Marketing Officer of Japan.

Julia holds an MBA in International Marketing and Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Julia Goldin

Anne Sweeney became a member of the LEGO A/S Board of Directors in April 2020.

Anne is a member of the Board of Directors at Netflix, the Board of Trustees at the [Mayo Clinic](/org/mayo-clinic), and a Deans Distinguished Fellow at the [Harvard University](/org/harvard) Graduate School of Education.

Prior to embarking on a new chapter in the entertainment industry in 2015, Anne was co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group, which includes [The Walt Disney Company](/org/disney)’s global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations group, as well as radio and publishing businesses.

Anne has a BA degree from The College of New Rochelle and an Ed. M. degree from [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Anne Sweeney

Loren became Chief People Officer of the LEGO Group in 2017 and brings to the role a unique blend of global commercial and marketing experience and a track record of building high-performing, global teams.

Loren joined the LEGO Group in 2014 as Chief Commercial Officer, bringing with him a range of experience including commercial, marketing and general management. Previous to joining the LEGO Group, he held leadership positions at Google, where he was most recently Managing Director, Brand Solutions, APAC. Prior to Google, he held global and regional marketing and commercial roles of increasing scope and responsibility over 10 years at Nokia including Senior Vice President, Marketing, Go-to-Market. Loren has also held senior marketing roles at SingTel, Viacom and DeBeers in Asia and China.

In his current role, Loren is also responsible for the LEGO Group’s environmental sustainability, social responsibility, government affairs and corporate brand communications. He is also a Board Trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics in the UK.

Loren holds an MBA and Executive Masters in Organisational Psychology from [INSEAD](/org/insead) and a Bachelor of Commerce from [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university).

Loren I. Shuster

Atul Bhardwaj joined the LEGO Group in November 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology Officer.

He is responsible for the LEGO Group’s digital and technology teams and overseeing its continued digital transformation to support long-term growth.

Atul joined the LEGO Group from German consumer electronics retailer MediaMarktSaturn, where he had been Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Supply Chain since 2018. Prior to this he was Chief Information Officer at Tesco PLC where he worked for ten years in technology and logistics positions of increasing scope and responsibility in both Asia and at the company’s headquarters. He began his career at management consultancy Accenture where he became a Partner, supporting clients from the London and Hong Kong offices.

Atul holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

Atul Bhardwaj

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp is Member of the Board of LEGO A/S and Executive Chairman of LEGO Brand Group. Jørgen also holds positions as Member of the Board of [Starbucks](/org/starbucks) and Member of the Board of Merlin Entertainments Limited.

Jørgen joined the LEGO Group in 2001, and in 2004 he was appointed President and CEO.

He began his career at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) in 1998 and holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Economics Management from Aarhus University in Denmark.

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp

Thomas Kirk Kristiansen represents the fourth generation of the owner family. He is Chairman of LEGO A/S and has been a member of the board since 2007. Thomas is also Deputy Chairman of LEGO Brand Group.

Thomas is also a Member of the Board of KIRKBI A/S and 3 fully owned subsidiaries, Chairman of the Board of LEGO Foundation and Executive Management member of Kirk & Kirk Holding ApS with management roles in 4 subsidiaries.

Thomas Kirk Kristiansen

Member of the Board of LEGO A/S since 2011. Chief Executive Officer of KMD A/S.

Eva Berneke

Niels B. Christiansen is Chief Executive Officer of the family-owned and privately held LEGO Group – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of play materials, and whose mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow. Niels joined the LEGO Group as Chief Executive Officer in October 2017.

Niels has vast experience leading large global high-tech companies and creating growth in established and new markets. Before joining the LEGO Group, he was CEO of Danfoss A/S and CEO of GN Netcom. Niels has also held leading positions at GN Store Nord, Hilti Corporation in Switzerland, and [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company).

Niels holds various board positions. He is Chairman of the Board of William Demant Holding and a member of the Board of Directors of A. P. Møller-Mærsk.

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