Niels Helsted Email and Phone Number

Maersk Broker K/S is a privately owned company, owned by the Moller family. It is a group of companies with approximately 16-20 companies, consolidated turnover of DKK 400-800 mill and 250 employees. Mainly in Denmark and Asia. The F&A team is presently 6-8 people in Copenhagen as well as a similar team in Hong Kong.Main responsibilities:• Preparation of internal and external accountso Contact with auditors and banks• Corporate Governance:o Member of the leadership team… Show more Maersk Broker K/S is a privately owned company, owned by the Moller family. It is a group of companies with approximately 16-20 companies, consolidated turnover of DKK 400-800 mill and 250 employees. Mainly in Denmark and Asia. The F&A team is presently 6-8 people in Copenhagen as well as a similar team in Hong Kong.Main responsibilities:• Preparation of internal and external accountso Contact with auditors and banks• Corporate Governance:o Member of the leadership team (6 persons)o Board and AGM Materialo Company Secretary• Ongoing process and quality improvement• Ad hoc projects i.e.o M&A activities, o Negotiation/renegotiations of administrative contracts • Responsible for IT – management, development and support until June 2019• Risk Management:o Insurance related to business, administrative and cybero Hedging model for USD/DKKo KYC issues – own documentation and requirements toward customerso Transfer Pricing documentation/defense files Success Stories • 2021 result will be the best for 15 years – and I have as part of the leadership team been part of building the organization and taking the right decisions for almost 10 years• Heavily involved in the build-up of the Bulk Chartering activity in Copenhagen through the acquisition of the Wonsild Bulk Chartering Group, Lanic A/S, ex Lightship team and Naodan Inc. including analysis, investment proposals, due diligence, documentation and subsequent execution and implementation.• Divesting the Agency activity with the assistance of PwC M&A team. Show less

CFO and in addition responsible for IT for Maersk Broker

the Global Helios Program is a Group wide development and implementation program including several software packages such as: Oracle, Enovia and SmartPlant.

FACT – Finance and Accounting for Container Transportation – it resulted in a global SAP template rolled out to more than 100 countries with a broad functional scope: order to cash, requisition to pay, accounting to reporting and data management as well as process execution outsourced to shared service centers. At its peak more than 300 people were working on the project. We ended up with more than 10,000 users globally and a significant part in global shared service centers.… Show more FACT – Finance and Accounting for Container Transportation – it resulted in a global SAP template rolled out to more than 100 countries with a broad functional scope: order to cash, requisition to pay, accounting to reporting and data management as well as process execution outsourced to shared service centers. At its peak more than 300 people were working on the project. We ended up with more than 10,000 users globally and a significant part in global shared service centers. Responsibilities:• Initially responsible for the project functional scope and selection of the best ERP solution as well as stakeholder management/involvement.• Responsible for recruiting the team of 25-30 people who should represent the business in defining the solution and roll it out • Hereafter responsible for the solution design of a global SAP solution for Maersk Line and related container activities• Responsible for the pilot go-live in Sweden and Hong Kong• Upon finalization of the pilot I took over the responsibilities of the full program as the program director was promoted within the APMM organization.• Success Stories:• The project delivered vision, mission and objectives for the project• FACT was rolled out globally• The ERP solution was rolled out globally with 3-5 implementation teams• I participated in a full global ERP project life cycle. ML is still using SAP today. Show less

Maersk Hong Kong Group consisted of approximately 10 companies and 500 employees covering ML agency, Logistics Services, trucking, ship and container repairs etc. It was at the time the most profitable operation in Asia – with the biggest terminal in the world at the time.Responsibilities: • I was part of the management team and had direct responsibility for 15-20 people• Preparation of internal and external accounts• Board Material• On going process improvement• Ad… Show more Maersk Hong Kong Group consisted of approximately 10 companies and 500 employees covering ML agency, Logistics Services, trucking, ship and container repairs etc. It was at the time the most profitable operation in Asia – with the biggest terminal in the world at the time.Responsibilities: • I was part of the management team and had direct responsibility for 15-20 people• Preparation of internal and external accounts• Board Material• On going process improvement• Ad hoc projects i.e. M&A Success Stories:• Integration of the ML Sealand Acquisition part of a global acquisition• Implementation of new F&A system Show less

Manager for the controller section responsible for the financial reporting and consolidation of the foreign subsidiaries.

Country Finance Manager - was involved in the build up of the Maersk Line organisation and services on the East Coast of South America

Assistant in the controller section - mainly dealing with global financial reporting and conmsolidation

in The Technical organisation, Bulk Department and Management Secretariate