CEO Today Management Consulting Awards 2021

DENMARK

CEO TODAY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AWARDS 2021

Lars-Peter Søbye President and CEO of COWI

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ABOUT LARS-PETER SØBYE

customers, but also add value to the surrounding people and societies. We do so through our 360˚ mindset and by drawing on the knowledge and experience of our specialists accumulated over the course of more than 85 years. VISION ANDMISSION Our vision expresses the direction which we wish COWI to take. Our mission is our reason for being. Together with our strategy and values, they point us to the future. OUR VISION Our vision is to create coherence in tomorrowʼs sustainable societies. We want to be: An industry top player We are a top earner in the industry creating substantial value to enable growth and innovation The customerʼs first choice COWI is the customerʼs partner of choice when it comes to creating innovation and sustainable value The best people We have the highest level of competencies and knowledge sharing in the industry based on our high performance teams A leading brand COWI is the strongest brand and the preferred consultant in all of our designated markets World-class international specialists We are recognised as the world leader within our international business lines.

Using his training as MSc in engineering fromAalborg University, COWIʼs President, CEO Lars-Peter Søbye has had a long career in the Group. Lars-Peter Søbye has worked in COWIʼs management since 1993, both locally and internationally, including a three-year secondment in Oman from 1997 to 2000. In 2005, he was appointed Executive Vice President of COWI Denmark, and he was one of the main drivers behind the Danish part of the Groupʼs ʻStrategy 2010ʼ, which focused on employee involvement and development of customer relations and consultancy processes. COWIʼs Board of Directors appointed Lars-Peter Søbye President, CEO in 2008, and since then he has worked to further develop the international activities of the COWI Group. At the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI), Lats-Peter Søbye serves as Chairman of the Board, DI Global Talent, member of Foreign Economic Forum, and member of the Business Policy Committee. Furthermore, he serves as Chairman of the Board of BLOXHUB, a community for sustainable urbanization, and Chairman of the Board at the Confederation of Danish Industry. He has also served as Ambassador for Women in Leadership. FIRMPROFILE COWI is a company that is driven by more than money and ambition. We are a company that is based on vision and values. We exist to create sustainable societies with a clear COWI DNA in everything we do. This commitment has created the COWI we are today – a company that has existed for more than 90 years.

We strive to deliver solutions that not only fulfil the need of our

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