A foundation-owned company

Led by CEO Poul Due Jensen, Grundfos is owned by the Grundfos Foundation (Poul Due Jensen Foundation), the employees and the founder’s family.

Our leadership team

Group Management

Meet our colleagues in Group Management, the team responsible for day-to-day operations at Grundfos.

Poul Due Jensen

Group President, CEO

Poul was appointed CEO in 2020, having held assorted managerial and executive positions at Grundfos since he joined in 2000.

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Mirjam Baijens

Group Executive Vice President,
Chief Human Resource Officer

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Ulrik Gernow

Group Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer

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Mikael Geday

Group Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer

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Bent Jensen

Group Executive Vice President, 
CEO Commercial Building Services

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Morten Bach Jensen

Group Executive Vice President,
CEO Domestic Building Services

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Inge Delobelle

Group Executive Vice President,
CEO Industry

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Hamed Heyhat 

Group Executive Vice President,
CEO Water Utility

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Board of Directors

Jens Winther Moberg

Chairman
Jens is Partner and Owner of the Leadership Institute Denmark, Chair of Adapteo and board member of Kirk Kapital and the Poul Due Jensen Foundation.

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Carsten Reinhardt

Vice Chairman
A senior advisor and non-executive director, Carsten is also Chair of tmax and board member at Stoneridge, SAF-HOLLAND SE and Beinbauer Automotive GmbH & Co KG.

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Annika Ölme

Member of the Board
Annika is CTO & Senior Vice President Technology Development at SKF Group, and Chair of the Jacob  Wallenberg Foundation.
 

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Ágnes Eszter Pauer

Member of the Board, elected by employees
Ágnes is Assistant to the Plant Director at Grundfos Hungary, joining Grundfos in 2013, and is also an employee representative on the board of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation.

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Jabine van der Meijs

Member of the Board
A senior executive with commercial finance management background, Jabine is also a board member of VFS Global, Centre for Human Drug Research, Pharming Group N.V. and Chane.

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Henrik Ehlers Wulff

Member of the Board
Henrik is EVP at Novo Nordisk A/S, and a board member of Ambu A/S.

 

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Claus Aagaard

Member of the Board
Claus is CFO at Mars, Inc., and a board member of Bread for the City.

 

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John Bjerregaard Jacobsen

Member of the Board, elected by employees
John joined Grundfos in 1985 and is Chief Product Development Engineer.

 

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Søren Lund Nielsen

Member of the Board, elected by employees
Søren is Global Senior Service Specialist, having joined Grundfos in 1996.

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How we are structured

Grundfos Holding A/S

Grundfos Holding A/S, based in Bjerringbro, Denmark, is the parent company of the Grundfos Group. The Grundfos Group is represented by more than 100 companies in more than 60 countries. In addition, our products are sold in a large number of countries through local distributors. 

Grundfos Holding A/S holds the shares of all the other Grundfos Group companies either directly or indirectly. For further details on Grundfos Group companies, please see our latest Annual Report.

Grundfos Group functions

Headquartered in Bjerringbro, Denmark, Grundfos Holding A/S activities include the majority of Grundfos’ global R&D functions, as well as three Group functions involving coordination, planning and management, under the leadership of Group Management executives. 

Chief Operating Officer

Including Operations, Quality, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Digital, Branding & Marketing, Sustainability

Chief Human Resource Officer

Including Group & Divisional HR services, People & Organisational Growth, Corporate Guest Services

Chief Financial Officer

Including Group & Divisional Finance, IT, Legal Affairs and Facility Management

A foundation-owned company

The Grundfos Foundation

Grundfos is owned by the Grundfos Foundation (Poul Due Jensen Foundation), the employees and the founder’s family. The Foundation is the primary owner with 87.5% of the share capital. Employees own 2.9%, with the remaining 9.6% belonging to the founder’s family.

The main purpose of the Foundation is to ensure and support healthy economic growth and development of the Grundfos Group. The Poul Due Jensen Foundation also engages in philanthropic work through funding of safe water projects in developing countries, social responsibility and inclusion projects in Denmark and support for education and research within the company’s areas of interest.