Our staff on the bridge

ESVAGT is owned by 3i Infrastructure. We are headquartered in Esbjerg, DK where approximately 100 employees are working in the offices and workshops and further +1.200 working offshore onboard the vessels. ESVAGT also has offices in Aberdeen, UK and Copenhagen, DK.

Peter Lytzen
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Joined ESVAGT as CEO in 2018
  • 36+ years of experience leading major international offshore and shipping companies
  • Also serves on the Board of Orion Holdings and Danish
    Shipping
  • Previously Executive Board Member at Teekay and served on the Boards of Sevan Marine and KNL Networks
Kristian Ole Jakobsen
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO)
  • Appointed Deputy CEO in 2018
  • Joined ESVAGT in 2008 as CTO, and subsequently held
    positions as COO (2013-17) and Interim CEO (2017-18)
  • 26+ years of experience in the energy and logistics sectors
  • Also serves on the Board of MarNav
  • Previously Director at Maersk
Søren Karas
Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer (CCO)
  • Joined ESVAGT in 2017 as CCO
  • 26+ years of experience in the transport and energy sectors
  • Also serves on the Board of EWPL Ocean1
  • Previously CCO for Maersk Supply Service and Head of Group Strategy at Maersk
Dennis Bjørn Krog-Meyer
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • Joined ESVAGT in 2023 as CFO
  • 25+ years of experience in finance 
  • Previously CFO for SUN-AIR Aviation Group
  • Master of Economics (Cand. Oceon) Copenhagen University 
Nick Vejlgaard Ørskov
Chief HR Officer (CHRO)
  • Appointed CHRO in 2018
  • Joined ESVAGT in 2007 as HR manager
  • 28+ years of experience in HR and logistics
  • Previously Logistics manager at Primo and HR manager at COOP
Nick Vejlgaard Ørskov
Chief HR Officer

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OWNERSHIP
Board of directors

ESVAGT has a professional and internationally board of six people. As chairman we have the executive board professional, Jakob Bo Thomasen. Furthermore, the board of directors consist of shareholder representatives and employee representative

Jakob Bo Thomasen
Scott B. M. Moseley
Lars Oscar Tylegård
Søren Poulsgaard Jensen
Henrik Gorzelak Pedersen
Jess Høeg