Henrik Brandt, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Unibrew A/S since 2008, has decided to step down as CEO and focus on non-executive directorships and advisory roles in future. Jesper B. Jørgensen (50) will be appointed new CEO of Royal Unibrew no later than 1 June 2017. Jesper B. Jørgensen has many years of commercial and international experience from Arthur Andersen, Carlsberg and latest from the German-based company, Knauf, as Senior Vice President, Northern Europe. During his employment with Carlsberg, Jesper B. Jørgensen had various responsibilities in Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and Turkey – the last five years as Managing Director of Carlsberg Denmark.