Columbus' Board of Directors has appointed Brian Iversen as member of the Executive Board in Columbus. Brian Iversen will succeed Hans Henrik Thrane, who will leave Columbus 31 August 2022 as announced in release no. 19/2022 of 1 June 2022.

Brian Iversen will join Columbus on 1 October 2022. Brian is a senior executive with vast CFO experience and finance transformation and financial reporting experience from large international companies. He brings extensive experience in leading, optimizing and developing global finance operations, as well as implementing major strategic programs and improving business performance.

Brian Iversen will join Columbus after five years with GN Store Nord, as Vice President of Group Finance. During his tenure at GN Store Nord, he was responsible for the Group Finance organization where he managed internal and external reporting, Group compliance, financial controlling, accounting and tax, with more than 50 employees in headquarters and functional responsibility to Country Finance managers. He has a proven track record with financial restructuring and in GN he led the ongoing optimization towards a lean and uniform financial reporting and optimized the financial processes locally and globally.

He holds an MBA from Henley University in the UK.