Christian Clausen: Nordea CEO

Christian Clausen was born on March 6, 1955 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds a Master of Science in Economics from Copenhagen University.  Christian began his professional career in 1975 with a four year stint at United Credit Unions. It was also during this period when he earned his Master’s degree.

In 1979 he became the executive secretary at Henriques bank. Then from 1982 to 1987 Christian acted as a deputy at Andelsbanken. He then became the managing director at Privatborsen from 1988 to 1990 and was also managing director and chief executive at Unibors Securities from 1990 to 1996. Christian then held the position as CEO of Unibank until 2000 and acted as a member of the executive board in his final three years there.

In 2001 he left Unibank and became the executive vice president of Nordea Bank. He became the CEO in 2007. Christian has played a defining role in the expansion of the largest financial group in northern Europe. He has boosted the bank’s brand identity and has managed to keep the bank healthy while other banks in Europe experienced difficulties.