People: AP Moeller - Maersk A/S (MAERSKa.CO)

Mr. Jakob Thomasen has served as Member of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer of Maersk Oil at AP Moeller Maersk A/S since August 30, 2009. He joined Maersk Oil in1988 as a Geologist at the company's headquarters in Copenhagen. In 1996, he was promoted Senior Geologist and later the same year he was stationed in Qatar as a Department Manager. In 2000 he was called back to Copenhagen to head a North Sea technical centre within Petroleum Engineering. He returned to Qatar in 2004 as Managing Director. In the beginning of 2009, following organizational changes in Maersk Oil, he was repositioned in the Copenhagen office as Head of Exploration and New Business. He has also worked with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. He obtained a Master's degree in Geology from University of Copenhagen in 1987 and has participated in courses in finance and accounting. His educational background was further expanded in 1997 when he completed the General Management for Specialists program at Cranfield in the United Kingdom and again in 2002 when he attended courses in Managing Corporate Resources at International Institute for Management Development (IMD).