Martin Kjaer Hansen
CFO at ISS Facility Services Danmark
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Overview
Work Experience
CFO
2023 - Current
Board Member - Chair of Audit Committee
2025
Board Member
2022
Board Member
2021 - 2024
Advisor
2014 - 2024
Senior Vice President, Head of Group Finance Operations
2023 - 2023
Responsible for a range of teams at the core of operating the Group Finance organization, including: • Group Financial Controlling, • Group Accounting • Group IFRS Compliance, • External Reporting, • Internal Financial Controls • Payroll
Vice President, Head of Group Central Finance
2021 - 2022
Group Central Finance covered all relevant finance aspects of managing the Global HQ incl. an annual DKK 2 billion gross spend, handled through three dedicated teams: • Group Accounting • Group Cost Controlling • Group Payroll
Vice President, Head of Group Business Finance & CFO Global Operations
2020 - 2022
Group Business Finance focused efforts towards improving business insight and performance: • Finance Business Partnering • Business Controlling • Finance Management Consulting (Finance Advisory Services) The role was from 2022 expanded to also cover being CFO for Global Operations.
Finance Vice President, Europe (“Regional CFO”)
2020 - 2021
• Overall regional finance responsibility for a cluster of European countries, including ongoing financial and operational reviews, Budget review and alignment, restructuring projects, M&A and similar. • Role formerly known as "Regional CFO", prior to dismantling the formal European regional structure
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations
2018 - 2020
• External company spokesperson, communicating ISS' strategy and results to investors and analysts across the world • Extensive Road Show activity across more than 20 countries • Trusted advisor to Executive Group Management and the Board of Directors on matters related to equity markets • Crisis communication during unprecedented turbulent and challenging times for ISS (historically weak results, malware attack, Covid-19 etc.) • Awarded Top-4 “Best IR in Denmark” (Regi, 2019)
Senior Investor Relations Manager
2015 - 2017
• Recognized as Europe's No. 1 'Rising Star' within Investor Relations by IR Magazine, June 2016
Head of Investor Relations (interim)
2013 - 2014
• Part of core IPO project team preparing and carrying out the successful IPO of ISS A/S in March 2014 • Engagement with Private Equity (PE) owners EQT and Goldman Sachs, in the lead-up to IPO • Responsible for establishing an Investor Relations function at ISS A/S • Awarded 'Employee of the Year 2014' by Executive Group Management • Awarded 3rd 'Best IR of an IPO in Europe 2014' by IR Magazine
Treasury Manager
2012 - 2013
During Private Equity ownership: • Review and optimization of cash flow projections • Management and optimization of DKK 2.7bn secularization program • Relationship with Private Equity (PE) owners EQT and Goldman Sachs, credit investors, analysts, rating agencies
Deputy Chairman, Board Member
2016 - 2020
• Board Member at DIRF - the Danish Investor Relations Society. • Deputy Chairman from April 2019 - March 2020. • Member of the Capital Markets Regulation Committee
Analyst, Equity & Credit Research
2008 - 2012
Education
Master
2011 - 2015
Master
2009 - 2011
Practitioner Coach
2009 - 2010
Bachelor
2006 - 2009