Leadership Pipeline Institute .

Professional Profile

Kent Jonasen

Danish

Kent Jonasen is CEO of Leadership Pipeline Institute. Besides driving the development of LPI Kent Jonasen delivers leadership program for executives.

Professional Career

Before becoming CEO of Leadership Pipeline Institute, Kent Jonasen was Deputy Head of Group Human Resources in A.P. Moller – Maersk since 2003 up to 2008 responsible for talent management, leadership development, executive development and executive compensation. Previously to his deputy position, Kent was Regional HR Manager for Europe Region from 2000 to 2003.

In A.P. Moller – Maersk Kent lead the implementation of a companywide integrated leadership development initiative based on the Leadership Pipeline concept to impact more than 10,000 leaders in more than 100 countries. The project secured reliable executive succession plans and a 90% hit ratio on talents in the executive talent pool. During his time in A.P. Moller - Maersk he was active in the International Consortium for Executive Development Research (ICEDR) and member of the US Conference Board Council on Development, Education and Training.

Over the past ten years Kent has build a unique insight on how to design educational and developmental initiatives that are applicable to cultures across the world. He has lead the implementation of the leadership pipeline concept with regards to development, selection, and assessment in 25 different large international organizations.

Before joining Human Resources in A.P. Moller – Maersk in 1996 Kent was employed in the financial industry. He worked in retail banking for two years and in the capital market business for three years dealing with various interest rate and currency derivatives.

Positions

CEO, Leadership Pipeline Institute

Deputy Head of Group HR, A.P. Moller - Maersk

Head of HR, Maersk Line, Europe Region,

HR Senior Partner and head of Development, A.P. Moller – Maersk Corporate Dealer, Unibank (today Nordea)

Officer of the reserve

Banking trainee

Education & Qualifications

Diploma degree in Human Resources, Copenhagen Business School

Diploma degree in Finance, Copenhagen Business School

Graduate program of banking

1st Leutenant, Officer of the reserve

Certified facilitator Leadership Transition Programs ®

Certified to administer and interpret: LPindex ®

Professional Learning Indicator

Predictive Index

Languages

Danish

English