Career
He is currently Chief Executive Officer of the In total, he has twice participated in the Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and four times the. Twice as skipper. He has a business background in management, director and advisor positions with international companies. He is a recognised motivational speaker as well, and used the race catamaran Academy for company team building and leadership training.
His first participation in 1993-1994 VOR was in the Swedish Intrum Justitia which finished second.
In the 2005-2006 VOR he was watchplan captain on southern ocean legs in the Brazilian Brasil 1. He was the chief executive for the 2008-2009 and the 2011-2012, and has returned as the Chief Executive Officer for the 2014-2015 race.
Foreign the 2014-2015 race he has led the transformation of the race from an open class rule to a strict one-design class boat race.