At Karo, our leadership team is composed of experienced professionals dedicated to driving innovation and excellence in healthcare

With diverse backgrounds and a shared commitment to our values, they lead our efforts to deliver high-quality products and services, ensuring we meet the evolving needs of our customers and communities.


Executive Management

Christoffer

Christoffer Lorenzen

Chief Executive Officer. Employed 2019. 

Education: MSc, Business (Marketing), Copenhagen Business School.

Other current positions: Board member of Schultz Information Holding A / S and Oterra A / S (including related companies). Holder of Lozon ApS. Member of the advisory committee to Bird at Five ApS.

Previous positions: Vice Chairman of the European Food & Feed Cultures Association. Board member of Hamlet Protein A / S (including related companies). Deputy CEO and member of the Executive Board of Chr. Hansen Holding A / S and various roles in Sales and Marketing (2008-2019); Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A at H. Lundbeck A/S (2003-2008). Various Board roles, presently Oterra and Schultz Holding A/S.

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Egil-Mølstedt-Madsen

Egil Mølsted Madsen

Chief Financial Officer. Employed 2024.

Education: Master of Science in Business Economics and Auditing Copenhagen Business School. Danish State-auth. public accountant.

Other current positions: Board member of SSI Diagnostica Holding A/S and SSI Diagnostica A/S Previous positions: CFO positions at SSI Diagnostica Holding, Atos Medical AS, MTH Højgaard and Agilent/Dako A/S.

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Matt Roberts

Matt Roberts

Chief Commercial Officer. Employed 2021. 

Education: BSc (Econ) in Modern History and Politics, Cardiff University, UK. Executive programs at Said Business School, London Business School and Rutgers Business School.

Previous positions: Commercial Director - Northern Europe, Global Tesco Leader, Managing Director Northern Europe and Global Head - Shopper and Customer Strategy at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health. In total over 20 years in various sales and marketing positions at J&J and Procter & Gamble.

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Anna Hale

Anna Hale

Chief Marketing Officer. Employed 2021.

Education: BA (Hons) from University of Nottingham.

Other current positions: -.

Previous positions: VP Marketing GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Marketing Director for Central & Eastern Europe and for the Asia-Pacific region at GSK. Prior to GSK, Anna spent 8 years at Reckitt in global and local marketing roles on leading hygiene and household brands.

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Babak

Babak Peyami

Chief Digital Commerce Officer. Employed 2022.

Education: BA (Hons) Business management, Southampton University

Other current positions: Founder of Nutravita Ltd

Previous positions:
E-commerce Growth Strategist and Share Holder Karo Healthcare. CEO and Founder of Nutravita Ltd. Director and founder Pro Teeth Whitening Co Ltd. Account Manager at Amazon

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Lisa

Lisa Westerdahl

Chief People & Sustainability Officer and Head of Corporate Comms. Employed 2018.

Education: Master of Science in Chemistry, Karlstad University. Marketing and Management, IUP.

Other current positions: -.

Previous positions: Nordic Marketing Manager for Dentsply Sirona, Global Marketing Manager at Meda AB / Mylan. Nordic Marketing Manager Antula.

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Jonathan

Jonathan Kimber

Chief Operations Officer. Employed 2019.

Education: Master of Science in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics

Other current positions: Founder of and Chairman of the Board of UP! International AB. Chairman of the Board of Wiral Technologies AS. Holder of and Chairman of the Board of Klassiska Prestationer Sverige AB.

Previous positions: Head of Supply Chain for Trimb Healthcare. Consultant / advisor for OKQ8 Scandinavia and Holistic Sweden AB. EVP Product Range and R&D at Oriflame Cosmetics, EVP Operations at Oriflame Cosmetics, Senior Manager at Bain & Company.

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Sofia

Sofia Kyhlstedt

Chief Scientific Affairs Officer. Employed 2019.

Education: MSc Pharmacy, Gothenburg University

Other current positions: -.

Previous positions: Head of Scientific Affairs Trimb Healthcare, Director of RAQA Trimb Healthcare, Head of RA Pharma Trimb Healthcare and RA Manager / RP Bausch & Lomb. RA Specialist Actavis, RAQA/Medical Officer Orion Pharma.

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Michael

Michael Kaltenborn

Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer. Employed 2023. 

Education: BA and Master Economics from University of Muenster, Germany

Other current positions: -

Previous positions: Global Head Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) for Consumer Health at Bayer in New York and Leverkusen. Prior to Bayer, Michael spent 5 years at Ernst & Young (EY) as a Manager advising Corporate and Private Equity clients on Transaction Services around M&A.

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Board of Directors

Kare-Schultz

Kåre Schultz

Chairman of the Board. Elected 2023.

Kåre Schultz, born in 1961, holds a M. Sc. Economy degree from the University of Copenhagen.

Other current positions: Member of the Board at International Flavours & Fragrances.

Previous positions: Executive Vice President and COO at Novo Nordisk, CEO at Lundbeck, CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. He has also served as Chairman of Royal Unibrew, a listed Danish brewery and beverage company and was for many years a member of LEGO Group’s Board of Directors.

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Erika Henriksson

Erika Henriksson

Member of the Board. Elected 2019.

Erika Henriksson, born in 1981, has studied business administration at the Stockholm School of Economics

Other current positions: Partner at EQT Partners. She is currently a board member of Recipharm and Erhe Invest AB.
Previous positions: Board member of Academedia, Eton AB and Scandic Hotels Group.

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Patrick Smallcombe

Patrick Smallcombe

Member of the Board. Elected 2021.

Patrick Smallcombe, born in 1963, is a graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry at University of South Wales and holds a Master in Business Administration from Southampton University.

Other current positions: Chairman of the Board of Sibelius Natural Products and Board member of Metagenics Inc. Owner and CEO of Smallcombe Healthcare Ltd.
Previous positions: Company Group Chairperson for Johnson & Johnson EMEA, President Johnson & Johnson Southeast Africa.

He also has prior experience as Managing Director of Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and Vice President, Research & Development Europe.

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Uta-Kemmerich-Keil

Uta Kemmerich-Keil

Member of the Board. Elected 2020.

Uta Kemmerich-Keil, born in 1966, holds a M.Sc. (Economics) from Freiburg University.

Other current positions: Board member and chairman of the audit committee in Affimed N.V Heidelberg and board member in Schott AG and Klosterfrau Zürich AG. Board member and member of the Medical Advisory Board for Röchling S.E. & Co KG. Member of the Presidium of Senate Der Wirtschaft.
Previous positions: Board member and member of the audit committee of Gothaer Krankenversicherung AG and Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherungs AG. Most recently she headed up the Personal Healthcare International business of P&G and has long experience from Merck KGaA, where she served, inter alia, as CEO of the global OTC- and Allergy business, EVP Finance and M&A. Uta Kemmerich-Keil is also a member of the Global Self-Care Federation.

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Claire

Claire Hennah

Member of the Board. Elected 2022.

Claire Hennah, born in 1982, holds a B.Sc. (Media and Communications) from Loughborough University.

Other current positions: Beauty & Wellbeing Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer at Unilever. Claire was previously VP Global Digital Commerce and Global eCommerce Beauty and Personal Care Director at Unilever. Prior to joining Unilever, Claire was Head of Digital Marketing & Customer Engagement at Selfridges & Co and Head of Marketing and Content for Virgin Atlantic Airways' start-up social gaming platform vtravelled.com. She has also held consultant and marketing positions at publishing start-ups.

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Mark Keatley

Mark Keatley

Member of the Board. Elected 2021.

Mark Keatley, born in 1957, holds a MA and MPhil from Cambridge University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Other current positions: Board member of Neuraxpharm AG, Recipharm AB and Medlab Services Ghana Limited.
Previous positions: CFO at STADA AG and Actavis Group, two leading European manufacturers of generic and OTC medicines. Strategic Advisor at SYNLAB AG. Consultant at Albrecht Prock & Partners AG. Board member of MS Pharma, Medichem, S.A. and PLAY.

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