Tim Orting Jørgensen
Executive vice president
board member
Arla Foods amba
Sweden
Biography
Mr. Tim orting Jørgensen has been Executive Vice President of International at Arla Foods amba since February 10, 2016. Mr. Jørgensen serves as a Managing Director at Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH. Mr. Jørgensen served as an Executive Vice President of Consumer Germany & Netherlands of Arla Foods amba since January 01, 2012 until February 10, 2016. He served as an Executive Director of Consumer International and Executive Vice President of Consumer International at Arla Foods amba. Mr. Jørgensen joined Arla Foods amba in 1991 and has held several management positions within Arla Foods amba's international business group, including a three-year position in the Middle East and three-year position in Brazil. Since 2005, he served as the Business Group Director for Arla Foods amba's Danish division and since 2007, he served as Executive Vice President, with the overall responsibility for Arla Foods amba's international activities outside Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. Throughout his 20 years in Arla Foods amba, Mr. Jørgensen has acquired extensive management experience within international sales, brand building, supply chain efficiency and general management. He has especially been focused on growing the business significantly both organically and acquisitively. He has been Non-Executive Director of China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited since April 1, 2016. He has been a Director of Mengniu Arla (Inner Mongolia) Dairy Products Co., Ltd., a Mengniu-Arla joint venture engaging in the principal activities of manufacture and sale of dairy products. He served as a Non-Executive Director of China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited from July 30, 2012 to September 1, 2013. In 2012, he was appointed to lead Arla Foods amba's newly established German/Dutch business group, with the clear objective of establishing Arla Foods amba as a leading dairy company in Germany through mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Jørgensen graduated from Copenhagen Business School in 1991 with a master of economics degree, specialising in international strategy and marketing.
Research Interest
nutrition
