Blue MBA Posts

“When I’m in, I’m all in”

tankers

As a leading figure in Denmark’s shipping industry with a suitably demanding schedule, Dorte Thuesen Christensen had to structure her time carefully to study for her Blue MBA. But it was all worth the sacrifices as since then she’s become the VP for Operations & Claims at Hafnia, the world’s number one fleet of tankers,… Read more »

“We’ve been forced to adapt – and improve”

distance learning Blue MBA

As part of the current Blue MBA cohort due to graduate in August 2021, Thomas Bek has had a very different CBS experience thanks to the pandemic. But despite moving to distance learning for his Blue MBA mid-programme, the Blue Water Shipping executive has broadened his already extensive knowledge of the shipping industry and gained… Read more »

“It was time to get out on the edge again”: Enter Blue MBA

An experienced and respected leader in the maritime industry, Thomas Damgsgaard enrolled for the Blue MBA at Copenhagen Business School to boost his business toolkit and to help him navigate a fast-changing sector. “I am a shipping man. I started out in 1990 and have worked with companies such as Clipper and Spliethoff in locations… Read more »

“My lifelong Blue MBA journey”

A leading light in the shipping industry, Capt. Michael Elwert is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Ship Management within V Group. Here, he explains how the CBS Blue MBA has helped shape his career – and how it continues to influence his working life today. “I have worked in this industry since my first… Read more »