Niels B. Christiansen (born 12 April 1966) is a Danish businessman who is the current president and chief executive officer of

The Lego Group Lego A/S, also known as the Lego Group, is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund. It manufactures Lego-branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking ABS plastic and rubber bricks. The Lego Group has also built severa ...

. Christiansen was managing director and chief executive officer of

Danfoss Danfoss is a Danish multinational company, based in Denmark, with more than 41,928 employees globally. Danfoss was founded in 1933 by engineer Mads Clausen. History Beginning (1933–1966) In 1933 Mads Clausen (1905–1966) founded ''D ...

from October 2008 to July 2017, when he was succeeded by Kim Fausing. In August 2017,

Lego Lego (, ; ; stylised as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitri ...

announced that Christiansen would take over as chief executive officer in October. From January 2025, Christiansen has also been CEO of LEGO Holding.

Education

As a student from Aabenraa State School, Christiansen graduated as a civil engineer from the

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...

in 1991. He completed an MBA from

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

in 1993.

Career

Christiansen was a Management Consultant at McKinsey from 1991 to 1995 and Vice President of Corporate Development at the Hilti Corporation from 1995 to 1997, before being employed by GN netcom. From 2000 to 2003, he was the managing director and chief executive officer of GN Netcom, and from 2003 to 2004, he was the Group Executive Vice President of GN Store Nord. In 2004, Christiansen joined Danfoss, holding positions at the company such as COO (2005–2006), deputy managing director (2006–2008), and managing director and chief executive officer (2008–2017). On 1 October 2017 he became the managing director and chief executive officer of the LEGO Group. On 1 January 2025 he became the chief executive officer of LEGO Holding.

Board posts

Christiansen is chairman of the Board of Demant A/S and a member of the Board of the Tetra Laval Group.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Niels B. Danish business executives 1966 births People from Sønderborg Municipality Living people Danish chief executives Lego people Technical University of Denmark alumni INSEAD alumni