About CMP
Capital Market Partners is a specialized management consultancy focused on the financial services sector. We offer expert guidance throughout the entire value chain. We help clients with achieving their business ambitions and adapt their business systems, processes, and products to meet market and regulatory changes. Our in-depth expertise allows us to quickly understand and address specific challenges, delivering efficient, impartial, and high-value advice. Our clients include Nordic banks, asset managers, central banks, pension companies, financial market intermediaries as well as energy and commodities trading houses. |
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Our values
Since the very beginning of the company, three values have been the cornerstone of the foundation of CMP: Fun, quality, profitability. These are a fundamental part of our work, as well as the relation to our customers, to our employees and between colleagues.
Quality
Fun
Profitability
It is our goal to create a work environment where each employee take ownership of the assignments, and guarantee quality as a part of CMP.
It is our goal to create a work environment that is both fun, motivating, inspiring and challenging that is worthy of every employee’s full commitment.
It is our goal to create a company with an extensive freedom with responsibility, in which the incentive of the individual and the overall objectives of the company is congruent to an extent where control and formalistic frames can be at a minimum.
Our Consultants
Kenneth Brandborg, Managing Partner/CPO
kb@cmp.as | +45 6142 4945
Kenneth Brandborg has worked in the financial sector and with FinTech since 2001. Within FinTech, Kenneth has worked with software development for portfolio management, FX trading and data management. In the financial sector, he has worked as a senior analyst, product- and project manager. Recently, he was the co-founder and CEO of a FinTech startup.
He has led projects across insurance, pensions, banking, capital markets, and asset management, leveraging his deep financial knowledge and expertise in integrating finance, IT, and business understanding into practical solutions. Kenneth’s experience covers Front, Middle, and Back Office functions, with a specialization in risk and return.
Kenneth combines professional insight, structured project management, and good humor to help teams achieve their goals efficiently and with high quality. He also brings years of teaching experience at GDBA, BA, Master, and CFA levels.
Kenneth holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Southern Denmark and is a CFA charter holder.
Lars Christiansen, Partner
lc@cmp.as | +45 2993 4678
Lars Christiansen’s career in the financial sector spans over three decades since 1987. With a dedicated focus on program and project management within Investment Banking for the past 30 years, Lars has exhibited unparalleled expertise in overseeing projects of varying magnitudes.
His extensive portfolio encompasses projects characterized by diverse managerial scopes, timeframes, budgets, complexity, and global reach. Lars brings a wealth of project experience from the Front Office, Back Office, and Risk Management domains, covering a spectrum of asset classes. Notably, a substantial portion of his career has been dedicated to steering global projects in financial hubs such as Frankfurt, London, New York, Singapore, and Tokyo.
Lars is recognized for his ability to ensure project delivery, even in the face of challenging circumstances, all while maintaining a steadfast sense of humor. His commitment to excellence and resilience make him a professional in the field.
Lars holds a BSc in Business Administration.
Søren Rask Nymark, Partner
srn@cmp.as | +45 4050 6193
Søren Rask Nymark has +20 years of experience from the financial sector. He has primarily focused on projects and responsibilities related to strategy, business development, corporate governance, and M&A.
He has held roles such as Strategy Director and Head of Corporate Strategy & Business Development at VP SECURITIES, Head of Strategy at Danske Bank C&I, and Head of Business Development at Danske Bank Transaction Banking.
His experience includes management consulting at KPMG and PwC and board positions at Danske Bank Russia and Implement M&A Integration. He has also served as an advisor for Danske Bank units in Germany, Poland, and the Baltics and mentors start-ups at Copenhagen Fintech.
Søren excels in complex projects, aiming for sustainable solutions, effective implementation, and stakeholder satisfaction through structured and analytical approaches.
He holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration and a PhD in Business Studies.
Christian Thygesen, Partner
ct@cmp.as | +45 2222 7616
Christian Thygesen has been employed in the financial sector since joining the Danish Central Bank in 1992. From 1998 to 2002 he worked for the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, dealing first with financial infrastructure monitoring and then monetary policy in the office of capital markets and financial infrastructure. From 2002 to 2007 he was Head of Projects & Analysis at Roskilde Bank. Since then he has worked as a consultant in the capital markets area.
Christian has extensive experience with how banks work and interact through exchanges, trading platforms, clearing houses, central securities depositories and central banks.
As a consultant, his focus has been on efficient implementation of regulation and system selection in its many guises.
Christian holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and an MBA from the International University of Japan.
Christian Bindslev, Director
Christian Bindslev has worked within Asset Management and Fund Administration the past 20 years, holding a variety of specialist and leadership positions, recently as CEO of one of Denmark’s leading investment management firms, BLS Capital.
Throughout his career, he has gained experience as a Portfolio Manager and as Head of Capital Market Operations at Nykredit, overseeing a range of back- and middle-office functions supporting investment operations across the organization.
He has successfully led the consolidation of operational functions across buy-side and sell-side activities at Nykredit and was responsible for the integration of systems, processes, and teams following Nykredit’s acquisition of SparInvest.
At BLS Capital, Christian designed and implemented all operational systems and processes, demonstrating his expertise in creating efficient and scalable solutions.
Christian holds an MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School.
Mads Alstrup Fredsgaard, Director
As Trading Head at a Nordic Investment Bank, Mads has gained extensive experience in risk management, trading infrastructure, and regulatory projects. Moreover, he worked as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer at a Danish Fund Manager, where he has been involved in strategy and business development, product management processes, and collaboration between business and support units. He has driven projects and demonstrated his ability to adapt and expand his knowledge in complex situations.
Mads is known for his team-oriented approach, his stakeholder management skills, and his ability to solve complex challenges using his strong analytical skills of financial products and their lifecycle management.
Mads holds an MSc in Finance from Aarhus School of Business.
Henning Skov Jensen, Director
Henning Skov Jensen has since 1985 gained extensive experience from the financial sector. With his primary focus on Investment Management including Front Office, Portfolio Management and Asset Management.
With comprehensive experience, and great know-how within business challenges, Henning has contributed to business development, and system support for pension funds, life insurance companies, investment funds, banks, FinTech, finance- and shareholder associations as well as financial media groups.
Henning has a profound professional insight and consistent focus on creating solutions that deliver value to the business competitiveness and profitability. Henning has management experience and has previously held positions as Head of Asset Management, Head of Research, Portfolio Manager, Management Partner and Executive Advisor.
Furthermore, Henning has been supervisor and examiner on master theses within Financial Markets, Investment Management, External Accounting and Financial Strategy Management for more than 25 years.
Henning holds an MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School.
Peter Jørn Jensen, Director
Peter Jørn Jensen has been in the financial sector for 30 years. He started his career in Andelsbanken in 1985 and has since 1988 worked in the capital markets area. Peter spent over 20 years in management positions at nearly all levels. Peter has primarily dealt with the Operations area in securities, foreign exchange, derivatives and custody where process optimization and efficiency has always been a focus area.
From 1990 to 2005, he worked in Unibank / Nordea, where he was Head of Operations for futures and options, Head of Operations in Unibank Luxembourg ending with the position of Nordic Head of Securities Processes in Nordea. Then Peter was 2 years on BEC in Roskilde, where he served as a link between sales and development within the Trade and Asset Management. Most recently, Peter ended a 7 years term as the Chief Operating Officer of Nykredit Portfolio Administration, which is Denmark’s largest investment management company in the management of mutual funds and alternative investment funds.
Peter can succeed at all organizational levels – he can engage the business from the operational detail to the strategic executive level.
Tonny Nissen, Director
Tonny Nissen has, over the past 30 years, worked in the investment and pension sector in various contexts, most recently as the CEO of a smaller investment bank. In his various roles, he has been involved in customer advisory solutions, processes, product and concept development, compliance, and larger projects.
Tonny has, among other things, served as the program leader for the establishment of a new private banking concept, new advisory solutions aimed at customers, a major shift of suppliers in the pension sector, and has been a project manager for a series of efficiency projects, including creating relevant governance structures in both large and small organizations. Tonny has worked in leadership roles at all levels and has the ability to ensure an overview in complex issues, constantly striving to provide the best solution for the end customer.
Tonny has a banking degree and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (investment), project management certification, and several leadership programs.
Søren Rahbek, Director
Søren Rahbek has 35 years of experience from a wide range of financial sector activities. In the last decade, he has built and developed risk management and compliance organizations, including creating the relevant governance structures, in both large and smaller organizations. Søren has worked with management at all levels, both as a trusted advisor and in his own management roles – including in international, multi-site organizations.
Søren is known for his ability to master complex regulation and issues, and converting the rules into actions with a strong business focus. Søren currently focuses on the developing field of ESG regulation.
Søren holds an MSc in Economics and an MBA.
Søren Braes, Director
Søren started in SimCorp in 1990, when he and three other employees started SimCorp’s subsidiary in Germany. In the period 1990-1995 he advised German clients around financiel infrastructure and IT systems within portfolio management, pricing and risk management. He has since continued his carrier as an advisor to the financial sector having his own business. In the period 1995-2012 he led the company BASISPOINT, which in addition to advising clients also offered training in both risk management, accounting / position statement and pricing and reporting. In this position, he has advised both large and small banks in Germany, Denmark, Austria and the Czech Republic. Since 2012 he has focused on advisory in all aspects of the risk management process with special emphasis on the business conditions and optimization potentials involved. Soren has broad experience with how banks of all sizes operate and is specialized in risk management, securities trading, derivatives pricing, performance measurement, ALM and accounting. His strength lies in the ability to assess and coordinate complex issues and communicate / solve these in an easily accessible manner, and thus act as an effective link between the business and IT.
Søren holds a Cand. Polyt. from Danmarks Tekniske Universitet and a Bachelor of Commerce fra Copenhagen Business School.
Søren is on the Strategic Advisory Board of the World Savings Banks Institute.
Jakob Werner Carlsen, Senior Manager
Jakob Carlsen has since 2002 gained experience in delivering complex core business systems within the financial sector. Jakob has primarily worked with product pricing, portfolio modeling, flow handling and with creating report platforms. Besides financial skills, Jakob has a strong technical background that makes him capable of finding and implementing solutions to complex problems in IT systems. As a project manager, Jakob is known for his ability to combine technical and business related competencies, and to bridge business and IT. The combination of technical and business skills is reflected in his approach on issues handling and problem solving.
Jakob holds a BSc in Business and Maths from Copenhagen Business School.
Peter Jensen, Senior Manager
Peter has worked in the financial sector since 1986, starting in Danish banking. He has broad experience in system implementation and finance, with a primary focus on markets and asset management. Peter bridges IT, business, and finance in banking and pensions, drawing on extensive experience in Denmark and Luxembourg.
As a Senior Business Controller, he has worked on system implementation, testing, process improvements, and establishing a Danish branch of a foreign bank. With 15+ years of expertise in SimCorp Dimension, Peter has led projects such as customer profitability systems, currency reporting for Danmarks Nationalbank, and MFI3/STINA reporting.
Since 2017, Peter has been a consultant in capital markets, managing major projects like pension fund migrations to SimCorp Dimension and Alternative Investments migrations. He holds a banking degree and a graduate diploma in Business Administration, Informatics, and Financial Management.
Jan Mikkelsen, Senior Manager
Jan Mikkelsen has since 2000 been working with development and implementation of wealth management software and translation of business challenges into digital solutions for financial institutions globally. Jan has comprehensive experience as a consultant, agile coach, facilitator and trainer, as well as optimizing work processes for the financial businesses for teams and organizations around the world. Recently, Jan has been helping a Danish bank starting a bank in Italy creating and implementing a go-live incident management process across organizations in Denmark, Italy and India. Jan has a broad understanding of businesses and systems related to Front, Middle and Back Office, with automation of processes, data, system selection and solutions as primary focus areas.
Jan is accustomed to working within all organisational levels.
Jan holds an MSc in Finance from University of Southern Denmark and is certified Professional Agile Coach (PAC).
Rasmus Ravn, Senior Manager
Rasmus Ravn has worked in the financial sector since 1991, the first many years with the development of software/systems for portfolio management and financial data. He has been employed in software companies and several large banks’ IT departments, always with a focus on IT/System support within the capital market area.
Rasmus has worked many years with integration/development of core systems, including Portman, Ideas, SimCorp, Reuters, Bloomberg and SAXO white label setup, and has played several roles, such as developer, project manager, department manager, chief specialist, CTO, and domain architect.
For the past several years, Rasmus’ greatest strength and interest has been being able to move across IT, infrastructure, development, integration, and business, thereby helping to create coherence and transversal understanding.
Rasmus holds an IT/Developer education and has subsequently supplemented with a graduate diploma in Credit & Financing and Accounting.
Suzanne Dahl Wallin, Senior Manager
Suzanne has more than 20 years of experience working in the financial sector.
Suzanne began her carrier within account management before moving on to product management and business development, where she has used her broad business and organizational insights in combination with her persistent and structured approach to manage and implement a wide range of products, services and a number of mission-critical and complex projects.
Suzanne drives and transforms business through executable business plans to grow the business both organically, via partnerships and acquisitions. With excellent project and stakeholder management skills, she has successfully implemented regulatory requirements with engagement internally in organizations and externally from regulators and vendors.
Suzanne holds a BA in Business Administration from Roskilde University.
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Malene Hebjørn, Head of Administration
Malene Hebjørn takes on a pivotal role as the Head of Administration at our organization, providing comprehensive support to the partners and overseeing the seamless functioning of our daily operations.
Malene handles a diverse array of administrative responsibilities, playing a key role in onboarding new team members, managing correspondence, updating our internal drive, and providing assistance to managing partner, Lars Christiansen. Beyond her administrative duties, Malene has the overall responsibility for CMP’s office management, ensuring the sustained efficiency, reliability, and productivity of our workplace.
Malene manages tasks related to HR, budget management, accounting, contract management, text production, and project planning. Her versatile skill set stems from her previous experience as a self-employed professional in the United States.
Malene has a degree in graphic design and a realtor license.
Andreas Riis, Associate
At CMP, Andreas supports consultants by handling tasks such as data collection, presentations, and research related to capital markets consulting. He also plays a role in coordinating office management duties, optimizing processes and systems, and assisting with special events.
Andreas earned an international high school diploma, completing six Advanced Placement (AP) courses, including Macro and Micro Economics, Italian, English, history, and 2D Arts. Currently in his gap year, he is building practical experience in the business and financial sectors before moving on for further studies.
In his personal time, Andreas stays active through various physical activities. Although he previously competed at a high level in football and basketball, he now enjoys being part of teams for recreation and teamwork.
Maja Balslev, Associate
At CMP, Maja is part of the REGTECH DATAHUB team, where her primary responsibilities include first-line support, documentation management, and identifying data sources for continuous development and optimization of our solution.
Maja is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics at the University of Copenhagen, where she has acquired skills that she applies in her work at Capital Market Partners / REGTECH DATAHUB.
When Maja is not working at CMP or studying, she takes joy in being active. Maja was formerly a high-level football player, but now she is a passionate runner.
Carl E. O. Christiansen, Associate / IT
At CMP, Carl supports a seamless integration of technology. He helps optimizing internal systems to ensure the company remains at the forefront of efficiency and innovation.
Coupled with his ongoing studies in Business Administration and Information Technology at Copenhagen Business School, Carl brings a great perspective on how modern technological solutions can be utilized to enhance business performance and drive growth at Capital Market Partners.
In addition to his professional and academic pursuits, Carl is a passionate runner. His dedication has led him to complete several half-marathons, and he is ambitiously eyeing the finish line of a full marathon soon.
Cecilie Eiby, Marketing & Communication
At CMP, Cecilie Eiby is responsible for communication and marketing. Her focus is on ensuring that CMP’s message, services, and other vital information are communicated effectively to our stakeholders.
Cecilie is currently pursuing a BSc in Business Administration and Organizational Communication at Copenhagen Business School. This academic background equips her with a strong foundation in both internal and external communication, as well as valuable competencies in the financial sector.
Before joining CMP, Cecilie worked at a mental health center, providing counseling to young people, and she has also contributed to a research project at Rigshospitalet. These experiences have sharpened her communication skills and her ability to connect with diverse stakeholders.