Cresco capital

Board of Directors

Louise Lind Ladegaard

Chairman

Louise Lind Ladegaard brings more than 15 years of professional experience in corporate development, investment banking and ownership oversight. She has a background in investment banking at Danske Bank and corporate M&A and strategic transformation at ISS, before joining the Lundbeck Foundation in 2024.

At the Lundbeck Foundation, Louise oversees the strategic ownerships within healthcare and medtech, in addition to the forestry and real estate investments.

Louise is on the board of Via Equity, Obel-LFI Ejendomme A/S and LFI Silva Investments A/S.

Educational background

Louise holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Steffen Kjeld Thomsen

Steffen brings more than 23 years of professional experience in Private Equity as Partner and Investment Director at 3i Group plc and as Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Adelis Equity Partners. Before joining Private Equity Steffen worked at Deloitte Corporate Finance in London and Copenhagen.

Educational background

Steffen holds a Master of Economics and Business from Copenhagen Business School and is educated as a state authorised accountant (CPA) in Denmark.

Christian With Andersen

Christian brings experience from Boston Consulting Group where he is allocated to PIPE (Principal Investment and Private Equity) and as a former Private Equity Analyst from Polaris Private Equity, Copenhagen, and Business Analyst at Prokura – a Kearney company.

Educational background

Christian holds a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School and a Master of Science International Finance from HEC Paris -École des hautes études commerciales de Paris, France.

Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose

Hanne is Dean of The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark. As professor of law, she has worked with company law, corporate governance and regulation of the financial sector for many years, and she has written several books on the regulation of mutual funds and alternative investment funds. Hanne is currently a board member in Danish stock listed investment trusts.

Educational background

Hanne holds a ph.d. in Law and a Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Commercial Law from Aarhus School of Business.

Northern Europe

Cresco Capital Services is headquartered in Denmark and has extensive knowledge and experience in forestry in Northern Europe. We focus on sustainable investments and management of land and forestry assets in the UK, Ireland, The Nordic Countries and in the Baltics.

Cresco capital

Cresco Capital Services provides access to direct investments in forestry with robust returns. Through a close partnership with mutual incentives, we ensure transparency and simplicity when investing in forestry.