Management

Claus Olsen
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Claus Olsen was appointed Chief Executive Officer when Topsoe Fuel Cell was established in 2004. He came from a position as Corporate Vice President for Strategy and Planning in the parent company Haldor Topsoe.

Claus Olsen holds an M.Sc. in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen.

Joachim Harteg Jacobsen
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Joachim Jacobsen was appointed Chief Technology Officer in 2009. He came from a position as Department Manager in Topsoe Fuel Cell and was previouly Department Manager in Research and Development in the parent company Haldor Topsoe. Joachim Jacobsen holds an MSc and PhD from the Technical University of Denmark and a Postdoc in Physics from Cornell University.

Niels Christiansen
Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)

Niels Christiansen is Innovation Director. Niels Christiansen comes from the parent company Haldor Topsoe’s Research and Development, where he was manager of SOFC and advanced ceramics projects from 1989. Niels Christiansen has previously worked as consultant at the Danish Technological Institute on Advanced Materials in Product Development. He holds an MSc in material science.