Kasper B. Rorsted

Kasper B. Rorsted started his career in sales and marketing at the US high-tech companies Digital Equipment andOracle, the first having been acquired by Compaq in 1998. From 1995, Kasper held different international management positions at Compaq and from 2001 was responsible as general manager for the company's Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) business.

In 2002, Compaq was merged with Hewlett Packard. Before Kasper left the company in 2004, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager at Hewlett Packard, where he last headed the EMEA business with more than 40,000 employees and sales of about 20 billion euros.

In April 2005, Kasper joined Henkel as Executive Vice President Human Resources, Purchasing, Information Technologies and Infrastructure Services. From April 2007 on, Rorsted was Vice Chairman of the Henkel Management Board.

In January 2016, it was announced that adidas AG, a German sportswear company, had appointed Kasper to its executive board, effective 1 August 2016, and as its chief executive officer, effective 1 October 2016, at which time Kasper will stand down as Chief Executive Officer of Henkel.

He is a Danish citizen and graduated from the International Business School in Copenhagen and completed his studies with several executive courses at Harvard Business School, USA.Kasper serves on the board of Cable & Wireless plc,, Bertelsmann SE & Co., KGA and Danfoss A/S in Denmark.