Aerbio appoints Kasper Madsen, CEO of Viking Malt, to its Advisory Board

27 January, 2025 – Copenhagen

We are delighted to welcome Kasper Madsen, CEO of the Finnish international company Viking Malt, to our Advisory Board.

Kasper has over 25 years of international experience as a senior executive and as non-executive, predominantly in process-intensive FMCG businesses. His career has seen him lead publicly listed, family-owned and private equity-owned businesses, with this leadership experience complemented by deep functional expertise spanning end-to-end supply chain operation, including procurement, production, logistics, ESG, quality management and project management. His experience will be a crucial asset in our mission to bring Proton, our low-carbon protein ingredient, to market.

In addition to his supply chain expertise, Kasper brings a life-long interest in fermentation, biochemistry and food science. Aerbio represents an opportunity to combine these passions with helping the company in some of its key development areas in the coming years.

Kasper Madsen said: “Aerbio has a bold mission to transform our food system and, with a passionate team and strong technical base, the foundations are laid. I look forward to helping the company in its next chapter, offering guidance on scaling operations, establishment of new capital projects and setting up the team to enable a transition from a developmental phase to an operational one. As a first step, I am particularly looking forward to providing counsel on site selection for commercial operations and helping the management team navigate technical, economical and political considerations in determining the best locations.”

Kaspar Kristiansen, CEO of Aerbio, said: “We’re incredibly proud to have Kasper join the team as part of our Advisory Board. His passion for both sustainable food systems and fermentation shines through so we look forward to collaborating with him as we work towards a low-carbon future for the food industry. As we scale, delivering projects on time and on budget is important. Kasper’s track record on project execution speaks for itself, so to have someone of this calibre with an in-depth knowledge of fermentation and engineering solutions is invaluable. We are truly grateful to have his support during this vital point in our scale up journey .”

ABOUT KASPER MADSEN

Starting his career in packaging and processing roles for Carlsberg in Copenhagen, Kasper went on to take international roles for the Danish brewing giant, assuming both technical and senior management roles in Thailand, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. During this time, he oversaw operations spanning from hop farming, malting plants and brewing, including construction and start-up of plants, and M&A activities. Serving as a member of the Executive Committee for Carlsberg at group level, Kasper oversaw supply chain (including procurement), production and logistics, including the successful rollout of Lean Production and various Excellence Projects.

Following more than two decades at Carlsberg, Kasper worked with the Boston Consulting Group for some years, advising Danish and international companies on operational improvement, especially in the area of supply chain, product development, innovation and CapEx management. Since this time he has also assumed several non-executive board roles and advisor roles across Nordic companies, including Rockwool, Kohberg Bakery Group and Unifeeder. Kasper presently serves as CEO for Viking Malt, one of the world’s biggest producers of both pilsner malt and special malts for beer and whiskey, which he has done since 2017.