Jacob Aarup-Andersen (born 6 December 1977) is a Danish businessman and CEO of Carlsberg, one of the world's leading brewery groups based in Denmark.
[2][1] From 2002 to 2012, he worked in London for Goldman Sachs, Highbridge Capital and Montrica Investment Management.
[1][3][4] On 17 October 2018, the Danish financial regulator rejected Aarup-Andersen as the next chief executive (CEO) of Danske Bank (to succeed Thomas Borgen who resigned following a major money laundering scandal), despite him being the board's unanimous choice, citing his lack of experience.
[5] On 2020 was announced that Danish services provider ISS hired him as chief executive to replace Jeff Gravenhorst.
He gained wide popularity by accusing the Russian government of “stealing” Carlsberg’s local business.