Key people 

Svend Eskildsen
Director
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2005
Born in 1948
Education: Master of Law
Telephone: +45 32 68 95 00
E-mail: ses@frv.dk 

Boards and similar:
Chairman of the Icebreaking Board
Member of IALA Council
Chairman for IALA Legal Advisory Panel
Danish representative in the International Hydrographic Organisation

Francis Zachariae
Deputy Director General
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2007
Born in 1960
Education: Officer, Master in Public Administration
Telephone: +45 32 68 95 67
E-mail: fza@frv.dk

Lars S. Ahrendtsen
Associate Director – Director in DanPilot
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2008
Born in 1968
Education: Engineer
Telephone: +45 63 25 66 10
E-mail: lsa@danpilot.dk

Lise Keller Madsen
Head of Management Secretariat
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2008
Born in 1964
Education: Master of Politics
Telephone: +45 32 68 96 30
E-mail: lkm@frv.dk

Dennis Anthony
Head of the Centre for Maritime Information
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2003
Born in 1967
Education: PhD in Physical Geography
Telephone: +45 32 68 96 98
E-mail: dea@frv.dk

Michael Skov
Head of Aids to Navigation Management and Policy Division
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 1998
Born in 1962
Education: Ship’s Master, Officer of Higher Education, Maritime Surveyor
Telephone: +45 32 68 95 78
E-mail: msk@frv.dk

Boards and similar:
Chairman of IALA’s Engineering, Environment and Preservation (EEP) committee
Member of IALA’s Aids to Navigation Management (ANM) committee

Charlotte Wiin Havsteen
Head of Division for Hydrography and Maritime Data
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2000
Born in 1954
Education: Masters in Geophysics, Masters in Management Development
Telephone: +45 32 68 96 70
E-mail: cwc@frv.dk

Boards and similar:
Chairman of HIROMB Steering Committee
Danish National Council for Oceanology
Chairman of Military Committee Meteorological Group in NATO
Danish representative in several national and international work groups

Jan Thorn
Head of Division Aids to Navigation Operations
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2009
Born in 1967
Education: Officer in the Armed Forces
Telephone: +45 41 28 46 56
E-mail: jth@frv.dk

Ómar Frits Eriksson
Head of Innovation and Project Division
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 1988
Born in 1958
Education: BScEE, KIOL, eMBA, Master in Management of Technology
Telephone: +45 32 68 95 98
E-mail: ofe@frv.dk

Boards and similar:
Chairman of IALA’s Engineering, Environment and Preservation (EEP) committee
Member of IALA’s Policy Advisory Board (PAP)

Agnethe Kirkegaard
Head of Administration Division
Employed in the Danish Maritime Safety Administration since 2006
Born in 1966
Education: Master of Law
Telephone: +45 32 68 95 46
E-mail: aki@frv.dk

Boards and similar:
Chairman of the Danish Maritime Safety Administration’s Security Organisation and Security Committee
Chairman of the Danish Maritime Safety Administration’s Education committee