Executive Leadership Team

Empowering the future of mining with strategic leadership

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UpdatedFebruary 23, 2026

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Meet our Executive Leadership Team

Toni Laaksonen

CEO

Employed by FLSmidth since 2025.
Master of Science (Technology) from Tampere University of Technology. Bachelor of Science (Economics) from University of Vaasa University of Vaasa.
Born in 1982. Finnish.

Past experience: President and CEO, Glaston Corporation; Senior Vice President, Materials Processing business line / McCloskey, Metso; Vice President, Parallel High-End Aggregates business line, Metso; Global Sales Director, Performance Services, Metso.

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 0 shares

Roland M. Andersen

CFO

Employed by FLSmidth since 2020.
MSc Corporate Finance, Executive Management Programme, London Business School. Born in 1968, Danish.

Past experience: CFO with NKT, Interim CEO with NKT. Prior to that various CFO roles in A.P. Moller-Maersk, Telenor/Cybercity and Torm.

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 62,433 shares

Qasim Abrahams

Products Business Line President

Employed by FLSmidth since 2022
Education: MBA and Post-graduate diploma in BA from the University of Cape Town and Bachelor of technology (mechanical engineering) from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Born in 1983, South African.

Alanas Kraujalis

Service Business Line President - Interim

Employed by FLSmidth since 2014
Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
Born in 1991, Lithuanian.

Pat Turner

Pumps, Cyclones and Valves (PCV) Business Line President

Employed by FLSmidth since 1982.
MBA, Business Administration and Management, BS Metallurgical Engineering. American.

Formerly various positions with FLSmidth: President, Region North America (2019-2022), Senior VP Global Product Line Management (2018-2019), President of FLSmidth Krebs Product Company (2010-2018), VP of Sales Krebs and FLSmidth Krebs (1994-2010), CFO Krebs (1992-1994), Various sales position with Krebs (1982-1992).

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 0 shares

Cori Petersen

Chief People Officer & Global Business Services EVP

Employed by FLSmidth since 2016.
B.S. in Business administration: Human Resource management, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certified by Human Resource Certification Institute. Born in 1969, American.

Past experience: Director Human Resources, US, FLSmidth (2016), Director, Human Resources, North America, FLSmidth (2017). Various managerial positions in Rio Tinto (2011 – 2016). Various managerial and specialist positions (1987-2011).

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 10,248 shares.