Columbus | Senior Management

Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Honoré

Thomas Honoré is President and CEO of Columbus. Thomas took this role in 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience in working for major international companies in the technology and consulting industry. Thomas has proven results in generating growth, high profitability and highly qualified in management, consulting, sales and marketing.

Thomas holds a Master of Science from Copenhagen Business School and a variety of executive courses from London Business School and INSEAD.

Previous positions:
Vice President, Fusion Middleware, EMEA North Region in Oracle, 2010-2011
Vice President, Oracle Nordics and CEO, Oracle Denmark, 2005-2010
Director, IBM Software, 1997-2005

Corporate Chief Financial Officer

Hans-Henrik Thrane

Hans Henrik Thrane is Corporate Chief Financial Officer at Columbus and has been in the company since 2010. Hans Henrik is a leader with international experience from his work as senior auditor of large publicly owned IT and Telecom companies. Hans Henrik has experience in raising international finance departments to modern, efficient world-class financial organizations. Hans Henrik holds a Master in Business Administration and is an authorized accountant.

Previous positions:
Head of Shared Services, IC Companys A / S, 2008-2010
Group Finance Manager, IC Companys A / S, 2007-2008
State Authorized Public Accountant, Ernst & Young 2000-2007

Senior Vice President Services

Ole Fritze

Ole Fritze is Senior Vice President of Services for Columbus. Ole was recruited to the company in 2015 and has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry. He has deep insight into how a service company operates. Ole has a Bachelor of Computer Science and a Bachelor of Commerce.

Previous positions:
COO, EG A/S
Senior Vice President of Services, IBS Group
Senior Vice President Global Operations, IBS Group

Vice President of ColumbusCare

Marianne Woldbye Tholin

Marianne Woldbye Tholin is Vice President of Columbus Care since 2016. Marianne has developed, built and transformed IT service companies for more than 25 years in a number of countries in Europe and also in India. Marianne's experience ranges from start-up companies through acquisitions for operational optimization. She always focuses on achieving the maximum potential of people and resources to create sustainable change and value. Marianne holds a Master of Engineering - Computer Science.

Previous positions:
Vice President - Projects & Testing, KMD
Director - Business Development, Tryg Insurance
Vice President - Service Lines, Tieto Norway
Vice President - Software Delivery Center, Tieto India
Managing Director - Tieto Healthcare & Welfare

Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Henning Gershof

Henning Gershof is Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Columbus. He leads the global sales and marketing organization and strategic programs 'Customer Success' and 'Go-to-Market Excellence'.

Henning started working in the company in 2014 and has more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry and a deep insight into leading international sales and marketing organizations. Henning holds a Master of Science Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

Previous positions:
Sr. Manager of Software Marketing, IBM
Sr. Market Manager of IT Services, IBM
Head of Consultants & Operations, Falcon Social
Sales Operations Director, Columbus

CEO To-Increase

Luciano Cunha

Luciano Cunha is CEO of To-Increase, a subsidiary of Columbus. Luciano took over the CEO's role in To-Increase 2018 to develop and market Microsoft Dynamics ERP applications to become a key player for development, manufacturing, service, leasing and customer relations solutions.

To-Increase collaborates with customers, partners and other ISVs to deliver best-of-breed solutions to meet specified industry needs. This vision has been the cornerstone of To-Increase since it was founded and led to the merger of Columbus 2005.

Previous positions:
Global Vice President Sales and Marketing, To-Increase
Americas Regional Sales Director, To-Increase
Director of Information Technology and Research and Development, Penloyd LCC

CEO Sweden

Markus Jakobson

Markus is CEO of Sweden. Markus was previously the Nordic Head of Intentia Consulting Sweden AB and previously had various positions in management, marketing and sales at Intentia and IBM Svenska AB.