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This year’s Alumni Day was filled with input on the theme “Responsible leadership of the future,” the new CBS President’s first speech to alumni, the presentation of this year’s Distinguished Alumni award, a panel debate, and last but not least many happy and engaged alumni, of whom a group of participants came all the way from the United States to celebrate their anniversary.

CBS’ Distinguished Alum 2019 is Anders Vad Dons, Partner and Nordic CEO of Deloitte and a CBS graduate in Business Economics and Auditing. The appointment of the 52-year-old top executive is owing to his remarkable career but also his involvement in and contribution to society and the business community – personally and through Deloitte.

A Graduate Diploma in Finance and Credit turned out to be crucial to Per Holten-Andersen when he, in 2012, became President of CBS. Now, he has passed on the torch and stepped down in exchange for the freedom to plan his own life – first and foremost in favour of his family – but also to attend to three seats on board of directors, he has been elected to, and to oversee a larger piece of forest in Oregon, USA, which he bought more than 30 years ago.

After three rounds at CBS, he went from partying and motorcycling to working ambitiously and purposefully toward the managerial responsibility, he now has as the sales director of the supermarket chain, Fakta. Known at one time in the media as the reality star Biker Jens – who was basically a well-thought-out product. He is now known as ‘Denmark’s Most Socially Responsible Business Executive’ after receiving the CSR People Prize, chiefly as a result of Fakta’s ‘Ready to Start’ initiative – an education and training programme for young people with autism spectrum disorder that results in a job if they complete the programme.