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Gitte Hjortflod

Go-getter · DISC type d
Group Chief Commercial Officer at LEMAN
📍 Greve Strand, Region Zealand, Denmark

Gitte Hjortflod is the Group Chief Commercial Officer at LEMAN, responsible for enhancing the companys global commercial strategy and network. Her career includes senior leadership roles at Scan-Shipping and Scan Global Logistics. Colleagues describe her as a passionate, visionary, and commercially strong leader with a professional yet human touch.

She is passionate about creating a people-focused work environment and actively participates in company culture initiatives. Gitte has shown support for charitable causes and enjoys celebrating team achievements. She recently supported a charity event by wearing the Danish national football teams jersey at work.

Her professional motto is being “Proudly driven by people.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Group Chief Commercial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greve Strand, Region Zealand, Denmark
Personality Overview

How Gitte shows up

Vision Oriented
Self-Confident
Decisive

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Gitte cares about

People-Centric Leadership
Her motto is "Proudly driven by people, " and she is consistently praised in recommendations for being a modern leader with a strong human touch who develops her employees.
Commercial Strategy
As Group CCO, her primary focus is on strengthening LEMAN's commercial setup and global network, drawing on extensive experience in sales and operations leadership.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Group Chief Commercial Officer
LEMAN
3-2024 - 9-2025
Chief Commercial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Scan-Shipping
5-2022 - 4-2025
Regional Director, Nordics
Scan-Shipping
2-2021 - 5-2022
Senior Vice President Global Sales
Scan Global Logistics
2-2020 - 2-2021
Managing Director
NTG Air & Ocean A/S
In the press

Media appearances

Gitte Hjortflod joins LEMAN as new Chief Commercial Officer. Featured in LEMAN
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Ny direktør skal styrke det globale fokus i LEMAN. Featured in Transportmagasinet.dk
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Education
2018 - 2018
Executive Management Programme
INSEAD
1988 - 1991
Education details unavailable
Business School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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