Hans Michael Jebsen is the Chairman of Jebsen Group. He is Non-executive Director at Jebsen & Jessen Group, Jebsen & Jessen Hamburg, and Independent Non-executive Director at The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd.

Dedicated to community work, Mr Jebsen is Chairman of the Hong Kong Section at the Hong Kong – Europe Business Council, and Chairman of the HKUST Business School Advisory Board. He established the Jebsen Educational Foundation to support two professorships at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Mr Jebsen is also active in the non-profit sector: he serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of Asia Society Hong Kong, Trustee of the World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, Member of the Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Red Cross, Founder Member and Executive Council Member at the Asian Academy of International Law, and the former Chairman of the Asian Cultural Council in Hong Kong.

Mr Jebsen was conferred the title of Guangzhou Honorary Citizen in 2021. He was bestowed with the Danish title of ‘Kammerherre’ by H.M. The Queen of Denmark in 2020; and was awarded the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award in 2018; Doctor of Business Administration honoris causa of The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology in 2015; Knight 1st class of the Order of Dannebrog, Denmark in 2014; the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2009; the Silver Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, Denmark in 2006 and in 2001, the Bronze Bauhinia Star of the Hong Kong SAR.

Mr Jebsen was a member of The Government of the HKSAR’s Advisory Council on the Environment from 2009 to 2012, and The Government of the HKSAR’s Council for Sustainable Development from 2003 to 2009. He also served as Municipal Economic Advisor of The People’s Government of Jilin City, PRC from 2005 to 2010 and also as Committee Member of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee of Jilin City, PRC from 2005 to 2010. He served as a member of the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 2015 to 2020.

Mr Jebsen studied Economics and Business Administration at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.