Carsten Nørland

Carsten Nørland is Chief Commercial Officer of Abu Dhabi Airports, a highly accomplished executive with extensive experience in sales, operations and commercial leadership across the B2B and B2C segments. Most recently, he served as CEO of Scandlines A/S, where he oversaw ferry operations between Denmark and Germany and the world's largest Bordershops, achieving record freight and leisure volumes and improved profitability.

Prior to this, Carsten held senior leadership roles at Copenhagen Airport as Senior Vice President of Market & Sales, where he consistently delivered growth through a deep focus on customer insight, team development and commercial excellence. His early career included transformative roles at DAY-system and MasterFoods (Mars), where he led market turnarounds and category expansion.