Peter's CV
Peter Krogh Sorensen
International Executive | CEO & Managing Director | High-Risk & Government Markets
Profile summary
Senior international executive with 25+ years of leadership at the intersection of government, multilateral institutions, and the private sector. Proven track record building, restructuring, and leading high-performance organizations in fragile, conflict-affected, and politically complex environments - where operational failure, reputational exposure, and stakeholder misalignment carry material commercial consequences. Experienced CEO, Managing Director, Country Director, and Regional Director with direct P&L accountability for large-scale operations, joint ventures, restricted tenders, and government and institutional contracts exceeding USD 500M. Trusted by boards, governments, donors, and institutional investors to deliver high-stakes mandates under compressed timelines. Deep expertise in crisis leadership, political risk management, and cross-sector stakeholder alignment across Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, Central Asia, and Europe.
Career highlights
Portfolio Oversight: Oversaw a portfolio exceeding 500 million dollars across 36 simultaneous programmes spanning infrastructure, logistics, governance, employment, and institutional reform.
Joint Venture Execution: Originated and closed an international joint venture for the Afghan Ring Road Reconstruction Project from partner identification to contract execution.
Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiations: Directed regional migration and return negotiations across multiple sovereign jurisdictions, serving as a senior government representative managing diplomatic engagements.
Key skills
Professional experience
Advises C-suite executives and boards on political risk management, crisis response, logistics, life-support, procurement, and security coordination across fragile markets. Shapes operational strategies for commercial clients navigating high-risk, politically complex, and conflict-affected environments.
- Enabled clients to win restricted tenders and build compliance-ready structures.
- Architected and governed international joint ventures and consortiums bidding on multilateral and government contracts.
- Led strategic negotiations with sovereign governments, bilateral donors, and institutional buyers including the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank.
- Managed political and operational exposure for commercial clients operating in high-risk regions.
Directs strategic relations, positioning, and planning for Iraq, steering the regularisation of organisational status and operations. Advises NORAQ participating countries and project teams on cooperation frameworks, membership enlargement, and geographical scope expansion.
- Shaped advisory frameworks for strategic relations and institutional positioning within Iraq.
- Influenced the development and expansion plans for the NORAQ cooperation framework.
Reported to foreign ministry leadership while steering diplomatic engagements and diplomatic negotiations across sovereign jurisdictions. Managed bilateral and multilateral talks, steering policy discussions among multiple states.
- Designed and negotiated politically sensitive return-and-reintegration frameworks with sovereign governments across MENA and Central Asia.
- Founded and chaired the Iraq Return Group, aligning European states on coordinated return policy as a multilateral coordination body.
- Established NORAQ, embedding a durable regional cooperation framework for return and reintegration in Iraq.
Shaped bilateral migration policy reporting directly to government leadership, steering inter-governmental cooperation frameworks and international representation. Coordinated sensitive diplomatic initiatives involving multilateral stakeholders and specialized protection protocols for high-vulnerability populations.
- Managed Denmark Return and Reintegration Programme for Afghan nationals through bilateral government partnerships.
- Designed individualized return frameworks for vulnerable populations including unaccompanied minors and at-risk women.
- Represented Denmark at international coordination forums to influence multilateral policy on dignified return processes.
- Originated and closed a USD 100M international joint venture for the Afghan Ring Road Reconstruction Project from partner identification to contract execution.
- Directed capacity-building and infrastructure rehabilitation programmes including schools and hospitals in post-conflict Iraq.
- Executed a full strategic and operational review for international departments.
- Implemented governance reforms to establish financial accountability across regional operations.
- Established Adoon Food Group as a preferred logistics supplier to international prime contractors across West Africa, the Caribbean, and the Horn of Africa.
- Secured multi-year contracts in Mali, Central African Republic, Haiti, and Somalia through targeted business development with United Nations agencies and bilateral donors.
- Tripled revenue from Somalia operations through strategic partnership development and service expansion.
- Built strategic partnerships with United Nations, European Union, and African Union agencies to position the firm as a preferred provider.
- Secured supply contracts with multiple United Nations agencies across Africa to establish new revenue streams.
- Managed a portfolio exceeding 500 million dollars across 36 simultaneous programmes spanning infrastructure, logistics, governance, employment, and institutional reform.
- Delivered complex infrastructure, security, and governance programmes under kinetic conflict conditions, maintaining full operational continuity.
Education
Humanitarian Response & Crisis Management
Strategic Thinking & Performance Management
Leadership & Coordination
Strategic & Staff Operations
Certifications
Languages
Danish · Native
English · Fluent
German · Professional
Arabic · Basic