Salute to a true leader as Kurt Larsen retires as DSV chairman

As a business journalist with over 20 years’ experience, one of the few general rules of thumb that has almost never let me down is: “if you want to know the character of a company, look at the character of its leaders”.

DSV’s Kurt Larsen, who stood down as chairman at yesterday’s annual general meeting to begin a well-earned retirement, is testament to that rule; he really was a class act.

On a personal level, he was one of the most open ...