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A farewell tribute to Mr. Jørgen Philip-Sørensen CBE [ 21-01-2010 ]

It is with great sadness that we learned that the Chairman and Owner of Ecover, Mr. Jørgen Philip-Sørensen CBE passed away on Monday January 18th, in Switzerland. He died at the age of 71 after succumbing to a long battle with illness.

Our thoughts and sincere sympathy lie with his family, his wife, children and grandchildren.

In 1992, Mr. Philip-Sørensen became owner of Ecover and it is under his ownership that the company has risen to its highest successes. Jørgen Philip-Sørensen acquired Ecover in 1992 and opened the first ecological factory in October of that year. As Chairman, he strongly supported the further development of the company as an example of sustainability in the soap and detergent industry.

In 2007, he opened our second ecological factory near Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. All of us who had the privilege of working with him were touched by his life in different ways. He was an endless source of inspiration and motivation.

He will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time.

Mick Bremans
Managing Director
Ecover

For Media enquiries:

Effi Vandevoorde, Int. Comm. Manager
vandevoorde.effi@ecover.com
Phone : + 32 (0)3 312 86 18

Jørgen Philip-Sørensen was Chairman and Chief Executive of Group 4 Securitas (International) BV between 1964 and 2000, and was then chairman of the board of Group 4 Falck A/S from 2000 until the merger with Securicor in 2004.

Jørgen Philip-Sørensen chaired the board of Group 4 Securicor (now G4S) until his retirement in June 2006, when he became President Emeritus. Philip died at the age of 71 in Switzerland on 18 January 2010.

He held a number of directorships for commercial and charitable entities, including Ecover International BV, Skagen Food A/S, Danish Yacht A/S, Skagen Harbor, Dormy House Hotel, Sorven Holdings Limited, Cotswold Conference Centre Limited and the Foundation for Liver Research.

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