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## Segment 2 — tail2

## Article 120 — a120

# Jesper Nordengaard

**Profile:** A first-time portfolio-company CEO; previously North American president at Colgate-Palmolive.

**Role in the source:** an expert voice on the speed of PE decision-making.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:**
- The quote that anchors [[concept-strategy-under-pressure|strategy under pressure]]: [[quote-nordengaard-decision-making|in PE, you make a decision, and the next meeting is about how you're implementing it]].

**Canonical:** corporate/portfolio-company leadership page (context only).