Lars B. Andersen
Lars B. Andersen (born 1970), is a British of Norwegian descent businessman who founded My Nametags, a school uniform name label manufacturing company. He served also as the master of Company of Entrepreneurs from 2020 to 2021.
Career[edit]
He worked in finance and insurance in London.
Andersen set up My Nametags in 2004, a company that makes iron-on and sticker name labels. The company received a Queen's Award for International Trade in 2018.[1][2][3] He is currently the chief executive of the company.[4][5]
City of London[edit]
Andersen was the Master of the Company of Entrepreneurs for the year 2020/21. He is Senior Warden of the Worshipful Company of World Traders[6] and organised a Guinness World Record for the company in 2018 - 'most nationalities in a simultaneous popular music sing-along'.[7] Andersen is on the committee of the Broad Street Ward Club.[8]
He has been the City of London shrieval election agent for Alderman Nicholas Lyons, Andrew Marsden,[9] Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley DBE and David Chalk.
Family[edit]
Andersen is a descendant of one of the signatories to the Norwegian Constitution in 1814, Peder Jørgen Cloumann.[10]
Civic appointments[edit]
- Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of World Traders
- Freeman of the Company of Entrepreneurs
- Freeman of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London
- Freeman of the City of London.
References[edit]
- ^ "My Nametags Ltd". The King's Award for Enterprise Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "My Nametags honored for international trade success". Labels and Labelling. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "My Nametags: from business in a spare room to Queen's Awards winner". Gov.uk blog The King's Award for Enterprise. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Oral evidence transcripts". UK Parliament. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Name label company set up in founder's spare room receives Queen's Award". Business Leader. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Lars Bendik Andersen". World Traders. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "World Record For World Traders". Professor Michael Mainelli. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "COMMITTEE". Broad Street Ward Club. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER". Andrew Marsden Sheriff of the City of London. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Eidsvollsmennenes etterkommere: Andersen, Lars Bendik". Eidsvollsmennenes etterkommere (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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