Who's who in Tvind   -   1   2   3
 

The inner circle - the top Tvind leadership
 

Top level  -    the leaders

Kirsten Larsen
Amdi Petersen

Second level  -  The TG economy

Kim Bonde Andersen
Sten Byrner
Marlene Gunst
Anne Hansen
Jonas Israel
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg
Else Jensen
Poul Joergensen
Lars Jensen
Birgitte Krohn
Joep Nagel
Anne Nielsen
Ruth Sejeroe Olsen
Bodil Ross Sorensen
Svend Srensen
Eva Vestergaard

Kim Bonde Andersen

Currently running Trans World Forest Enterprise, a logging company in Siberia.

Key member of TG Economy.    Formerly associated with the alleged Malaysian sawmill scam as signatory of an application to La Societe Verte for funding of 'environmental research project', 1990.  Police allege he took direct orders from Amdi Petersen in connection with sawmill companies, even though not a director.

Also a director of Tropical Farming, Cayman Islands (1992) which started negotiatioons to buy Floryl ranch from Shell in 1992..  

Charged with fraud in Denmark

Danish. Male.  According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in the years 1987-92.   Described as a 'financial director'.   A key member of the LG Economy, the central financial directorate of Tvind controlled by Amdi Petersen and Kirsetn Larsen

Other appointments:  it is believed he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands, associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property in St Lucia).

In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name and Internet address 'One World'.    Not known if he is still associated with the Teachers Group. 

Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)

Charged with fraud in Denmark.

Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of Faelleseje in 1977. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s.  In 1992 she changed her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish - 'little bird')

In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The following year she became one of the founders of Trayton Holdings, a company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls the Trayton Group of businesses in China.     Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith (Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
 

Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi and long-time member of the Teachers Group.   From 1992, a key figure in the LG Economy, which directed Tvind financial affairs.    Worked directly with Amdi to oversee Tvind companies.  Played a role in closure of La Societe Verte in 1998.

 With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.

In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses (539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed to be in the Teachers Group.

Anne Hansen

Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances.    Police consider she was a member of LG Economy, the group that ran Tvind's financial affairs to 2001.

Was a member of executive committee, La Societe Verte, 1992 (cited in Danish police report).       Other key positions in Tvind included: trustee, Hobbhouse Trust (1995), trustee, the Farmers Trust (1995).   Manager of Kirchheiner Bros (1991).     Like Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
  

Niels Peter Holst

Danish. Male. Said to be Tvind's 'chief accountant' in 1998. Officially resident in Britain. Composer of the secret internal memo of Tvind concerning moving money away gained by clothes collecting in Europe. The publication of the memo (dated 24-9-1995) on Dutch television and in Eindhovens Dagblad caused a Dutch Member of Parliament to call for an Europe-wide investigation into Humana in the year 2002.  

American, male, born 1958.   Probably now resident in Borneo, but in the past has addresses listed at 1559 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 20852 Maryland, USA (1991) and 02 Voorburgwal 266, 1012 GL, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1992).

Another Tvind financial manager and has been associated with many companies.  Mentioned in the case summary of the Danish police against top-members of Tvind.   A director of South China Sea Farming SB, Sedimas SB and Nasib Daya SB (Malaysia)  and implicated in Malaysian sawmill scam.  

Also Secretary and director, All Europe Satellite Television Ltd (1992), one of the companies cited in the Danish police report, alleged to have been set up to cream off money through the One World TV Channel.

Also Secretary and Director, Greenpipe Management Ltd (1991), Director, Unicorn Trans World Trading (1995).  He was a signatory of the Gaia-Movement Trust, Switzerland, in 1998.   Most recently (2003) associated with McCorry and Co, Luyang, Malaysia - a timber trading company.

Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during the 1970s.

Key positions in Tvind included: trustee, Hobbhouse Trust (1995), trustee, Farmers Trust (1995).  Manager of Kirchheiner Bros (1991). Employed as 'research manager' in IFAS.

Director, Bahia Farming Ltd - Jersey registered company that owns Brazilian companies running Fazenda Jatoba

Member of Teachers Group for more than 20 years, associated with purchase of Floryl plantation in Brazil.   It was Jensen who signed an application iti 1992 to La Societe Verte  for funding 'a unique nature protection project' in Brazil - the 104,000 hectare ranch.  He was manager of the ranch in Brazil until 2000, but replaced that year by Sren Srensen from Belize..

Described as a 'TG troubleshooter' - used around the world on Tvind projects.   Formerly one of Amdi Petersen's security men.  A trained architect.  Known as Tvind's 'Mr Fix It'.   

Known Tvind appointments:   Was a member of executive committee, La Societe Verte, 1992 (cited in Danish police report), also  (1995): Camberley Ltd, Radmore Ltd and Chatswood Ltd, key Tvind companies, all cited in Danish police report.   Associated with the Polynesian biogas project.

Poul Joergensen

Charged with fraud by Danish police.

Danish.   Male.    Lawyer.   Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind 'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed day to day control of  Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978, just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'. 

Chairman of many of Tvind's most important financial institutions, including the Humanitarian Fund 1993-2002  -  (removed by Danish authorities, 2002), where he had according to police a 'decisive influence'. 

Was chairman of central Faelleseje Foundation until removed by Danish authorities in 2002 - now vice-chairman.   Wife, Dorthe, is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be running Tvind affairs in Poland.

Birgitte Krohn

Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers Group, extremely loyal to Amd.  Wherever Amdi was, she was too.   Believed to have attended DRH in 1978 and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special diet.

Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in Brazil during the 1990s.      Key Tvind positions include: trustee, Hobbhouse Trust (1995), trustee, Farmers trust (1995).  Manager of Kirchheiner Bros (1991)  She was also a board member of IFAS 1987-1993

Simon Lichtenberg

Danish, male.     Businessman, Shanghai, China.    Considered a likely candidate to succeed Amdi Petersen as leader of the Teachers Group.

Runs the Trayton Group, furniture, timber trading and computer company in China that donates a third of its profit to the Teachers Group.    The parent company, Trayton Holdings, is registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man and its founding trustees were Tvind international business leader Kirsten Fuglsbjerg, (aka Christie Pipps  -  one of those charged with fraud in the Danish Tvind trial)  and Tvind 'chief accountant' Neils Peter Holst.

Lichtenberg's association with Tvind began early - his parents joined the Teachers Group when he was just seven years old.   The powerful influence of the Teachers Group shines through:  Lichtenberg went on sign up with the TG himself and worked for it in Europe, Africa and Asia.

His sister Marie Lichtenberg is also in the Teachers Group and working for Tvind-Humana in Africa; she is currently listed as a Humana manager working on ADPP's programme of teacher training colleges in Mozambique, 'Teachers of the Future'. (Her email address is mariel@humana.org).  

Lichtenberg himself is very senior in the TG.     Information sent to Tvind Alert suggests that he was one of a number of key TG members despatched around the world in the early 1990s as part of a plan to expand Tvind's business empire and tasked with exploiting the growing Chinese market on behalf of Tvind.     The Trayton Group, of which Lichtenberg is general manager, was started in the mid 1990s.      Despite his protestations that he is solely a businessman, Lichtenberg is now widely believed to be a possible successor to Amdi Petersen as the man at the head of the multi-million dollar TG.

Joep Nagel

Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security devices, to protect Amdi Petersen.

He's also mentioned in the case summary of the Danish police against top-members of Tvind.   A director of South China Sea Farming SB and implicated in Malaysian sawmill scam.  Other  Tvind appointments include:  trustee, Hobbhouse Trust (1995), trustee, Farmers Trust (1995), key Tvind management companies.

Senior Tvind business trustee.   A manager of the Floryl plantation in Brazil (1996) and with Tvind operations in Casablanca, Morocco.  Managing director of Rookbridge Commercial Ltd (1993).     Other appointments (1995): Camberley Ltd, Radmore Ltd and Chatswood Ltd, all cited in Danish police report.

Ruth Sejeroe Olsen

Charged with fraud by Danish police.

Danish.   Female.  Accountant.   Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers Group.  After 1992 a key figure in the LG Economy group, directed by Amdi Petersen and Kirsten Larsen, to control Tvind financial affairs.   Played a role in closure of La Societe Verte, 1998

Also a leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs.

Known to have been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca, Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith (property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK - dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them. 

In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London SW7.

Bodil Ross Srensen

Charged with fraud by Danish police

Danish.   Female.   Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'.   One of the first members of the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of  Tvind's schools branch. Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political commissars', ensuring ideological correctness.

From 1987 to 1993 was chaiperson of the Humanitarian Foundation (cited in Danish Police Report)

Danish?    Male.  Senior TG member.

Around 1990-2, director of South China Sea Farming SB (Malaysia), company associated with alleged laundering through Malaysian sawmill.

Other positions included:  member, Hobbhouse Trust (1995), trustee, Farmers trust (1995)

'Board consultant', IFAS, c1988.       Director, Bahia Farming, Jersey registered company that is parent company of the Fazenda jatoba ranch in Brazil.

Eva Vestergaard

Danish.   Female.   Lawyer and senior Tvind manager.   Described as 'working secretly with Amdi for years' and  'hard core Tvind' .   A partner with senior Tvindie Poul Joergensen in the legal firm Vestergaard og Joergensen i/s  (Denmark), which sells legal consulting services to Tvind. 

Was Deputy Chairperson of Humanitarian Foundation 1993-1999.    In some periods also administered the Foundation directly with Amdi Petersen and Kirsten Larsen, according to Danish police report.

Other positions included:  company secretary and director, Mt Lezard Estate Ltd  (1993), company secretary and director,  Garson and Shaw  (1999).

Originally charged by Danish police, but charges later dropped.