Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 3, 2003
HENRIK C. SLIPSAGER has been President and Chief Executive
Officer of ABM Industries Incorporated since 2000. Mr. Slipsager
became Executive Vice President of ABM Industries and President
of ABM's $900 million Janitorial Services Division in 1999. From
1997-1998 he was Senior Vice President and Director of Eastern
Operations for the Janitorial Services Division of ABM Industries
Incorporated and based in New York City. From 1995-1996 he was
President of 2M-Invest of Copenhagen, Denmark, a venture capital
firm invested in 12 privately-held international companies. From
1988-1994 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of New
York-based International Service System of America (ISS America),
a $1 billion US subsidiary of International Service System (ISS
International) of Denmark. ISS America was then the largest
building maintenance company in the United States. From 1986-1987
he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
ISS America. From 1984-1985 he was Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of ISS America. From 1982-1983 he was
Corporate Controller of ISS International. From 1976-1981 he was
a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young, Copenhagen,
Denmark. Mr. Slipsager received an Accounting degree from the
University of Copenhagen in 1979 and an MBA degree from the
University of Copenhagen Graduate School of Business in 1981. He
became a Danish government Chartered Accountant (CPA) in 1984. Profile
then a picture of what you're doing now?
Mr. Slipsager: ABM is one of those classic American success
stories. What began in
