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
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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