Lars B. Andersen Explained

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

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

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

Andersen is a descendant of one of the signatories to the Norwegian Constitution in 1814, Peder Jørgen Cloumann.^[10]

Civic appointments

• 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.

External links

• Company website

Notes and References

1. Web site: My Nametags Ltd . 2024-01-25 . The King's Award for Enterprise Magazine . en.
2. Web site: My Nametags honored for international trade success . 2024-01-25 . Labels and Labelling . en.
3. Web site: My Nametags: from business in a spare room to Queen's Awards winner . 2024-01-25 . Gov.uk blog The King's Award for Enterprise . en.
4. Web site: Oral evidence transcripts . 2024-01-25 . UK Parliament . en.
5. Web site: Name label company set up in founder’s spare room receives Queen’s Award . 2024-01-27 . Business Leader . en.
6. Web site: Lars Bendik Andersen . 2024-01-25 . World Traders . en.
7. Web site: World Record For World Traders . 2024-01-25 . Professor Michael Mainelli . en.
8. Web site: COMMITTEE . 2024-01-25 . Broad Street Ward Club . en.
9. Web site: LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER . 2024-01-25 . Andrew Marsden Sheriff of the City of London . en.
10. Web site: Eidsvollsmennenes etterkommere: Andersen, Lars Bendik . 2024-01-25 . Eidsvollsmennenes etterkommere . no.