Presently, Jens Jacob Mathiesen holds the position of Chairman for Dansk Erhverv and President & Chief Executive Officer for Scandic Hotels Group AB, Co-Managing Director at Scandic Hotels Deutschland GmbH and Vice President at Scandic Hotel A (both are subsidiaries of Scandic Hotels Group AB). Mr. Mathiesen is also on the board of Wonderful Copenhagen and Vice President at Scandic Hotel A.

In the past Mr. Mathiesen was Director-Sales & Marketing of Nordic Choice Hospitality Group AS and Head-Sales & Marketing at Avis Budget UK Ltd.