Jens Eskelund holds an MA in philosophy and has studied at University of Aarhus and University of Texas at Austin. He has also pursued studies in Chinese at Renmin University.

Coming to Beijing as a student in 1998, Jens Eskelund has since worked as Commercial Officer at the Danish Embassy to China before taking on a position as Marketing Manager for Maersk Line in Beijing in 2000. He has since held positions as General Manager for Public Affairs for Maersk Line in China and later Director of Public Affairs for North Asia before assuming the current position as Managing Director of Maersk China Ltd., an investment company of the Maersk Group in China. A main focus of Maersk China Ltd. is to engage Chinese Government entities, institutions and trade associations on matters of policy, regulatory environment and business development on behalf of the companies within the Maersk Group.

Jens Eskelund is currently Acting Chairman of the Maritime Working Group of the European Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC). He is also Chairman of the Danish Chamber of Commerce in China.

Jens Eskelund was born in 1970 in Aarhus, Denmark.