Board of Directors
Sten Scheibye, Chairman
Sten Scheibye is chairman of the Board of Directors of Novo Nordisk A/S. Since 1995, he has been president and CEO of Coloplast A/S, Denmark.
Besides being a member of the boards of various Coloplast companies, Mr Scheibye is a member of the Board of Danske Bank A/S and the Industrial Mortgage Fund, both of Denmark. Furthermore, he holds a seat on the Central Board and the Executive Committee of the Confederation of Danish Industries.
Mr Scheibye has an MSc in Chemistry and Physics from 1978 and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from 1981, both from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and a BComm from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, from 1983. Mr Scheibye is also an adjunct professor of applied chemistry at the University of Aarhus.
Mr Scheibye was elected to the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S in 2003 and has been re-elected several times, most recently in 2008. His term as a board member expires in March 2009.
Mr Scheibye is a Danish national, born on 3 October 1951.
