• Member of the board of directors of ExlService Holdings, Inc., Indigo Agriculture Inc. and EvodiaBio ApS.
• Honorary director of the German American Chamber of Commerce.
  

• Chair and chief executive officer of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., 2012-2022.
• President and chair of the board of management of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, 2008-2014.
  
• Senior vice president of US pharmaceutical operations and president of Latin America, Africa and Middle East at Pfizer Inc., 2006-2008.
  

• Considered independent under the Danish Corporate Governance Recommendations.
• Member of the Board of Directors since March 2018. Most recently elected in 2025 for a term of one year.
• Member of the Research & Development Committee since 2022. 

• Global corporate leadership.
• Healthcare and pharma industry.
• Technology, data & digital.
• Finance & accounting.
• Business development, M&A and external innovation sourcing.
• Human capital management.
• Environmental, social and governance (ESG).

• 1982: Degree in Marketing, Berlin School of Economics, Germany.

German, born 1962. Male.