• Chief executive officer of Maj Invest Holding A/S and executive director of two wholly owned subsidiaries of this company.
  • Chair of the board of directors of Haldor Topsøe A/S, JEKC Holding ApS and Emlika Holding ApS, and two wholly owned subsidiaries of the latter company.
  • Member of the board of directors of Novo Holdings A/S, KIRKBI A/S, BellaBeat Inc., A/S United Shipping & Trading Company, Pluto Naturfonden and Randers Regnskov.
  • Member of the board of governors of Det Kgl. Vajsenhus.
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School.

  • Chief executive officer of LD Pensions, 2005-2009.
  • Executive director in Danske Bank A/S, 1999-2004. 

  • Not considered independent under the Danish Corporate Governance Recommendations.
  • Member of the Board of Directors since March 2013. Most recently elected in 2022 for a term of one year.
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee at Novo Nordisk A/S since March 2015 and chair of the Committee since March 2017.

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

  • 1985: MSc in Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Danish, born 1959. Male.