Joined the Board of Directors of Vestas Wind Systems A/S in April 2006
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Position
Director
Competencies
Education: MSc (Economics and Business Administration), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) 1972.
Former positions:
- Business Economist, Carlsberg A/S (Denmark) 1972-1973
- Management Consultant, Booz, Allen and Hamilton of Scandinavia (Denmark) 1973-1974
- Economist, Novo Industri A/S (Denmark) 1974-1977
- Head of Corporate Planning, Novo Industri A/S (Denmark) 1977-1984
- Director, Corporate Planning and Communications, Novo Industri A/S (Denmark) 1984-1985
- President of Corporate Finance, Novo Industri A/S (Denmark) 1985-1989
- Chief Financial Officer, Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark) 1989-2000 and Deputy CEO 1996-2000
- Co-CEO, Novo A/S (Denmark) 2000-2003
Fiduciary positions
Chairman of the Board of:
- Reliance A/S (Denmark)
Deputy chairman of the Boards of:
- Dako A/S (Denmark)
- Novozymes A/S (Denmark)
Member of the Boards of:
- Lifecycle Pharma A/S (Denmark)
- Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway)
- Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark)
- Novo Nordisk Fond (Denmark)
- ZymoGenetics Inc. (USA)
Other positions of trust:
- Chairman of Dako A/S’ Audit Committee (Denmark)
- Chairman of Norsk Hydro ASA’ Audit Committee (Norway)Chairman of Novo Nordisk A/S’ Audit Committee (Denmark)
- Chairman of ZymoGenetics Inc.’ Audit Committee (USA)