Chairman. Joined the board in 2007, re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the board. Born in 1950.
Considered independent: No
Peter Højland has been Chairman of Copenhagen Capacity’s board of directors since 2007. He has served as CEO of SAS Denmark, Superfos and Transmedica A/S, and he has held various directorships in Danish companies and organisations such as Danske Bank, Rambøll Group (Chairman), Siemens Denmark (Chairman), Center for Ledelse (Chairman) and Amrop-Hever (Chairman). In 2003-2005, he was a member of the Welfare Commission appointed by the Danish government.
Peter Højland is an adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and he holds a BA degree in Economics & Business Administration from CBS.
Other directorships:
Chairman: Fonden til støtte for Danske Soldater i Internationale Missioner (Soldaterlegatet) and Wonderful Copenhagen.
Board member: Danmark-Amerika Fondet (treasurer), Windowmaster A/S, Hjerteforeningen, Eye4Talent and Psykiatrifonden.
Vice Chairman. Member of the Regional Council. Joined the board in 2014, re-elected in 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Regional Council of the Capital Region (the Social Democratic Party). Born in 1974.
Considered independent: No
Since 2009, Lars Gaardhøj has been a member of the Regional Council of the Capital Region elected for the Social Democratic Party and is currently a member of the Executive Committee and chairman of the Committee on Research, Innovation and Education.
He works as a consultant at AOF Denmark with e.g. Nordic and European collaboration. He holds a master’s degree in Contemporary History from University of Southern Denmark.
Other directorships:
Danske Regioner and Amgros
Mayor of the Municipality of Gentofte. Joined the board in 2010, re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Regional Council of the Capital Region (the Conservative People's Party). Born in 1947.
Considered independent: No
Hans Toft is mayor of the Municipality of Gentofte and a member of the Regional Council of the Capital Region, representing the Conservative People's Party. Previously, he worked as Vice President and as a lawyer at Norsk Hydro Olie A/S for 17 years. From 1971 to 1975, Hans Toft was a member of the Danish Parliament. He holds a Master of Law from the University of Aarhus.
Other directorships
Wonderful Copenhagen, Kommunekredit, HMN Naturgas (vice chairman) & Vestforbrænding (vice chairman).
Partner M&A, Kromann Reumert. Joined the board in 2016, reelected in 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the board. Born in 1957.
Considered independent: Yes.
Marianne Philip became a partner at Kromann Reumert in 1987 and has served as Chairman of the board of Directors for Kromann Reumert from 2011 to 2014. Marianne specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets, restructuring and company law, and also handles general commercial law matters. Marianne Philip is adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and holds a Master’s Degree of law from University of Copenhagen and LL.M. from Duke University (USA).
Other directorships:
The Danish Committee of Good Governance of Business Foundations (Chairman), Toms Gruppens Fond (Chairman), Nordea Invest (Chairman), Scan Office A/S (Chairman), Redoffice Scanoffice A/S (Chariman), Novo Nordisk Fonden (Vice-chairman), Bitten og Mads Clausens Fond (Danfoss fonden) (Vice-chairman), Norli Pension Livsforsikring A/S (Vice-chairman), Codan A/S and Codan Forsikring A/S, Kirsten and Peter Bangs Fond and Brenntag Nordic A/S.
Mayor of the Municipality of Furesø. Joined the board in 2018. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Local Government Regional Council, Capital Region (KKR Hovedstaden) (the Social Democratic Party). Born in 1957.
Considered independent: No
Ole Bondo Christensen is the Mayor of the Municipality of Furesø, representing the Social Democratic Party. Previously, he worked as Head og Division in the Ministry of Employment. Ole Bondo Christensen has been the Chairman of the Board of Vestforbrænding since 2014 and he has been the vice Chairman of the Board of Dansk Affaldssortering from 2014 to 2018.
He holds a Master of from Roskilde University.
Other directorships
Novafos
Member of the Regional Council. Joined the board in 2018. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Capital Region (the Socialist People’s Party). Born in 1985.
Considered independent: No
Peter Westermann is former MP and vice chairman of Socialist People’s Party during it’s time in government. He now works as a teacher at Grundtvigs Højskole (Grundtvigs Folk School).
He holds a Master of Politial Science.
Chairman, Lyngsoe Systems, Dubex A/S and Symbion. Vice Chairman in BLOXHUB. Joined the board in 2009, re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the board. Born in 1955.
Considered independent: Yes
Jørgen Bardenfleth is chairman of Lyngsoe Systems, Dubex A/S and Symbion. Further, he is Vice Chairman in BLOXHUB and Operating Partner i CataCap and he is a member of the committee of The Danish Council for IT under the Ministry of Finance. Previously, he has served as Country Manager of Hewlett-Packard Denmark, Intel, and Microsoft Denmark. Joergen Bardenfleth has previously held various directorships in Danish companies and organizations such as BØRNEfonden (Vice-Chairman), Arkitema Architects (Chairman), Athena IT- Group A/S, Adactit, DHI Group (Chairman), COWI an IT-Branchen (Chairman).
He holds a MSEE from the Technical University of Denmark and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Other directorships:
Minerva, ProData Consult, LanguageWire, EG A/S and Accelerace Management A/S.
Research Director, Villum Fonden. Joined the board in 2013, re-elected in 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the board. Born in 1960.
Considered independent: Yes
Thomas Bjørnholm is Research Director of Villum Fonden (a part of The Velux Foundations). He has previously been professor and Prorector of Research and Innovation at the University of Copenhagen. From 2001-2010 he was director of the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen. Thomas Bjørnholm holds a Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from the University of Copenhagen where he obtained a lectureship in 1992. He has previously held board positions in several Danish companies and organizations. Including the Symbion Foundation (Chairman), Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research (Vice Chairman) and Copenhagen Business Council.
Other directorships:
Kollegiefonden Bikuben (the Bikuben Foundation for halls of residence) and Akademiet for Tekniske videnskaber (the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences).
Member of the Regional Council. Joined the board in 2014, re-elected in 2017. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Regional Council of the Capital Region (the Red-Green Alliance). Born in 1983.
Considered independent: No
Tormod Olsen has been a member of the Regional Council of the Capital Region since 2013 and is also a member of the Committee on the Environment and Climate. He has been a member of the Red-Green Alliance and a political advisor since 2015. Tormod Olsen is now a consultant at KnowledgeWorker.
Tormod Olsen holds a master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen.
Other directorships:
Danske Regioner.
Mayor of Social Services of the Municipality of Copenhagen. Joined the board in 2018. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Municipality of Copenhagen (the Danish Social-Liberal Party). Born in 1974.
Considered independent: No
Mia Nyegaard is the Mayor of Social Services of the Municipality of Copenhagen, representing the Danish Social-Liberal Party, and she is the citizen representative (Borgerrepræsentant) in the citizen representation in Copenhagen (Københavns Borgerrepræsentation). Previously, she has among other things worked as a business developer, CEO for a chocolate factory and an EU-consultant in Bruxelles.
Mia Nyegaard has been a member of the board of several other companies and organisations, e.g. GAME.
She holds a Master of Political Science and a Master in African Studies both from the University of Copenhagen.
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