Acting Chairman and 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.
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.
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
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).
Chair of the Capital Region for the Social Democratic Party since 2014.
Considered independent: Yes
Sophie Hæstorp Andersen has served as Chair of the Capital Region since 2014 – now serving her second term. She began her political career as a Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party (2001-05). In 2005, she was first elected to the Regional Council in the Capital Region and served until 2007, when she re-entered the Parliament as an alternate. Sophie’s key focus areas as Regional Chair are building a better regional healthcare system and improving the infrastructure in the Region.
Sophie Hæstorp Andersen has solid chairing experience from different committees and boards, such as the Danish parliament’s Health- and Preventive Committee (2012-13). She has been spokesperson for the Social Democrats on health issues (2001-2005 and 2009-13), integration (2007), IT (2007) and housing (2007-2009).
Sophie Hæstorp Andersen holds a Master of Political Science from the University of Copenhagen.
Mayor of the Municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. Joined the board in 2020. Term of office expires in 2021. Appointed by the Local Government Regional Council, Capital Region (KKR Hovedstaden). Born in 1979.
Considered independent: no
Sofia Osmani is the Mayor of the Municipality of Lyngby- Taarbæk since 2014 representing the Conservative Party and now serving her second term. She began her political career in age of 14 and have been a member of the city council since 2002. Previously, she worked as consultant at DTU (Technical University of Denmark) and at the Danish Chamber of Commerce. She holds a Master of Political Science from the University of Copenhagen.
Senior Vice President - Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Technical University of Denmark. Joined the board in 2020. Appointed by the board. Born in 1963.
Considered independent: Yes
Marianne Thellersen became Senior Vice President at Technical University of Denmark in 2012. Before that she was director for marketing and business development at Novozymes. Marianne Thellersen is cand.polyt from Technical University of Denmark, has an HD in organization and strategy from CBS as well as an eMBA from Scandinavian International Management Institute
Other directorships
Chair of the Board at IPU, Member of the Board at Copenhagen Business Hub, Climate KIC, DFM A/S, Preseed Ventures A/S and Bioneer A/S.