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Three Novo Group employee representatives elected to the Board of the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Two new Novo Group employee representatives have been elected as Members of the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and one existing member has been re-elected.

One of the two newly elected Novo Group employee representatives is Stig Strøbæk who is employed as an electrician in Product Supply at Novo Nordisk A/S. Stig Strøbæk, who has worked at Novo Nordisk A/S since 1992, was previously on the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation from 1998 to 2014.

The other new member is Jakob Müller, an Environmental Consultant in the Environment EMEA department at Novozymes A/S. Jakob Müller has a degree in geography from the University of Copenhagen and has worked at Novozymes A/S since 2017.

Mads Grøn, Senior Lead Auditor in Supplier Audits, Quality Audits at Novo Nordisk A/S, was re-elected and will continue to serve on the Board for another 4-year term. Mads Grøn trained as a biologist and has worked at Novo Nordisk A/S from 2001 to 2005 and again since 2016.

“I would like to bid a warm welcome to the two newly elected members, and I look forward to working together with them on the Board of the Foundation. I am also pleased that Mads Grøn has been re-elected. Finally, I would like to thank Anne Marie Kverneland and Lars Bo Køppler for their commitment and major contribution to the work of the Board over the past 8 years,” says Lars Rebien Sørensen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Novo Nordisk Foundation.

The Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation has nine members; six are elected under the Articles of Association and three are Novo Group employee-elected members. The employee-elected members are elected for 4-year terms by an electoral college of employee representatives. This year’s election took place on 25 March.

Further information

Marie-Louise Jersin, Senior Communications Partner, +45 3049 4957, [email protected]