Board

Lars Rebien Sørensen has been a member of the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Board of Directors since 2017. As Chair, Lars Rebien Sørensen is elected for one year at a time. He was last elected in Spring 2025. He is considered a non-independent member due to his position as Chair on the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S.

Lars was born in 1954 and holds an MSc in Forestry from the Copenhagen Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University as well as a BSc in International Economics from Copenhagen Business School.

Lars Rebien Sørensen serves as Chair of the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S, Vice Chair of the Board of Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland) and Member of the Board of Jungbunzlauer Suisse AG (Switzerland).

Lars is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Copenhagen’s School of Life Sciences and Adjunct Professor at Center for Corporate Governance at Copenhagen Business School.

Board competencies
Lars Rebien Sørensen has corporate leadership experience from a major international company, deep insight into the businesses and practices of the companies in the Novo Group as well as knowledge of the international pharmaceutical industry. He has broad experience with board work.

Lars Rebien Sørensen is considered a non-independent member due to his position as Chair on the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S.

Lars Henrik Munch serves as Chair of the Board of The Politiken-Foundation and A/S Politiken Holding and as Chair of the Boards of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Museumsfonden, Louisiana Fonden, BRFfonden, BRFholding A/S, BRFinvest a/s, BRFejendomme A/S, and Fonden for Håndværkskollegier.

Furthermore, Lars Henrik Munch is a member of the boards of Utzon Center A/S and the KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg. Lars Henrik Munch is also a member of the World Association of News Publishers (Paris), as well as Chair of the Advisory Board for Master of Management Development, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and Vice Chair of the Board of Erhvervslivets Tænketank. Lars Henrik Munch serves as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Organisation, CBS.

Board competencies: Experience with society and social conditions, art and culture, media and board work.

Lars Henrik Munch is considered an independent board member

Christopher A. Voigt is the Daniel I.C. Wang Professor of Advanced Biotechnology and Department Head in Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as the co-director of the Synthetic Biology Center at MIT.

Christopher A. Voigt is a founding member of the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Biology Research Center, former founding Editorin-Chief of the ACS Synthetic Biology journal, and co-founder of the companies Asimov (therapeutics bio-manufacturing) and Pivot Biotechnologies (agriculture).

Board competencies: Extensive scientific advisory experience. Expert knowledge within synthetic biology and genetic engineering as well as the translation of cutting-edge science into innovations and start-up companies.

Christopher A. Voigt is considered an independent board member.

Employee representative, Environmental Consultant in Novonesis A/S.

Member of the board of the Novo Nordisk Foundation since March 2022. Last elected in March 2022 for a four-year term.

Employee representative, Quality Auditor in Novo Nordisk A/S.

Member of the board of the Novo Nordisk Foundation since March 2018.  Last elected in March 2022 for a four-year term.

Nana Bule Sejbæk serves as Chair of the National Digital Council and Energy Crisis Staff, and as Chair of the Board of Carbfix. Furthermore, Nana Bule Sejbæk is a member of the boards of Arla Foods and Energinet, and works as an Operating Advisor with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Board competencies: Senior Executive experience from a large international Tech company with a proven track record of driving transformation and delivering business growth. Board word experience.

Nana Bule is considered an independent board member

Steen Riisgaard serves as Chair of the Board of New Xellia Group A/S, and as Vice Chair of the Board of Novo Holdings A/S. Steen Riisgaard is a member of the Board of Corbion and Vice Chair of Fugleværnsfonden.

Board competencies: Experience with management in general from a large international company. Knowledge of the Novo Group business standards and practices and extensive knowledge of international biotechnology industry and research within the private sector. Experience with innovation and entrepreneurship.

Steen Riisgaard is considered a non-independent board member, as he is Vice Chair of Novo Holdings A/S and Chair of New Xellia Group A/S.

Employee representative, Electrician in Novo Nordisk A/S.

Member of the board of the Novo Nordisk Foundation since March 2022. Last elected in March 2022 for a four-year term.

Lars Green was born in 1967 and holds a MSc (Business Administration).

Lars Green serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Novo Holdings A/S, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the LEO Foundation, the Board of Directors of LEO Pharma A/S, H. Lundbeck A/S and Pharmacosmos A/S. Furthermore, Lars Green serves as Vice Chair of the Danish Committee on Corporate Governance.

Lars Green brings more than 30 years of experience from the health care and life science industries. He joined Novo Nordisk A/S in 1992 and held various financial leadership positions incl. regional CFO roles in Japan and North America as well as Group Finance before joining Executive Management in 2017 as EVP of Business Services. In 2019, Lars Green joined Novozymes A/S where he served as CFO until end 2023.

Lars Green is considered a non-independent board member due to his recent position in Novozymes A/S (Novonesis).

Barbara Casadei was born in 1959 and graduated in Medicine at the University of Pavia, Italy and moved to the University of Oxford, UK in 1989 where she was awarded a DPhil in 1995 and a Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine in 2006. She is currently British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, and Head of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London.

Barbara is Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, holds the highest honour of the British Cardio-vascular Society (The Mackenzie Medal) and of the European Society of Cardiology (Gold Medal), and is Past President of the European Society of Cardiology (2018-20). She is the founder of EuroHeart, an initiative supporting the assessment and improvement of quality of cardiovascular care in Europe and a member/chair of several Scientific Advisory Boards, including the Leducq Foundation, the Netherland Heart Institute and the Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine in Berlin. She was the Roman W. DeSanctis Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, in 2021; The Keith Reimer Distinguished Lecturer of the Inter-national Society for Heart Research in 2022; the Lucian Prize awardee, Canada in 2023; and the Paul Dud-ley White International Lecturer of the American Heart Association in 2024.

Barbara Casadei is considered an independent board member.

Overall responsible for Legal, IP, Governance, and Risk & Compliance at the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

• Additionally, Board Secretary and responsible for the Board Secretariat in both the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Novo Holdings A/S.
• Lawyer.
• Serves on the board of Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S, Quantum Foundry P/S, and NIVI Development P/S.

Joined the Foundation in 2023.

Contact PA
Senior PA Susan Nielsen
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