Board
The Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation has nine members, of which six are elected under the Articles of Association and three are employee elected board members. The Board has adopted a competence profile that describes the preferred competencies of the Board.
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Lars Rebien Sørensen
Chair
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Lars Munch
Vice Chair
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Christopher A. Voigt
Member
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Jakob Müller
Member
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Lars Fugger
Member
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Liselotte Højgaard
Member
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Mads Grøn
Member
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Nana Bule Sejbæk
Member
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Steen Riisgaard
Member
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Stig Strøbæk
Member
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Pelle Munk-Poulsen
Board Secretary & General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Legal
Our management
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Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen
CEO, Professor, DVM, PhD, DSc
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Søren Nedergaard
Chief Operating Officer
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Steffen P. Lüders
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
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Claus Felby
Senior Vice President, Biotech, Professor, PhD
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Lene Oddershede
Senior Vice President, Natural & Technical Sciences, Professor
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Martin Ridderstråle
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor
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Berith Bjørnholm
Senior Vice President, Education & Outreach, PhD
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Peter Lawætz Andersen
Chief Scientific Advisor, Infectious Diseases, Professor, DVM, DSc
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Arne Astrup
Senior Vice President, Obesity and Nutritional Sciences, professor, MD, DMSc
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Thomas Alslev Christensen
Senior Vice President, Impact, PhD
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Mikkel Skovborg
Senior Vice President, Innovation
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Pelle Munk-Poulsen
Board Secretary & General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Legal
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Flemming Konradsen
Senior Vice President, Social & Humanitarian
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Stine Fehmerling
Senior Vice President, People & Organisation
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Anne Kahr Hällman
Vice President, Grant Management, PhD
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Sofie Singbrant Söderberg
Director, Head of Project & Portfolio Management, PhD
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Andreas Hansen
Director, Finance