Executive Management
Led by the Foundation’s CEO, our Executive Management is responsible for ensuring that the decisions of the Board of Directors are implemented and for monitoring and following up on the Foundation’s activities.
Our organisational structure
Here you can get an overview of the organisational structure of our management.

Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen
Chief Executive Officer, Professor, DVM, PhD, DSc

Flemming Konradsen
Chief Scientific Officer, Health, Professor

Lene Oddershede
Chief Scientific Officer, Planetary Science & Technology, Professor

Søren Nedergaard
Chief Portfolio Officer - Portfolio, People & Partnerships

Erika Söderberg Johnsson
Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Operations

Pelle Munk-Poulsen
Board Secretary & General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Legal & Governance

Steffen Pierini Lüders
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Corporate Affairs
Health

Flemming Konradsen
Chief Scientific Officer, Health, Professor

Tanja Xenia Pedersen
Vice President, Biomedical Research , MSc, PhD

Marie-Louise Hartoft-Nielsen
Vice President, Clinical Medicine & Endocrinology

Rasmus Borgquist
Director, Cardiovascular Diseases, MD, PhD

Marianne Holm
Vice President, Infectious Diseases, MD, PhD

Mette Ide Davidsen
Director, Global & Public Health

Rikke Johannessen
Director, Global Development
Planetary Science & Technology

Lene Oddershede
Chief Scientific Officer, Planetary Science & Technology, Professor

Ulla Gro Nielsen
Director, Technical Sciences, PhD

Claus Felby
Vice President, Agri-Food, Professor, PhD

Mikkel Skovborg
Vice President, Innovation
Portfolio, People & Partnerships

Søren Nedergaard
Chief Portfolio Officer - Portfolio, People & Partnerships

Stine Fehmerling
Chief HR Officer, People & Organisation

Berith Bjørnholm
Vice President, Education & Outreach, PhD
Finance & Operations

Erika Söderberg Johnsson
Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Operations

Niels Pærregaard
Director, Corporate IT

Mette Modvig
Vice President, Digital & Business Excellence

Andreas Hansen
Director, Finance

Ulrik Meyer
Director, Building Investments

Anne Kahr Hällman
Vice President, Grant Management, PhD
Legal & Governance

Pelle Munk-Poulsen
Board Secretary & General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Legal & Governance

Mathias Dahlerup Krarup
Director, Legal Services, Lawyer, PhD
Corporate Affairs

Steffen Pierini Lüders
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Corporate Affairs

Alexandra Lichtenstein Kaarsen
Director, Public Affairs

Christian Mostrup
Director, Public Relations

Jakob Wilms
Director, Digital & Design
Our board

Lars Rebien Sørensen
Chair

Lars Munch
Vice Chair

Christopher A. Voigt
Member

Jakob Müller
Member

Mads Grøn
Member

Nana Bule Sejbæk
Member

Steen Riisgaard
Member

Stig Strøbæk
Member

Lars Green
Member

Barbara Casadei
Member

Pelle Munk-Poulsen
Board Secretary & General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Legal & Governance