Gender Diversity Roundtable Denmark

Bringing Denmark to the Forefront of Gender Diversity

Roundtable members

To have the broadest Impact in Danish Society, UN Women and BCG brings together in the Roundtable 23 Leaders of the Danish Private Sector, Educational Institutions and Societal Member Organizations

Caroline Rusten

Director

UN Women Nordic Office

Caroline has been the Director of the UN Women Nordic Liaison Office since September 2018. She has been in UN Women since 2015 and before her current role, she worked as UN Women Chief Humanitarian in New York, and UN Women Country Programme Manager in Somalia. Before joining UN Women, Caroline worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the World Bank and UNDP among others. Caroline holds a PhD in Political Geography.   

Mai-Britt Poulsen

Managing Director & Senior Partner, Head of LAB

Boston Consulting Group

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Mai-Britt Poulsen is a Managing Director and Senior Partner, and the System Leader of the London, Amsterdam, and Brussels (L-A-B) offices. She was previously BCG's Global Chief of Staff and a member of BCG's Executive Committee and Operating Committees. She is a co-founder of the Gender Diversity Roundtable Denmark. Together with four other members, she co-authored the book 'The Queen's New Clothes' based on learnings from the GDR.

Anders Bjarklev

President

Technical University of Denmark

Anders is Dr.Techn. and President of Technical University of Denmark since 2011. Anders is Chairman of the Danish Rectors’ Conference of Universities Denmark. Anders has a research background in optical fibres and optical communication, among others.

Anders Schelde

Chief Investment Officer

MP Pension

M.Sc. Economics from Copenhagen University, MBA from Copenhagen Business School.

Anders has worked in the financial sector since 1989, as investment director for nearly a decade at Velliv (formerly Nordea Liv & Pension) and MP Pension since 2017. An active investor committed to delivering high returns on a responsible basis.

Bjarne Corydon

CEO and Editor in Chief

Dagbladet Børsen

Since 2018 Bjarne Corydon has been the CEO and Editor in Chief of the newspaper Dagbladet Børsen. Before assuming this position, he spent two years with McKinsey & Company as Global Director for their Center for Government. Prior to entering the private sector, Bjarne served as a politician for the Danish Social Democratic Party. During his approximately 20 years in politics, he has held positions such as Minister of Finance of Denmark and Chief of Staff under the Helle Thorning Schmidt administration. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Aarhus University.​

Brian Bech Nielsen

Rector

Aarhus University

Brian Bech Nielsen took office in August 2013. As a former Dean of the largest faculty at Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, he has been part of the Senior Management Team since 2010. Prior to that, he was Head of the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Vice Director of the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO). Brian Bech Nielsen holds a PhD in physics and he became Professor in 2007 at the department of Physics and Astronomy.

Chris Preuss

President

Danish Youth Council

Chris Preuss was appointed President of Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd (DUF) in June 2019. He is also a senior consultant on public affairs at Landbrug & Fødevarer and have also been a political consultant at Brintbranchen. Prior to this, he was involved with politics through the liberal youth party Venstres Ungdom. Here he held the position president. He has a bachelor’s degree in Education from UCC.

Deborah Dunsire

President & CEO

Lundbeck

Deborah Dunsire has more than 30 years of clinical, commercial, and international management experience from the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, primarily in the fields of oncology and CNS, thus bringing a breadth of scientific and business experience. Her professional and executive experience includes positions as President and CEO of XTuit Pharmaceuticals, Inc., FORUM Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Deborah joined Lundbeck as President & CEO in September 2018.

Ester Baiget
President and CEO​

Novozymes

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Ester holds a chemical engineering degree and an MBA from the University of Tarragona (Spain). Before becoming President and CEO of Novozymes she held a position as Business President for Dow’s Industrial Solutions and was a member of the executive leadership team. She is an experienced international leader with a strong track-record.

Henriette Laursen

Director

KVINFO

Henriette has been a Director of KVINFO since 2017. She is a lawyer, and started her career at the Attorney General before she became director for the Danish AIDS fund for a number of years, only interrupted by two years of posting in Vietnam. Most recently, she has been Secretary General of the Danish Youth Council.

Henrik C. Wegener

President

University of Copenhagen

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Henrik has been the rector of the University of Copenhagen since March 1, 2017. He is M.Sc. in Food Science (1988) and Ph.D. in Microbiology (1992). Furthermore, he holds a Master of Public  Administration (2007).

Jais Valeur

CEO

Danish Crown

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Jais is M.Sc.in Economics. He has previously worked at Arla Foods, Fonterra and Royal Unibrew. Since 2015, he has been Group CEO at Danish Crown.

Lasse Pilgaard

CFO

TDC

Lasse Pilgaard has been the CFO of TDC since March 2019. Before being appointed CEO he held the positions of CSO and Head of Strategy. Before joining TDC, Lasse worked at AutoButler as. Prior to this, he was Investment Manager at Creandum, Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. He has a Master’s Degree in Business and Economics from Aarhus University.

Malou Aamund

Country Director

Google Denmark

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Malou is the Country Director for Google Denmark. She has previously held international leadership positions at Microsoft and IBM in Europe, EMEA and Americas. Malou was Member of Parliament for four years and acted as a spokesperson on science, technology and innovation. She holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business.

Mette Fjord Sørensen

Director

General Confederation of Danish Industry

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Mette Fjord Sørensen is Director and Head of Science, Education and Diversity at Confederation of Danish Industry. She is educated cand.scient.pol from Aarhus University, and has previous experience from the Conservative People's Party and Novo Nordisk.

Morten Mølholm Hansen

CEO

Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF)

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Morten holds a Master in both Political Science and Corporate Communication. Since 2015 he has been CEO at the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF). Prior to that he was Director of Development at DIF.

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller

President

CBS

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller is Ph.D. and Professor of Economics. He has served as director of research at CBS and as head of the department and later dean at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He established and chaired the SDU’ social science faculty’s gender equality committee. As of March 2019, Nikolaj Malchow-Møller is the president of CBS.

Nikolaj Reffstrup

Founder

GANNI

Nicolaj studied business, administration and philosophy at Copenhagen Business School, followed by an MA in information technology at IT University of Copenhagen. After graduating, he went on to hold tech roles and co-founded various companies, including Oryx Invest and Spleak Media Network Ltd. Nikolaj is the Founder of GANNI.

Per Michael Johansen

Rector

Aalborg University

Professor Per Michael Johansen has been Rector of Aalborg University since 2014. He holds a PhD in Physical Optics from Aalborg University, a DSc in Physics from the University of Copenhagen, and is the former Dean of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark.  Currently, Per Michael Johansen is Vice Chair of the Danish Rectors’ Conference. 

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Pernille Erenbjerg

Deputy Chair 

Millicom

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Pernille is the Deputy Chair of international mobile and cable operator Millicom, and in addition to this serves on the boards of Nordea and Genmab. From 2003 to 2018 Pernille held multiple leadership positions within the TDC Group, latest as Group CEO and president until December 2018. She holds a Master of Science in Business Economics from CBS (Copenhagen Business School)and is today an adjunct professor of  CBS. Together with four other members, she co-authored the book 'The Queen's New Clothes' based on learnings from the GDR.

Thomas Thune Andersen

Chairman

Ørsted

Thomas is Chairman of the Board of directors of Ørsted A/S and has many years of experience from the energy sector and sits on the boards of directors of several international companies dealing in energy, logistics and distribution. Together with four other members, he co-authored the book 'The Queen's New Clothes' based on learnings from the GDR.

Tine Johansen

Chairman

The Danish Union of Journalists

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Tine Johansen is the Chairman of the Danish Union of Journalists. She was educated from the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2001, and has prior to being appointed the Vice Chairman of the Danish Union of Journalists in 2015, held numerous roles as journalist at Danish media, including e.g., Ekstra Bladet and Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR).

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Asger Ryhl
Founder

Director, Office of the Deputy Executive Director
UN Women

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Mr. Ryhl started his UN career in 1993, and became Director of the UN Women Nordic Office in Copenhagen on 25 March 2013. 

Prior he was a Senior Advisor in the Office of the DED/ASG in UN Women and to the ED/USG on Nordic affairs, after being the UNFPA Representative in Papua New Guinea in 2009. Before this he held roles for UNFPA, including Chief of the Nordic Office in Copenhagen and resource mobilization officer in New York. 

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Meetings

The Members of the Roundtable have been meeting regularly since 2017. 

Resources

Download and Access related Reports and Publications 

Report, BCG 2011

Hard-Writing Diversity into Your Business

Press

Latest Press Releases and News Stories 

3 JUN 2019

News, DJØF

Danmark kæmper stadig med gammelt kønsrollemønster

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9 MAY 2019

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News, DTU

DTU's rektor medunderskriver på FN-manifest om ligestilling 

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8 MAR 2019

News Article, Billed Bladet

Video: Sej kronprinsesse Mary markerede kvindernes kampdag 

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8 MAR 2019

News Article, Berlingske Business

Mandens blinde øje spænder ben for flere kvindelige ledere i Danmark

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21 AUG 2018

News Article, dr.dk

Kun to ud af ti professorer er kvinder: Mænd ansætter mænd  

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