Gender Diversity Roundtable Denmark

Bringing Denmark to the Forefront of Gender Diversity

Roundtable members

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.​

Photographer: Thomas Nielsen

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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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Meetings

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

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Press

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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 MAY 2019

News Article, Børsen

Det er en myte at det går godt med ligestillingen

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