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54 GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND SHARES
Executive Management
Lars Rebien Sørensen
Chief executive officer
Lars Rebien Sørensen joined Novo Nordisk’s
Enzymes Marketing in 1982. Over the
years, he has completed several overseas
postings, including in the Middle East and
the US. Mr Sørensen was appointed a
member of Corporate Management in May
1994, and in December 1994 he was given
special responsibility within Corporate
Management for Health Care. He was
appointed president and chief executive
officer in November 2000.
Other management duties: Member
of the boards of Danmarks Nationalbank,
Denmark, and Thermo Fisher Scientific
Inc., US. Member of the Bertelsmann AG
Supervisory Board, Germany.
Education: BSc in International Economics
(1983) from Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark, and MSc in Forestry (1981)
from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural
University (now the Faculty of Science of
the University of Copenhagen), Denmark.
Date of birth: October 1954.
Jesper Brandgaard
Chief financial officer
Jesper Brandgaard joined Novo Nordisk in
1999 as senior vice president of Corporate
Finance. He was appointed executive vice
president and chief financial officer in
November 2000.
Other management duties: Chairman of
the boards of SimCorp A/S and NNIT A/S,
both in Denmark.
Education: MBA (1995) and MSc in
Economics and Auditing (1990) from
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Date of birth: October 1963.
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Lise Kingo
Chief of staffs
Lise Kingo joined Novo Industry A/S in 1988
and worked over the years to build up the
company’s Triple Bottom Line approach.
In 1999, Ms Kingo was appointed senior
vice president, Stakeholder Relations. In
2002, she was appointed executive vice
president and chief of staffs in Novo
Nordisk, assuming global responsibility for
Corporate Relations. She is adjunct professor
at the Medical Faculty, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Other management duties: Chairman of
the board of Steno Diabetes Center A/S and
chairman of the Danish Council on Corporate
Social Responsibility, both in Denmark.
Education: MSc (Hons) in Responsibility
and Business Practice (2000) from the
University of Bath, UK, BCom in Marketing
Economics (1991) from Copenhagen
Business School, Denmark, and BA in
Religions and Ancient Greek Art (1986)
from the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Date of birth: August 1961.
Kåre Schultz
Chief operating officer
Kåre Schultz joined Novo Nordisk in 1989
as an economist in Health Care, Economy
& Planning. In November 2000, he was
appointed executive vice president and
chief of staffs. In March 2002, he took over
the position of executive vice president and
chief operating officer.
Other management duties: Chairman of
the board of Royal Unibrew A/S and member
of the board of LEGO A/S, both in Denmark.
Education: MSc in Economics (1987) from
the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Date of birth: May 1961.
Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen
Chief science officer
Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen joined Novo
Nordisk in 1991. He was appointed
executive vice president and chief science
officer in November 2000. He is a member
of the editorial boards of international
journals. He is a former president of the
National Academy of Technical Sciences
(ATV), Denmark. Since 2000 he has served
as adjunct professor of pharmacology
at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural
University (now the Faculty of Health
and Medical Sciences of the University of
Copenhagen), Denmark.
Other management duties: Member
of the board of the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education: DSc (1991), PhD (1989) and
DVM (1986) from the Royal Veterinary and
Agricultural University (now the Faculty
of Health and Medical Sciences of the
University of Copenhagen), Denmark.
Date of birth: December 1960.
New members of
Executive Management
Effective 31 January 2013, Executive
Management was expanded with
two new members: Jakob Riis was
appointed executive vice president
with responsibility for Marketing &
Medical Affairs, and Lars Fruergaard
Jørgensen was appointed executive
vice president with responsibility for
IT, Quality & Corporate Development.
Their biographies can be found on
novonordisk.com/about_us.