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01.07.2020

Curiosity and social responsibility are essential in new CBS strategy

CBS has a new strategy. Following a year of intense strategy work the CBS Board of Directors has now approved a new framework and direction for CBS focusing on making positive change through collaboration with a wide range of external stakeholders, including the Danish business community.

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The CBS Board of Directors

CBS' supreme body is the CBS Board of Directors, which consists of 11 members. Six external members (appointed for a four-year period), two academically qualified faculty members (elected for a four-year period), one administrative officer (elected for a four-year period), two students (elected for a two-year period). Additional information about the Board is only available in Danish.

 

As of 1 February 2020, the following members are on the Board:

Chairman - Torben Möger Pedersen

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  • CEO PensionDanmark. Cand.polit. Adjunct professor at CBS.

Responsible for a number of board positions and positions of trust, among other things:

  • Chairman of the board Danish Society for Education and Business (DSEB) and Gefion Gymnasium
  • Board member at among other boards Forsikring og Pension, Arbejdernes Landsbank, Danish SDG Investment Fund, Hedorfs Fond, Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab, Axcel Future and Bestyrelsesforeningen
  • Chairman of Climate Partnership for the financial sector
  • Chairman of the CBS recommendation committee

Member of the Board since 1 July 2019. Chairman of the Board since 1 July 2019. Term expires 30 June 2023. Can be re-appointed for four more years.

Deputy Chairman - Michael Rasmussen

Michael Rasmussen

  • Group Chief Executive, Nykredit
  • Chairman of the boards of the Association of Danish Mortgage Banks and the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
  • Member of the Board since 1 February 2016. Deputy Chairman of the Board since 1 June 2018. Term expires 31 January 2024.

Gunnar Bovim

Gunnar Bovim

  • Former Rector NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  • Chairman Innovation Norway
  • Chairman Oslo University Hospital
  • Member of the Board since 1 February 2020. Term expires 31 January 2024. Can be re-appointed for four more years.

Sebastian Toft Bringstrup

 

Sebastian

  • MSc student in International Business and Politics
  • Member of the Board of CBS Students
  • Former Vice Chairman of CBS Students (2018-2019)
  • Elected by the students for the term 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2021.
     

Alfred Josefsen

Alfred Josefsen

  • MSc in Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School
  • Former CEO, Irma
  • Chairman of the boards of UNICEF Denmark, Sport One, Aveny-T, Krogerup Højskole and others
  • Member of the boards of "Foreningen Nydansker", Olympisk Idrætsforum and others
  • Member of the government commission on public leadership 2017-2018
  • Adjunct Professor at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School
  • Member of the Board since 15 June 2013. Term expires 14 June 2021.
     

Lilian Mogensen

Lilian Mogensen

  • Member of different Boards (eg. LEMAN A/S and Nine A/S)
  • Former EVP at ATP
  • Former CEO Udbetaling Danmark
  • Member of the CBS recommendation committee
  • Member of the Board since 1 April 2019. Term expires 31 March 2023. Can be re-appointed for four more years.
     

Sara Louise Muhr

Sara Louise Muhr

  • Professor at CBS
  • Member of the CBS recommendation committee
  • Elected by academic staff for the term 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2024.
     

Tobias Munch

Tobias Munch

  • Student at MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems
  • Member of the Board of CBS Students
  • Former chairman of CBS Students 
  • Elected by the students for the term 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2022.
     

Jesper Rangvid

Jesper Rangvid

  • Professor at CBS
  • Elected by academic staff for the term 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2024.
     

Mia Cudrio Thomsen

Mia Cudrio Thomsen

  • Chief Advisor in SLK at CBS 
  • Elected by technical-administrative staff for the term 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2024.
     

Mette Vestergaard

Mette Vestergaard

  • CEO for DHI 
  • Former CEO, Mannaz A/S and EVP Global People & Business Transformation, LEO Pharma
  • Member of the boards in Axcel and DESMI
  • Member of CBS' appointment committee
  • Member of the Board since 1 February 2016. Term expires 31 January 2024. 

 

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