Explore our knowledge

Steen Thom­sen

Professor

Subjects
Board Leadership Foundation

Primary research areas

Gov­ernance of com­pan­ies and en­ter­prise found­a­tions
En­ter­prise found­a­tions (found­a­tions which own com­pan­ies)
Cor­por­ate gov­ernance
Sus­tain­able cor­por­ate gov­ernance

I seek to im­prove the gov­ernance of com­pan­ies and en­ter­prise found­a­tions

I am Novo Nordisk Foundation Professor of Enterprise Foundations at CBS. I specialize in corporate governance as a teacher, researcher, consultant, and commentator. My research is currently focused on enterprise foundations – foundations that own business firms. My research seeks to contribute to good governance and business companies, enterprise foundations and other organizations.  

Recent research projects

Long-term own­er­ship and value cre­ation by en­ter­prise found­a­tions

En­ter­prise found­a­tions are found­a­tions that own com­pan­ies. The pro­ject seeks to un­der­stand this own­er­ship mod­el, its eco­nom­ic per­form­ance, and so­cial im­pact.
https://www.enterprisefoundations.dk/

Outside activities

The Dan­ish Board Lead­er­ship So­ci­ety, Aca­dem­ic dir­ect­or (ad­visor) and co-founder , 2023 -

The Dan­ish as­so­ci­ation of board mem­bers
https://bestyrelsesforeningen.dk/

Steen Thom­sen En­ter­prise, CEO , 2024 -

A hold­ing com­pany which owns shares in Board­met­er aps and The Own­er­ship Com­pany (Ejer­skab­skom­pag­niet) aps.

Board­met­er, Board mem­ber, co-founder and co-own­er , 2014 -

Board­met­er APS is a soft­ware/con­sultancy com­pany spe­cial­iz­ing in board eval­u­ation
https://boardmeter.com/

The Own­er­ship Com­pany, Board mem­ber, co-founder and co-own­er. , 2025 -

The Own­er­ship Com­pany ad­vises on own­er­ship is­sues
https://ejerskabskompagniet.dk/

The Pluto Nature Found­a­tion, Chair­man , 2020 -

The Pluto Nature Found­a­tion is an en­ter­prise found­a­tion which sup­ports biod­iversity
https://forgottennature.org/

Pluto Er­hverv aps (in­vest­ment sub­si­di­ary of the Pluto found­a­tion), Chair­man , 2024 -

Pluto er­hverv is the cor­por­ate in­vest­ment sub­si­di­ary of the Pluto found­a­tion

The Finn Nør­gaard As­so­ci­ation, Board mem­ber. , 2015 -

The Finn Nør­gaard As­so­ci­ation is a char­it­able as­so­ci­ation which works to pre­vent rad­ic­al­iz­a­tion and ter­ror­ism
http://xn--finn-nrgaard-0jb.dk/en/elementor-1869/

Chu­lalongkorn Uni­ver­sity, Vis­it­ing pro­fess­or (re­search and teach­ing co­oper­a­tion), , 2013 -

Chu­lalongkorn Uni­ver­sity is one of Thai­l­and’s lead­ing uni­ver­sit­ies
http://findept.acc.chula.ac.th/