Steen Thomsen
Professor
Departments
Department of Accounting
Room: SOL/C5.13
Boards
Leadership
Foundations
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
CBS Executive, Academic director (advisor) and teacher, 2013–present
Executive board education
https://www.cbsbestyrelsesuddannelserne.dk/
The Danish Board Leadership Society, Academic director (advisor) and co-founder, 2023–present
The Danish association of board members
https://bestyrelsesforeningen.dk/
Steen Thomsen Enterprise, CEO, 2024–present
A holding company which owns shares in Boardmeter aps and The Ownership Company (Ejerskabskompagniet) aps.
Boardmeter, Board member, co-founder and co-owner, 2014–present
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–present
The Ownership Company advises on ownership issues
https://ejerskabskompagniet.dk/
The Pluto Nature Foundation, Chairman, 2020–present
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–present
Pluto erhverv is the corporate investment subsidiary of the Pluto foundation
The Finn Nørgaard Association, Board member., 2015–present
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–present
Chulalongkorn University is one of Thailand’s leading universities
http://findept.acc.chula.ac.th/