Board of Directors

CBS' supreme body is the Board of Directors, which consist of the following 11 members:

  • Six external members (appointed for a four-years period of time)
  • Two academically qualified faculty members (elected for a four-years period of time)
  • One administrative officer (elected for a four-years period of time)
  • Two students (elected for a one-year period of time).

The period of function of the present Board of Directors began on 1 February, 2008. The Board of Directors was formed on 4 February, 2008.

Chairman - Anders Knutsen, Managing Director

  • Chairman of the Board of CBS
  • Chairman of the Board of Solum A/S
  • Chairman of the Board of Ladegaard A/S
  • Deputy Chairman of the Board of Fritz Hansen A/S
  • Deputy Chairman of the Board of Topdanmark A/S
  • Deputy Chairman of the Board of Hersild & Heggov A/S
  • Member of the Board of Augustinus Fabrikker A/S

Anders Knutzen

Deputy Chairman - Merete Eldrup, Managing Director

  • CEO at TV2/Danmark A/S
  • Former managing director of JP/Politikens Hus A/S
  • Former Head of Secretariat at the Ministry of Business & Industry and Deputy Manager of the Danish Energy Authority

Merete Eldrup

Peter Gorm Hansen, Managing Director

  • CEO of Local Government, Denmark, Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Local Government Studies-Denmark
  • Member of the Shareholders' Committee of Realkredit Danmark, the Economic Council and the Board for the International Union of Local Authorities.

Peter Gorm Hansen

Eva Berneke, Vice President, Managing Director

  • Group Managing Director, responsible for strategy in TDC A/S (Tele Danmark)
  • Former partner of McKinsey & Co., France

Eva Berneke

Klaus Holse Andersen, Vice President

  • Corporate Vice President,
    Microsoft Business Solutions,Sales & Operations

Klaus Holse Andersen

Peter Schütze, Country Senior Executive

  • Head of Retail Banking. Head of Denmark. Member of Group Management Nordea A/S
  • Chairman of the Danish Bankers' Association
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors at Danish Ship Finance

Peter Schütze

Internally elected representatives - CBS faculty:

  • Professor Thomas Plenborg (Department of Accounting and Auditing)
  • Professor Kristian Kreiner (Department of Organization)

Thomas Plenborg

Kristian Kreiner

Internally elected representatives - CBS technical-administrative staff:

  • Patrick S. Gram, Department Administrator (Department of Economics)

Patrick S. Gram

Internally elected representatives - CBS students:

  • Stud.cand.merc.(dat.) Henrik Thorn
  • Stud.HA.(dat.) Christian Kongsbak Refshauge

Henrik Thorn

 

Questions: Charlotte Aller, Senior Adviser, tel: (+45) 3815 2689.


Last updated by Communications & Marketing 02/02/2010