High School, Frederikshavn Gymnasium (1975)
M.Sc. Economics, University of Copenhagen (1984)
Executive education at Babson College, Insead Fontainebleau, Insead Singapore and Wharton Business School.
2023-: Professional chair and board member
1992-2023: CEO, PensionDanmark and PensionDanmark Holding. Chairman of the Board of the subsidiaries of PensionDanmark and internal investment committees.
1990-1992: CEO, PKS Pension
1986-1990: Economist and Head of Secretariat, SiD (General Workers’ Union)
1986-1986: Economic analyst at Børsen News Magazine (Børsens Nyhedsmagasin)
1983-1986: Economist, Danish Economic Council
2017-: Adjunct professor, CBS Department of Finance and Department of Economics
2015-: Teacher at the CBS senior executive and board governance educational programs
1989-2010: Member of the group of examiners at the Business Economic programs and the Business Administration Diploma program.
1985-1989: External associate
professor, CBS
Boards:
> Copenhagen Business School (CBS) (Chairman, 2019- )
> The CIP Foundation (Co-founder and Chairman 2022-)
> The Danish Foreign Policy Society (Board member, 2017-; Chairman 2024- )
> Danish Society for Education and Business (DSEB, former FUHU) (Board Member, 2009- ; Chairman 2016- )
> Hedorfs Fund (Board Member, 2018-; Chairman 2023- )
> Gefion Gymnasium (Chairman, 2018- )
> Energi Danmark (Board member, 2023- )
> United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (Board member, 2024- )
> Organisationen Stop Spild af Mad (Advisory Board Member, 2022- )
> Nationalt Forsvarsteknologisk Center (Advisory Board Member, 2023- )
Select previous professional affiliations:
> Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (merger of Danish Credit Agency EKF and The Growth Fund/Vækstfonden) (Chairman, 2022-2024)
> The Danish Government’s climate partnership for the Financial sector (Chairman 2019-2023)
> Insurance & Pension Denmark (Forsikring & Pension) (Board Member, 1996-2023 ; Vice Chairman, 2017-2019)
> Board Leadership Society in Denmark (Co-founder and Board Member 2014-2023)
> Arbejdernes Landsbank [Denmark’s 5th largest bank] (Board Member 2012-2023, Member of the Risk and Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, 2012-2022 , Chair of the Audit Committee 2022-2023)
> Dagbladet Information (Danish Daily Newspaper) (Chairman of the Board, 1991-2016)
> DEA [Think Tank for Education, Research and Innovation] (Chairman of the Board, 2013-2016)
> Danish Economic Society (Nationaløkonomisk Forening) (Board Member, 2002-2007)
> Centre for Economics and Business Research, Copenhagen Business School (Board Member, 2005-2009)
> Danish Management Society (Dansk Selskab for Virksomhedsledelse) (Board Member, 2009-2014)
> Member of Copenhagen Business Task Force – Advisory Board, appointed by the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (2011 and 2018)
> Member of the Pension Committee for the Money and Pension Panel in the Danish FSA (2011-2012)
> Concito – Denmark’s Green Think Tank [Concito – Danmarks Grønne Tænketank] (Board Member, 2011-2013)
> Member of the Danish Government’s Climate and Energy Growth Team (2012-2013)
> Metropolitan University College (Board Member, 2012-2014)
> Member of the Expert Group for Ambassador Peter Taksøe’s Report on Danish Foreign Policy (2015-2016)
> Investment Leaders Group, University of Cambridge (Board Member, 2013-2016)
> The Denmark-America Foundation (Board Member, 2014-2018)
> The Danish Bocuse d’Or Foundation (Board member, 2022-)
> The Business Forum for Social Responsibility (Virksomhedsforum for Socialt Ansvar VFSA) (Board member, 2016- 2018)
> CBS 100 (Member of Advisory Board, 2016-2017)
> Aalborg University (Board Member, 2017-2019; Vice Chairman, 2018-2019)
> Pension Research Centre, PeRCent (Co-founder and Advisory Board Member, 2014-2019)
> Copenhagen Business Council [Københavns Erhvervsråd] (Member, 2014-2019; Task Force chairman, 2017-2018)
> INDEX:Design to Improve Life (Board Member 2016-2020)
> Gigtforeningen [the Danish Rheumatism Association] (Member of the Committee of Representatives (2010-2020), the Board (2014-2020), Vice Chairman (2016-2020))
> Danmarks Genopretningsfond A/S [Recovery Fund established in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic] (Chairman, 2020-2021)
> Axcelfuture (Board Member 2018-2021)
> The Symbion Fund (Board Member, 2014-2021)
> Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) (Vice Chairman, 2020-2021)
>
Member of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the
United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (2014-2020)
> Nadija - Children's Hospital in Ukraine (Board member, 2023-2024)
International Activities:
› Co-founder and Steering group member of Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (2019- )
› B-Team Leader, The B-Team (2020-2023)
› Member of the OECD Working Group on Long-Term Investments (2010-2022)
› Member of Global Agenda Council on Investments, World Economic Forum (2014-2022)
› Member of Advisory Board of the OECD Centre on Green Finance and Investment (2016-2022)
› Member of The Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, World Economic Forum (2018-2022)
› Stewardship: Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development, World Economic Forum
› Stewardship: Shaping
the Future of Energy, World Economic Forum
› Speaker at international conferences on pension relations, investment issues and green finance e.g. at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, and various FN- and OECD conferences.
> Environmental Finance Personality of 2013 (Environmental Finance)
> Outstanding Industry Contribution 2018 (IPE Real Estate Global Awards)
> Outstanding Industry Contribution 2023 (IPE Real Estate Global Awards)
Married to Cand.merc. Gitte Bengtsson. Resides in Birkerød – four children and six grandchildren.
PensionDanmark is a Danish pension fund established in 1993 and one of the 50 largest pension funds in Europe. PensionDanmark manages defined contribution pension plans, insurance, health care and life-long learning programs based on collective agreements covering more than 816,000 members employed in 21,800 companies within the private and public sector. Total assets under management are EUR 45 billion and growing rapidly.
PensionDanmark has built a well-diversified and sustainable portfolio with an attractive risk-return profile and good down side protection. This is done by combining investments in public markets with alternative investments with a strong focus on sustainable real estate and renewable energy infrastructure assets.
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