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Liz Hewitt
Member of the Board of
Novo Nordisk A/S since 2012,
chair of the Audit Committee
since 2015 (member since
2012) and member of the Remuneration Committee
since 2018.
Positions and
management duties:
Member (senior independent director) of the board of
Melrose Industries plc, UK,
where she chairs the audit
committee, and member of
the board of National Grid
plc, UK.
Special competences:
Extensive experience within the field of medical devices, significant financial knowledge, including mergers and acquisitions, and knowledge about how
large international companies operate.
Education:
Qualified Chartered Accountant FCA (UK Institute of Chartered Accountants) (1982), and BSc (Econ Hons) from the University College in London, UK (1977).
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Mette Bøjer Jensen
Member of the Board of
Novo Nordisk A/S (employee
representative) and member
of the Nomination Committee
since 2018.
Positions and
management duties:
Wash & Sterilisation Specialist
in Product Supply, Novo
Nordisk A/S.
Education:
Graduate Programme (HD)
in Business Administration
(Strategic management and
business development) from Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark (2010), and MSc in Biotechnology, Aalborg University, Denmark (2001).
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Kasim Kutay
Member of the Board of Novo
Nordisk A/S and member of
the Nomination Committee
since 2017 and member of
the Research & Development Committee since 2020.
Positions and
management duties:
Chief Executive Officer of
Novo Holdings A/S, Denmark . Member of the board of
Novozymes A/S, Denmark,
of Evotec SE, Germany, and
of the Life Sciences Advisory
board of Gimv NV, Belgium.
Special competences:
Extensive experience as an investor in the life science sector. Mr Kutay manages an investment fund that invests in life science companies at all stages of development including the venture, growth and developed stages. Extensive experience as financial advisor to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Mr Kutay has also advised healthcare companies on an international basis including companies based in Europe, the US, Japan and India.
Education:
MSc in Economics (1987), and BSc in Economics (1986), both from the London School of Economics, UK.
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Anne Marie Kverneland
Member of the Board of
Novo Nordisk A/S since 2000 (employee representative) and member of the Remuneration
Committee since 2017.
Positions and
management duties:
Laboratory technician and
full-time union representative in Novo Nordisk A/S . Member of the Board of Directors of
the Novo Nordisk Foundation since 2014.
Education:
Degree in medical laboratory technology (laboratory
technologist) from Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark (1980).
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Martin Mackay
Member of the Board of Novo
Nordisk A/S and chair of the
Research & Development
Committee since 2018.
Positions and
management duties:
Co-founded Rallybio LLC, US,
in January 2018 and serves
as chair of the board and
CEO of the company and in an executive leadership
role overseeing all research
and non-research functions.
Member of the board of 5:01
Acquisition Corporation, US. Senior advisor to New Leaf Venture Partners, LLC, US . Member of the board and chairs the Science and Technology Committee of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., US.
Special competences:
R&D executive with extensive experience in building a pipeline, acquiring products and managing the portfolio of early-stage and late-stage projects in large international pharmaceutical companies.
Education:
Doctorate/PhD from University of Edinburgh, UK (1984), and BSc (First Class Honours) in Microbiology from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (1979).
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Thomas Rantzau
Member of the Board of
Novo Nordisk A/S (employee representative) andmember of the Research & Development Committee since 2018.
Positions and
management duties:
Area specialist in Product
Supply, Novo Nordisk A/S.
Education:
Degree in food engineering from DTU, Denmark (2003) and diploma as dairy technician (1992).
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Stig Strøbæk
Member of the Board of
Novo Nordisk A/S since 1998
(employee representative)
and member of the Audit
Committee since 2013.
Positions and
management duties:
Electrician and a full-time
union representative in Novo
Nordisk A/S.
Education:
Diploma in further training
for board members from the
Danish Employees’ Capital
Pension Fund (LD) (2003),
and diploma in electrical
engineering (1984).
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