Jesper Brandgaard

Chair

Board member since
2021

Nationality
Danish

Born
1963

Independent

Board committees, LEO Pharma

Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

Positions and management duties

Member of the Advisory Board of VækstPartner Kapital ApS. Executive director of JBR Counselling A/S, Amanda K. B. Holding ApS, APKB Holding ApS and JBR Counselling Holding ApS and board member of JBR Counselling A/S.

Career

Former EVP Biopharm & Legal Affairs, CFO & EVP Finance, Legal & IR and SVP Corporate Finance at Novo Nordisk A/S. Former chair of SimCorp A/S, vice chair at William Demant Invest A/S, Novonesis A/S and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S, and board member at William Demant Fonden.

Special competencies

Extensive executive and board experience in global pharma companies, combining finance, legal, strategy and innovation leadership. Led major transformations, risk management, M&A transactions and global finance projects at Novo Nordisk A/S, oversaw the listings of Novozymes A/S (today Novonesis A/S) and NNIT A/S while at Novo Nordisk A/S, and steered strategic governance initiatives as chair of SimCorp A/S.

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