Arla Foods Annual Report 2020
Management Review
Our Strategy
Our Brands and Commercial Segments Our Responsibility Our Governance
Our Performance Review Our Consolidated Financial Statements
Our Consolidated Environmental, Social and Governance Data
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (CONTINUED)
Our Board of Directors (BOD) consists of 15 elected farmer owners, three employee representatives and two external
advisors, who complement each other with different skills and expertise to conduct good global governance.
Diversity in the BoD*
80%
20%
Tenure
0-3 years, 50%
4-7 years, 25%
■8-19 years, 25%
JAN TOFT NØRGAARD (1960)
Member since: 1998
Nationality: Danish
Profession: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Chairman of the Board,
Learning and Development Committee,
Remuneration Committee
External positions: Comp. Board of the Danish
Agriculture and Food Council 2009 -
HELÉNE GUNNARSON (1969)
Member since: 2008
Nationality: Swedish
Profession: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Vice chairman of the Board
Global Training Committee, Learning and Develop-
ment Committee, Remuneration Committee
External positions: Member of the Swedish Dairy
Association 2014 -, Member of the Board of
Varbergs Sparbank
JONAS CARLGREN (1968)
Member since: 2011
Nationality: Swedish
Profession: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Global Appeals Committee,
Remuneration Committee
External positions: Chairman of the Board of the
Swedish Dairy Association 2019 -, Member of the
Board of the Swedish Farmers' Foundation for
Agricultural Research 2016 -, Dairy Ambassador for
UN High Level Political Forum
ARTHUR FEARNALL (1963)
Member since: 2018
Nationality: British
Profession: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Chairman of the Arla UK Area
Council, Global Appeals Committee
MARCEL GOFFINET (1988)
Member since: 2019
Nationality: Belgian
Profession: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Member of the Global
Appeals Committee
External positions: Chairman of the Board of
Agra Ost Agriculture Research, member of the
municipal government of St.Vith
MANFRED GRAFF (1959)
Member since: 2012
Nationality: German
Profession: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Chairman of the Arla Central
Europe Area Council, Learning and Development
Committee, Remuneration Committee
External positions: Member of Board of the
German Milch NRW 2007 -, Member of Board of
the German Federation of Cooperatives 2015 -
*The ratio pertains to all members of the BoD
(including employee representatives and external
advisors). Gender ratio within the elected members is
13 per cent female, 87 per cent male. In accordance
with section 99b of the Danish Financial Statements
Act, in 2019 Arla set a 4-year target to achieve a female
representation in the general assembly members of
the Board of Directors of at least 13 per cent, reflecting
the gender ratio of our Board of Representatives.
NANA BULE (1978)
Member since: 2019
Nationality: Danish
Profession: CEO of Microsoft Denmark & Iceland
External positions: Member of the Board of
Energinet 2018 -, Member of the Board of
Confederation of the Danish Industry 2019 -
HÅKAN GILLSTRÖM (1953)
Member since: 2015
Nationality: Swedish
Profession: Dairy worker
External positions: Member of the Swedish
workers' union
RENÉ LUND HANSEN (1967)
Member since: 2019
Nationality: Danish
Profession: Dairy farmer
External positions: Member of the cattle section and
the Comp. Board of the Danish Agriculture and Food
Council 2019-, Member of the Board of Agri Nord
2012-
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