Novo Nordisk Annual Report 2021
Contents Introducing Novo Nordisk
Strategic Aspirations Key risks Management
Consolidated statements
Additional information
Novo Nordisk Annual Report 2021
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Board of Directors
Helge Lund
Chair
Norwegian. Born October 1962. Male.
First elected 20171. Term 2022.
Chair of the Nomination Committee
and Chair of the Chair Committee.
Positions and management duties:
Chair of the board of directors and
chair of the people & governance
committee of BP p.l.c. Chair of the
board of directors of Inkerman
Holding AS. Member of the board
of directors and member of the
remuneration committee of Belron
SA and of the board of directors of
P/F Tjaldur. Operating advisor to
Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Member
of the board of trustees of the
International Crisis Group.
Competences:
Global corporate leadership;
healthcare and pharma industry;
finance & accounting; business
development, M&A and external
innovation sourcing; human capital
management; environmental, social
& governance (ESG).
1. In addition, Helge Lund was a member
of the Board for one year in 2014-2015
Jeppe Christiansen
Vice chair
Danish. Born November 1959. Male.
First elected 2013. Term 2022.
Chair of the Remuneration
Committee and member of the Chair
Committee.
Positions and management duties:
Chief executive officer of Maj Invest
Holding A/S and executive director
of two wholly owned subsidiaries.
Chair of the board of directors
of Haldor Topsøe A/S, Emlika
Holding ApS, and two wholly owned
subsidiaries of the latter company,
and chair of the board of directors
of JEKC Holding ApS. Member of the
board of directors of Novo Holdings
A/S, KIRKBI A/S, Bella Beat Inc., Pluto
Naturfonden and Randers Regnskov.
Member of the board of governors
of Det Kgl. Vajsenhus. Adjunct
Professor, department of finance,
Copenhagen Business School.
Competences:
Healthcare and pharma industry;
finance & accounting; business
development, M&A and external
innovation sourcing; human capital
management; environmental, social
& governance (ESG).
Laurence Debroux
French. Born July 1969. Female.
First elected 2019. Term 2022.
Chair of the Audit Committee and
member of the Remuneration
Committee.
Positions and management duties:
Member of the board of directors,
chair of the audit committee and
member of the ESG committee of
Exor N.V. Member of the board of
directors, control & risk committee
and of the ESG committee of
Juventus Football Club S.p.A.
Member of the board of HEC Paris
Business School and of Kite Insights
(The Climate School).
Competences:
Global corporate leadership;
healthcare and pharma industry;
finance & accounting; business
development, M&A and external
innovation sourcing; human capital
management; environmental, social
& governance (ESG).
Andreas Fibig
German. Born February 1962. Male.
First elected 2018. Term 2022.
Member of the Audit Committee.
Positions and management duties:
Chair, chief executive officer
and member of the innovation
and sustainability committee of
International Flavors & Fragrances
Inc. Chair of the board of directors of
the German American Chamber of
Commerce and executive committee
member of the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD).
Competences:
Global corporate leadership;
healthcare and pharma industry;
technology; finance & accounting;
business development, M&A and
external innovation sourcing; human
capital management; environmental,
social & governance (ESG).
Sylvie Grégoire
Canadian and American. Born
November 1961. Female. First
elected 2015. Term 2022.
Member of the Audit Committee, the
Research & Development Committee
and the Nomination Committee.
Positions and management duties:
Executive chair of the board of
directors of EIP Pharma, Inc.
Member of the board of directors
and member of the nominating and
corporate governance committee
of Perkin Elmer Inc. Member of the
board of directors of F2G Ltd.
Competences:
Global corporate leadership;
healthcare and pharma industry;
medicine & science; finance &
accounting; business development,
M&A and external innovation
sourcing; human capital
management.
Henrik Poulsen
Danish. Born September 1967. Male.
First elected 2021. Term 2022.
Member of the Audit Committee.
Positions and management duties:
Deputy chair of the board of directors
and member of the transaction
committee of ISS A/S. Deputy
chair of the supervisory board and
member of the audit, remuneration
and nomination committees of
Carlsberg A/S. Member of the board
of directors of Novo Holdings A/S
and Ørsted A/S. Senior advisor to
A.P. Møller Holding A/S and chair of
the board of directors of Færch A/S.
Member of the supervisory board of
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.
Competences:
Global corporate leadership;
finance & accounting; business
development, M&A and external
innovation sourcing; human capital
management; environmental, social
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