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Arla Foods Consolidated Annual Report 2021 / Governance Board of Directors
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Contents
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COMPETENCIES AND DIVERSITY OF THE BOD
Despite their mostly similar background in agriculture and dairy, our Board of Directors
(BOD) is equipped with a wide range of skills and expertise, which enables them to conduct
first-class global governance. The competencies of the Board are evaluated every other year
in a transparent process approved by the Board of Representatives. Based on the results of the
evaluation, board members can enrol in different trainings to further strengthen their skillset.
Tenure
0-3 years, 45%
■■4-7 years, 15%
8+ years, 40%
Gender
Male
87%
2020:87%
Female
13%
2020:13%
Member biographies
Jan Toft Nørgaard (1960)
Member since: 1998
Occupation: 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
Manfred Graff (1959)
Member since: 2012
Occupation: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Vice Chairman of the Board,
Chairman of the Arla Central Europe Area Council,
Learning and Development Committee,
Remuneration Committee
External positions: Member of the Board of
German Milch NRW 2007, member of the Board of
the German Federation of Cooperatives 2015
Nana Bule (1978)
Member since: 2019
Occupation: CEO of Microsoft Denmark and Iceland
External positions: Member of the Board of
Energinet 2018, member of the Board of the
Confederation of Danish Industry 2019
Jonas Carlgren (1968) ==
Member since: 2011
Occupation: 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
the UN High-Level Political Forum
Arthur Fearnall (1963)
Member since: 2018
Occupation: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Chairman of the Arla UK Area
Council, Global Appeals Committee
Håkan Gillström (1953)
Member since: 2015
Occupation: Dairy worker
External positions: Member of the Swedish
workers' union
Marcel Goffinet (1988)■■
Member since: 2019
Occupation: Dairy farmer
Internal positions: Global Appeals Committee
Preparatory Working Group
External positions: Chairman of the Board of
Agra Ost Agriculture Research, Member of the
municipal government of St.Vith, Member of the
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