Supervisory Board

Chairman
Born 6 November 1947
Chairman, Remuneration Committee

Per Wold-Olsen, MBA, was elected to the Supervisory Board of H. Lundbeck A/S in 2007 and was later in 2007 elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Per Wold-Olsen is chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He was CEO of MSD Norway from 1976-1986 and his area of responsibility was extended to include the entire MSD Scandinavia in 1986-1990. In 1991, Per Wold-Olsen was appointed Senior Vice President of Worldwide Human Health Marketing of Merck & Co., Inc in the USA, and in 1994 he was appointed President of Human Health Europe Merck & Co., Inc. USA. In 1997, in addition to the appointment to Human Health Europe, he was also responsible for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Worldwide Human Health Marketing. In 2005, his area of responsibility was extended to include Latin America and Canada as President of Human Health Intercontinental Region, Merck & Co.,Inc. From 1994-2006, Per Wold-Olsen was a member of Merck’s Management Committee.

Per Wold-Olsen is board chairman of GN Store Nord A/S and board member of Gilead Sciences, Inc., Exiqon A/S and Medicines for Malaria Venture. Per Wold-Olsen was born on 6 November 1947.

Deputy chairman
Born 28 August 1952
Member, Audit Committee

Thorleif Krarup, B.Sc. (Economics) and Bachelor of Commerce (Business Finance and Management Accounting), was elected to the Supervisory Board of H. Lundbeck A/S in 2004 and was also elected Deputy Chairman. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the company.

Thorleif Krarup is board chairman of Exiqon A/S, Sport One Danmark A/S and NutriPharma AS, deputy chairman of the board of LFI A/S and Alk-Abelló A/S and board member of the Lundbeck Foundation and Group 4 Securicor plc. From 1987 to 1992 he was Group Chief Executive of Nykredit/TrygNykredit Holding and Group CEO of Nordea (formerly Unibank) from 1992 to 2002, and from 2003-2006 he was chairman of the supervisory board of TDC. Thorleif Krarup was born on 28 August 1952.

President and CEO, Radiometer A/S
Born 28 January 1956
Chairman, Audit Committee

Peter Kürstein, MBA, was elected to the Supervisory Board of the company in 2001 and chairs the Audit Committee of the company. Peter Kürstein is President and chairman of Radiometer Medical ApS, board chairman of Foss A/S, chairman of the Committee for Health Policy under the Confederation of Danish Industry and chairman of Danish American Business Forum. Peter Kürstein earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and worked for Pfizer Inc. in the USA from 1981 to 1985, including three years for the subsidiary Shiley, Inc. in California. Peter Kürstein was born on 28 January 1956.

Born 7 November 1945
Member, Remuneration Committee

Mats Pettersson, B.Sc. (Economics and Business Administration), was elected to the Supervisory Board of the company in 2003 and also sits on the Remuneration Committee and the Scientific Committee of the company. Until 2007, Mats Pettersson was the CEO of Biovitrum AB. He is board chairman of NsGene AS and Independent Pharmaceutica AG and board member of SwedenBio AB, Ablynx NV, to-BBB Holding B.V and Photocure AS. Mats Pettersson was previously a member of the Supervisory Board of Biacore AB and Senior Vice President and a member of the Management Committee of Pharmacia Corporation. Mats Pettersson was born on 7 November 1945.

Born 5 March 1948
Member, Remuneration Committee

Jes Østergaard, M.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), was elected to the Supervisory Board of the company in 2003 and also sits on the Remuneration Committee and the Scientific Committee of the company. Until 1 February 2008, Jes Østergaard was the CEO of ilochip A/S. He was previously the CEO of Dako A/S and the Managing Director of Medicon Valley Academy. Jes Østergaard has also been Corporate Vice President of Novo Nordisk A/S. He is a board member of the Lundbeck Foundation, LFI A/S, AquaLife A/S, Scion-DTU a/s and aCROnordic A/S. Jes Østergaard was born on 5 March 1948.

Born  15 March 1955
Member, Audit Committe

Egil Bodd, MD & PhD, was elected to the Supervisory Board of the company in 2008. He is chairman of the company’s Scientific Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. In 2006, he founded and is presently managing partner of Lindsay Goldberg Nordic, an associated company of Lindsay Goldberg LLC. During 2004 – 2006, Egil Bodd was the CEO of Pronova Biocare – a successful acquisition from Norsk Hydro. In the period 1992 – 2003 he worked for Merck & Co., Inc. as managing director and later Vice President, Europe Middle East & Africa. From 1986 – 1992, he was a president with Medinnova. Over the years, he has held a number of directorships with public limited companies, including Norwegian investment company Norsk Vekst ASA and the Danish biotech company Medicult. He is the board chairman of Lindsay Goldberg Nordic AS, Mininaste AS, Scandza Holdings, Synnøve Finden AS and Sørlandchips AS. Egil Bodd was born on 15 March 1955.

Born 4 April 1966
Employee representative

Jørn Mayntzhusen has been with Lundbeck since 2002 as Department Head for Customer Centre Supply being responsible for global forecasting, warehousing and shipping at Lundbeck.

Originally educated as a banker in 1988 he has obtained a BSc in Logistics (HD(L)) at Copenhagen Business School in 1995 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Edinburgh Business School in 2002.

Jørn Mayntzhusen started working with Handelsbanken 1986-1990 followed by 2 years at Thule Air Base with Greenland Contractors 1990-1992. In 1992 he started studying for his BSc and was employed as Logistic Assistant with Braun Nordic 1993-1997.  For the next 2 years Jørn Mayntzhusen worked as Business Management Advisor with Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke in Zimbabwe. Prior to working for Lundbeck Jørn  was Nordic Logistic Manager with Moulinex Krups 1999-2002.

Born 17 april 1959
Employee representative

Kim Rosenville Christensen is a Synthesis Operator and has been with Lundbeck since 1993. Prior to joining Lundbeck Kim Rosenville Christensen served in the Danish Armed Forces from 1976 to 1993. He has obtained a degree as a plant operator. Kim Rosenville Christensen has acted as shop steward for the employees at the F1 plant in Lumsås since 1999 and senior shop steward covering the Danish Trades Union Congress area since 2004.