Jesper Brandgaard

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. Executive director and board member of JBR Counselling.

 

Career

Former EVP Biopharm & Legal Affairs, CFO & EVP Finance, Legal & IR and SVP Corporate Finance at Novo Nordisk. Former Chair of SimCorp and Vice Chair at Novonesis and Chr. Hansen Holding.

 

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, oversaw the listings of Novozymes (today Novonesis) and NNIT while at Novo Nordisk, and steered strategic governance initiatives as Chair of SimCorp.