Board members

The directors elected by the general meeting have extensive business expertise, political experience and experience from the civil service and institutions of higher education.

In accordance with Danish law, no members of the Danske Bank Group's Executive Board sit on its Board of Directors.

The Board meets approximately twelve times a year according to a schedule that is set for each calendar year. Once or twice a year, the Board has longer meetings to discuss Group strategy.

The Board of Directors consists of fifteen members of which five are employee representatives.

Last updated/revised on January 31, 2008

Member	Company and industry***	Committee
General Manager Alf Duch-Pedersen*	Group 4 Securicor, security services	Member of all committees
Ship owner and partner Eivind Kolding**	A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S, shipping	Audit, salary & bonus and nomination
General Manager Mats Jansson	SAS Group	-
Partner Henning Christophersen	Kreab Brussels, communications	Credit
Director Peter Højland	-	Credit
Professor of Economics Niels Chr. Nielsen	Copenhagen Business School	Credit
Chief Executive Officer Sten Scheibye	Coloplast A/S, pharmaceuticals and biotech	Audit
Professor of Organization Majken Schultz	Copenhagen Business School	Nomination
Professor of Economics Claus Vastrup	University of Aarhus	Audit
Chief Financial Officer Birgit Aagaard-Svendsen	J. Lauritzen A/S, transport and logistics	Credit
Bank Clerk Helle Brøndum	Employee representative	-
Senior Customer Advisor Charlotte Hoffmann	Employee representative	-
Danske Kreds Chairman Per Alling Toubro	Employee representative	-
Assistant Vice President Verner Usbeck	Employee representative	-
Danske Kreds Vice Chairman Solveig Ørteby	Employee representative	-

* Chairman.
** Vice Chairman.
*** Alf Duch-Pedersen is Chairman of the board of directors of Group 4 Securicor.

See the different committees here
Committees

Independence
Danske Bank classifies the members of its Board of Directors as either dependent or independent according to the Recommendations for corporate governance developed by the Copenhagen Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance. All members elected at the general meeting are viewed as being independent.