Board of Governors
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DTU’s Board of Governors is the highest authority for the University’s activities.
The Board of Governors approves the University’s strategy as well as budget and action plans; enters into Development Contracts with the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation; appoints the President, and makes decisions on new building projects, etc.
The Board of Governors meets at least four times a year and comprises ten members: six external members, two students, and two staff representatives.
The President provides secretariat services to the Board of Governors.
The images of the board can be used freely for journalistic purposes - find the press images in high resolution here.
Members of DTU's Board of Governors as of January 2025
Chair of the Board
Margrethe Vestager
Prev. European Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice President of the European Commission. World Leaders Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
- E-mail: bestyrelsesleder@dtu.dk
Other members of the board of directors
Ulrik Juul Christensen
Chairman and CEO, Area9 Lyceum.
Henrik Clausen
Professional board member.
Marianne Dahl
Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group and professional board member.
Nina Kjærgaard Hendel
Senior Executive Officer. Elected by and from among the technical-administrative staff at DTU.
Asmus Jarl Møller Christensen
Elected by and among students.
Annekatrine Kirketerp-Møller
Elected by and among students.
Kasper Moth-Poulsen
ICREA professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and professor at Chalmers University of Technology.
Charlotte Rønhof
Chairman of the Board of Bornholms Erhvervsfond etc.
Ole Sigmund
Professor, Villum Investigator. Elected by and from among the academic staff at DTU.
Secretary
Tobias Eskildsen Senior Executive Policy Officer