Steen Risgaard
Chairman of the Board
Pharmaceuticals
Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApS
Denmark
Biography
Steen is the former President and CEO of Denmark-based biotech company Novozymes A/S. He has also held senior level positions at Novo Nordisk A/S and Novo Industri A/S. Other Board positions: Chairman of the Boards of COWI Holding A/S, ALK-Abelló A/S, Egmont International Holding A/S and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Denmark. Vice Chairman of the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Villum Foundation. Member of the Boards of Novo Holdings A/S, Corbion and the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has completed his MSc in Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Research Interest
Pharmaceuticals
