Advisory Board
The Advisory Board advises the Dean and the faculty management on issues such as:
- The strategy of Aarhus BSS
- Our role in society as a leading international business school
- Future employability of our graduates
- Strategic models for collaborating with society – both locally and globally
Members of the Advisory Board for Aarhus BSS are:
Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet
Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet
Professor, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo, Norway
Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet is Director of the Masters Program in Public International Law at the University of Oslo. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has a combined J.D./M.A, degree from The George Washington University Law School and Elliot School of International Affairs, and a doctorate degree in law from University of Oslo. Her primary research areas cover transnational and cross-disciplinary issues within international law linked to the vulnerability of humanity including among others International Public Law, Human Rights, Refugee Law and Counter Terrorism.
Flemming Lindeløv
Flemming Lindeløv
Chairman, H. Lundbeck A/S, Illums Bolighus, and Professional Board Member
Flemming Lindeløv holds a Master of Chemistry and PhD from the Technical University of Denmark. Lindeløv currently works as an active Chairman of H. Lundbeck A/S, Illums Bolighus, WEEE-Systemet and INTEGRAL A/S. He is also board member at Royal Copenhagen A/S, PARKEN Sport and Entertainment A/S and DDD A/S. With more than 30 years of experience, Flemming Lindeløv has been the President and CEO of the Carlsberg Group as well as the CEO of TULIP, COOP and Royal Scandinavia. He is board member of several national and international company boards and has taken active part as executive board member in Aarhus Symposium.
Ulrik Federspiel
Ulrik Federspiel
Special Advisor, former Vice President for Global Affairs, Haldor Topsøe, Denmark.
Ulrik Federspiel is Senior Advisor and former Vice President for Global Affairs in the Danish energy and environment company Haldor Topsøe A/S.
Mr Federspiel received his master’s degree in political science from Aarhus University and another master’s degree in international relations from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. In 1991, he was appointed Permanent State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Denmark and, in 1993, the Danish Prime Minister appointed him his Chief of Staff which included serving as Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen in the Council of Ministers.
In 1993-97, he was a member of the Board of the University of Copenhagen and is currently member of the Advisory Board of the President of the University of Copenhagen.
In 1997, Mr Federspiel became Ambassador to Ireland and in 2000 Ambassador to the United States of America. Since 2001, he has been an Honorary Trustee of the Crown Prince Frederik Fund at Harvard University. In 2005-09, he again served in the Danish Government as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
In 2011, he was appointed honorary alumni of Aarhus BSS.
In addition to the abovementioned, he has written several articles and a book on EU integration.
Professor Harry Garretsen
Professor Harry Garretsen
Harry Garretsen, professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Harry Garretsen is professor of International Economics and Business and former dean of Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Groningen. His main research areas include geografical economics, incorporating insights from international, regional and urban economics. Moreover, Professor Garretsen is senior visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge and CESifo Research Fellow at the University of Münich, and member of a number of editorial and advisory boards.
Jens Lundsgaard
Jens Lundsgaard
Deputy Director, OECD Directorate for Science Technology and Innovation
Since 2022, Jens Lundsgaard has been Deputy Director at the OECD with responsibility for productivity analyses, digitalisation, research policy, innovation and technology development – not least in relation to the transition to climate neutrality. From 2011 to 2017, he was a director in the Ministry of Business and Growth, and from 2018 to 2022 a board member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and a writer in Danish and foreign media.
Jens Lundsgaard has an MSc in economics and management from Aarhus University. He participates in the Advisory Board in his personal capacity.
Professor John Kraft
Professor John Kraft
Dean, Professor, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, USA.
Professor John Kraft is dean at the Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. Throughout his long academic career, he has held positions at several federal agencies including the Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Price Commission and National Science Foundation.
Prior to his position as dean at the Warrington College of Business Administration, Kraft was dean at Arizona State University.
Jens Nordvig
Jens Nordvig
Founder and CEO, exante data, New York, USA and Co-Founder and CEO of MarketReader Inc, New York, USA, a new company utilising AI to understand global markets in real-time.
His previous employment include Head of Research at Nomura Securities in New York, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in London and New York, Bridgewater Associates, Westport and Idea Global London
Jens Nordvig holds an MSc in Economics and Management from Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University.
Louise Gade
Louise Gade
Executive Vice President, HR, Salling Group
Since 2019, Louise Gade has been the Executive Vice President for HR in Salling Group - the largest retailer in Denmark.
Before that, she held a position in Aarhus Municipality, first as Mayor from 2002-2006 and afterwards as alderman in The Department of Children and Young People. In the period from 2006-2015, Louise Gade was Deputy Director of HR at Aarhus University, before she took on a position at VIA University College, first as director of vocational training and member of the executive board until 2018, and then as prorector from 2018-2019.
Louise Gade holds an LLM from Aarhus University.
Bjarne Corydon
Bjarne Corydon
Bjarne Corydon is CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Børsen A/S, a Danish newspaper specializing in business news published in Denmark. Bjarne Corydon is former Minister of Finance in the SR-government with Helle Thorning Schmidt from 2011-2015, and has held several leading posts as chief of staff and political and economic advisory. From 2016 to 2018, Bjarne Corydon held the position of global director of The McKinsey Center for Government in the global management consulting company McKinsey & Co.
Marianne Kirkegaard
Marianne Kirkegaard
Marianne Kirkegaard, President and CEO at CSM - Bakery Solutions
Marianne leads CSM's overall business performance and operations while also guiding the company's long-term strategic direction.
Marianne joined CSM in 2011 and was named President and CEO in 2016 after several senior leadership positions including senior vice president, products and marketing, and senior vice president, markets and chief commercial officer. Prior to joining CSM, Marianne spent 20 years at Unilever and Carlsberg where she held various sales, product and general management roles of increasing seniority, including general manager of Unilever Ice Cream in Central and Eastern Europe, and commercial director of all Unilevers activities in Central and Eastern Europe. She holds an Executive M.B.A. from the Scandinavian International Management Institute and a Master's degree from the Aarhus School of Business. Board member of Salling Group and AAK, among others.