• Leading in a fundamentally changing world
    Leading in a fundamentally changing world
  • A new role for corporate boards
    A new role for corporate boards
  • Lise Kingo featured in GreenBiz: It’s time to rethink human rights in the boardroom
    Lise Kingo featured in GreenBiz: It’s time to rethink human rights in the boardroom

Lise Kingo

Fortune 500 Independent Board Director and public speaker

Lise Kingo is an Independent Board Director at Danone and Sanofi that are both Fortune 500 Companies, as well as Covestro which is a German DAX40 company.

Furthermore she is a member of the Humanitarian and Development Advisory Board at the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and a Board Member of the Board Leadership Society of Denmark as well as the Nordic Boards Impact Forum.

She is a former CEO of the United Nations Global Compact and a former Executive Vice President of Novo Nordisk A/S.

 

Highlights

Biography

Biography

Op-eds

Op-eds

Speeches

Speeches

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      Current Positions

      • 2022

        Independent Board Director, Danone SA, France

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      • 2021

        Independent Board Director, Covestro AG, Germany

        Independent Board Director, Covestro AG, Germany

      • 2020

        Independent Board Director, Sanofi SA, France

        Independent Board Director, Sanofi S.A., France  

      • 2020

        Advisory Board Member, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Advisory Panel for Humanitarian & Development Aid, Denmark

        Advisory Board Member, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Advisory Panel for Humanitarian…

        Previous Positions

        • 2015

          CEO & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, United States

          CEO & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, United States

        • 2002

          Executive Vice President, Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark

          Executive Vice President, Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark

        • 1988

          Director of Environmental Affairs, Novo Industry A/S, Denmark

          Director of Environmental Affairs, Novo Industry A/S, Denmark

        Honours And awards