André Rogaczewski is CEO of Netcompany which he co-founded in 2000. Today, 19 years later, he leads one of the most  successful IT companies in the Nordic region, with more than 2000 employees across 10 offices in 6 countries.

André is a strong advocate of digitalisation and holds several influential positions including Chair of DI Digital, member of the Danish Disruption Council and Chair of the Technology Pact Council where he is promoting the digital agenda for society’s growth and welfare.

André is passionate about Denmark's digital development and has the clear goal of showing how digital transformation can create strong, sustainable societies, successful businesses and better quality of life for all of us. André graduated from Aalborg University with an MSc in Computer Science. André was born in Poland and grew up in Aalborg East.

Education: MSc in Computer Science, Aalborg University
Managing director and partner, Netcompany
Born in Poland, grew up in Aalborg East

2019: Board member, Social Investment Fund, Ministry of Finance
2018: Chair of the Technology Pact Council
2018: Chair of the Board of Representatives, Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
2018: Nominated for the Leader of the Year
2017: Member of the Danish Disruption Council
2017: Nominated for Dane of the Year
2014: Managing Director, Netcompany
2000-2013 Co-founder and partner, Netcompany
1993-2000 Manager, Accenture (previously Andersen Consulting 1993-2000)

See excerpt in Danish from Krak’s Who’s Who.

André Rogaczewski has been appointed Chair of the Board until 30 June 2026.

Christine Antorini (born 1965) is Director of the LIFE Foundation that offers realistic and inquiry-based STEM education activities to children and young people throughout Denmark. Previously, she was a member of the Danish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party for a number of years, including four years as Minister of Children and Education (2011-15) and Chair of the Danish Parliament's Higher Education and Research Committee (2015-18).

She holds an MA in Communication (Public Administration) and has worked as a host on DR2, Deadline and as Head of Secretariat for Consumer Information. 

She also sits on the Board of Directors of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and the Advisory Board for Videnskab.dk.

Christine Antorini is appointed as a member of the board from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2026 and deputy chair 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2025. 

Lars Raadkjær Enevoldsen (born 1969) is Group Vice President for Digital Products and Services at Grundfos and holds a degree in Engineering from Aarhus Teknikum and a graduate diploma in International Business from Aarhus Business School. He also completed a continuing education in Master Technology Enterprise at IMD in Switzerland, as well as continuing education at Stanford in the USA.

Lars R. Enevoldsen was Director of Technology and Innovation at Grundfos from 2011 to 2018, and has gained substantial experience in the evaluation of new technologies and their business impact. During the same period, Lars worked intensively on Grundfos' university partnerships both nationally and internationally.

Lars has acquired extensive knowledge of the Danish research system through chairmanship of the Manufacturing Academy of Denmark, MADE, from 2013 to 2016, as well as several years of service on the Confederation of Danish Industry Committee for Research and Education. Lars has also experience as a board member from several high-tech start-ups and established companies.

Lars was born and raised in Thy and maintains strong ties to North Jutland.

Lars Enevoldsen Raadkjær is appointed as member of the board from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2022, and deputy chair 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021. Lars has been reappointed as deputy chair in the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2023.

Anne Jastrup Okkels (born 1964) is CEO of Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, holds a law degree, and for more than 20 years has held positions at the management level in large public organizations and companies, as well as in the foundation sector. Anne has also been Deputy Director of Social Services in Aalborg Municipality, Corporate Director in the Central Denmark Region, Deputy Director of TrygFonden and for the past 6 years Hospital CEO. Anne is a graduate of the Senior Executive Programme at London Business School.

Anne has many years of practical upper management experience in large and complex operational and knowledge institutions where research, technology-driven innovation and pre- and postgraduate education are closely integrated into the company. In addition, she also has knowledge of decision making and grant processes in foundations. Through her positions, Anne has collaborated with academia for many years.

For the past 15 years, Anne has been appointed to a number of national commissions, councils and committees primarily in the health sector and the specialized social services area, as well as having experience serving on boards and advisory boards in non-commercial organisations.

Anne has lived in Northern Jutland for almost 20 years and maintains very close ties to the region, including through active use of her holiday home.

Anne Jastrup Okkels was appointed as a member of the University Board from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2026.

Henrik holds a dregree in history from the University of Copenhagen and has dealt with university affairs for many years. First as a teacher and researcher, then as dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Odense University.

He has subsequently been rector of the University of Southern Denmark, chairman of the National Research Foundation and deputy chairman of the Research Academy. He has worked with SU and with student exchange in the EU. Henrik has extensive experience with university construction. He himself has studied in Germany, England and Italy and has visited universities all over the world. He has been involved in the Danish cultural institutes in Rome, Athens and Damascus.

His most recent full-time jobs have been two directorships: for the Parliamentary Administration and the A.P. Møller Funds. Now he works i.a. as chairman of the board of the Design Museum, Naturkraft and Holstebro Cultural History Museums.

Henrik Tvarnø is appointed as a member of the board from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2024.

Claus Kim Holstein (born 1959) was born in Aalborg and raised in North Jutland and has been CEO of the Port of Aalborg A/S Group since 2007.

Claus works to develop the port of Aalborg to be an intelligent physical and knowledge infrastructure that can facilitate sustainable business development with high-tech production companies with a focus on testing and 0-series production and sustainable logistics, based on transport by ship, train and truck.

Education: MSc in Organization and Strategy.

Claus' special interest is the relationship between the University and the surrounding (local) community and with special focus on the efforts to convert knowledge into good workplaces.

Current external board positions:

• Chairman Springeren Maritimt Oplevelsescenter, Aalborg
• Chairman of the TallShip Foundation Aalborg
• Deputy Chairman Aalborg Ice Hockey Club A/S, Aalborg
• Member of the trade association Danish Harbors, Copenhagen
• Member AMU North Jutland, Aalborg

Previous external board positions:

• Vice President Air Greenland, Nuuk
• Chairman Blip Systems A/S, Aalborg
• Chairman of Epoka IT A/S, Aalborg
• Chairman Kangamiut Holding A/S, Dronninglund

Claus Kim Holstein is appointed as a member of the board from 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2024.

Antje Gimmler (born 1961) has since 2012 been employed as a professor of Applied Philosophy at the Department of Culture and Learning, AAU. Previously (2002-2012) she was employed as an associate professor of social theory at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, AAU. She holds a degree in philosophy (PhD) with the minor subjects history, literature and sociology from the universities of Freiburg, FU Berlin and Bamberg and came to AAU after a lecturer at the University of Marburg.

She has been a member of various department councils (University of Marburg, Department of Sociology and Social Work, AAU and Culture and Learning, AAU) and a member of the Faculty Council of Social Sciences, AAU. In addition, she was the program manager for the Ph.D. the program "Learning and Philosophy" at the Department of Culture and Learning. She has experience as a member of international expert groups for the evaluation of interdisciplinary institutes and research initiatives.

She has many years of experience in interdisciplinary collaboration with other disciplines (including medical science and engineering), a topic which she now also takes up as a research topic. Interdisciplinarity is often seen as a necessity for solving the so-called ‘wicked problems’, but there is not much research on when interdisciplinarity actually benefits research, and how to actually achieve success in collaborations. This also includes that collaboration with the surrounding community, with organizations, public institutions or private companies must be considered in the new interdisciplinary setup. She sees combining the classic epistemic quality criteria with the new demands for application orientation as a task for Applied Philosophy.

Antje Gimmler's field of research is social philosophy and various forms of applied philosophy. Topics she has worked on include democracy and the digital public, the concept of health, the role of technology in society, recognition and world citizenship in modern society. In recent years, she has focused on new forms of knowledge in the context of the new roles that science plays in modern society. The kind of applied theory of science she works with is inspired by philosophical pragmatism, neopragmatism and critical theory.

In terms of teaching, Antje Gimmler is associated with the education in Applied Philosophy, where she teaches at bachelor's and master's level. In addition, she teaches in the education Techno-Anthropology, sociology and in civil engineering educations. She has supervised 12 Ph.D. students and has long experience as a Ph.D. assessor.

Antje Gimmler is selected as a member of the board from 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2024.

Kjeld Nielsen (born 1958) has been employed at Aalborg University since 2009, and has a degree in civil engineering in Business Systems (1986), and obtained his PhD in Mass Customization (2013) at the Department of Materials and Production, both from Aalborg University.

Kjeld was a co-founder of the company LASAT Communications, a technology company in the field of data communication. Following the divestment of the company in 1998, Kjeld has partly been director of Pantec (1998-2003) and partly interim manager of PGA Denmark (2006-2008). Since the early 90s also board member of private companies.

Kjeld is the coordinator of the Mass Customization research group, of which he has been co-author, where the main focus in the research is currently on reconfigurable production equipment for handling variance and volume funded by the Danish Industry Foundation. The research group is also involved in the Manufacturing Academy of Denmark (MADE), also involved in international projects as well as a few ERASMUS + projects. Kjeld is a teacher and project supervisor at all levels of the study programs Global Business Systems, Management Engineering and Production. He passes on his interests in entrepreneurship, innovation and start-up to students through teaching and project guidance at Entrepreneural Engineering.

Kjeld has been involved in the governing bodies throughout his employment and has recently, in addition to involvement at departmental level through the collaboration committee, also been a member of the academic council at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, which he continues during this period.

Kjeld Nielsen is selected as a member of the board from 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2024.

Lene Horn (born 1978) has been employed at Aalborg University since 2006 and earned her MA in Culture, Communication and Globalization in 2006 at Aalborg University. Lene has been employed in various places at the university, first at the course and project unit ELITE anchored in the Department of Electronic Systems; the unit later changed its name to Aalborg CPD and was anchored in the Department of Planning. In 2009 Lene came to AAU Innovation where she was at AAU Match until 2019 when she became a fundraiser in the Department of Computer Science.

Through her various positions at AAU, Lene has experience with many activities and areas. Lene’s work has included offering courses and tailored continuing education for engineers; advising and establishing collaboration between degree programmes, researchers and the business community; acquiring external funding for administrative projects; facilitating workshops; handling strategic business collaborations; operating interdisciplinary research networks; starting up energy cluster initiatives, etc.

Today, Lene deals with external research funding with a focus on the pre-award phase in the computer science area.

For more than 10 years, Lene has been active in AAU's union representative staff as an alternate representative for the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs. In addition, Lene is a technical and administrative staff observer on the Academic Council at TECH and a member of her department's Consultation and OHS Committee.

Lene was elected as a member of the University Board for the period 1 June 2022 to 31 January 2024 in a special election.

Daniel Sejr Vitagliano (born 1996) studies Cyber and Computer Technology at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. Before his time at the university, he worked two years as an IT administrator. Since starting at Aalborg University, Daniel has been active in revitalizing the study environment on the Copenhagen campus.

Since his first semester, he has been a member of the study board and the department council at the Department of Electronic Systems, representing the students. Daniel started AMPED, which aims to create a better study environment across all study programmes at Aalborg University in Copenhagen.

Daniel is dedicated to the notion of using the strength and skills of the students for projects that can help develop the university. He also focuses on listening more to the individual student through the many organisations throughout AAU and on all three campuses.

Daniel is the first student representative on the University Board who is studying at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. Since 2022, he has represented the students actively in several central bodies, including the Study Environment Council and the Council for Quality Assurance and Development.

Daniel was elected as a member of the University Board to serve from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2025.

Marie Elisabet Strøyberg (born 1998) studies medicine at Aalborg University. Since the beginning of her studies, Marie has been very involved in volunteer activities with a great commitment to student politics.

She has been active in local student associations, including serving as chair of the faculty council at the Faculty of Medicine. Marie has worked on students' well-being locally in the Student Society Student Forum and nationally through the DSF Welfare and Social Affairs Committee.

Marie has served on the Academic Council of the Faculty of Medicine from 2020 to 2022. She was elected to sit on the university’s Study Environment Council and served on the Aalborg University Appointments Committee. Marie has also represented the students in the Council for Quality Assurance and Development since the end of 2020.

For her work in student politics, Marie’s emphasis has been on keeping the students' words in focus. She also brings this emphasis to her board work where she will bring attention to issues such as the mental well-being of the students. Marie also hopes to help create a university with greater transparency for her fellow students.

Marie was elected as a member of the Board to serve from 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2024.