Director General at Danish Meteorological Institute since 2013. Formerly Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Environment. Counsellor to the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior with regard to democracy issues. Graduated; Master of Political Science in 1984. Born in 1959. Married and have three children. Tasked as chair, vicechair and co-chair in several international - and European Meteorological cooperation, examples; ECOMET General Assembly Formerly member of the Commission on Public Leadership and Management. Chairman of Employer Panel for Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience. University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science.