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Governor by Royal Appointment, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Danmarks Nationalbank, 2005-
Governor for Denmark to the International Monetary Fund, 2005-
Age
Born 4 January 1943
Family
Married to Ulla Bernstein (Agenfeld) on 11 July, 1964
Theoretical background
Electronical Engineer 1963
Master of Science (Economics), University of Copenhagen 1970
Previous positions
- Secretary, Ministry of Finance 1970-75
- First Secretary, Financial affairs, Royal Danish Embassy, Washington 1975-77
- Private Secretary to the Minister of Finance 1978-79
- Head of Department, Department of the Budget, Ministry of Finance 1980-83
- Permanent Secretary, Department of Management, Ministry of Finance 1984-86
- Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture 1986-94
- Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1994-96
- Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister's Office 1996-2005
- Secretary of The Queen in Council 1996-2005
Board memberships
- Landbrugslotteriet (Lottery for the encouragement of agriculture) 1988-2005
- GiroBank A/S 1995-96
- Chairman of the Board of Kongeriget Danmarks Fiskeribank (Danish Fisheries' Bank) 1995-96
- Chairman of the Board of Dansk-Færøsk Kulturfond (the Danish-Faroese Cultural Foundation) and of Dansk-Grønlandsk Kulturfond (the Danish-Greenlandic Cultural Foundation) 1996-2005
- Den Kgl. Grønlandsfond (The Royal Greenland Foundation) 1996-2005
- The North Atlantic House Foundation 2002-2005
- Dansk Ekspeditionsfond (Danish Expedition Foundation) 2004-2005
- General Council of the European Central Bank 2005-
- Chairman of Danmarks Nationalbank's Anniversary Foundation 2006-
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