ICROFS' board members

The board of ICROFS until 2029 consists of 11 members, appointed by Denmark’s Minister for Green Transition. The chairperson is appointed without prior recommendation. The remaining 10 members are selected by prior recommendations from institutions and organizations in the organic sector.

Chairman of the Board

•    Jørn Jespersen, Owner of JJ Advice

Board members

Recommended by Organic Denmark

•    Lotte Ravn Lei, Owner of Hvidløg & Vin
•    Pelle Kruse Riber, Organic regenerative crop farmer and machinery importer

Recommended by The Danish Agriculture & Food Council

•    Lars Holdensen, Senior Consultant at the Danish Agriculture & Food Council
•    Johanne Schimming, Farmer and Board Member at Økologisektionen (the organic section of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council)

Recommended by The Association for Biodynamic Agriculture

•    Niels Rasmussen, Biodynamic cattle farmer, Haderslev

Recommended by The Innovation Centre for Organic Farming

•    Casper Laursen, Chief Consultant and Team Leader for Plants & Soil at The Innovation Centre for Organic Farming

Recommended by The Confederation of Danish Industry

•    Henriette Guldager, Senior Manager, Agriculture, Sustainability and Commercialization at Arla Foods

Recommended by Independent Research Fund Denmark

•    Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Professor at the Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University

Recommended by Aarhus University

•    Sanna Steenfeldt, Senior Researcher at the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University

Recommended by University of Copenhagen

•    Frederik van der Bom, Tenure Track, Assitsant Professor, University of Copenhagen

Representatives

•    Observer for the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (the GUDP-secretariat) - nomination in progress

•    Observer for the Ministry of Green Transition - nomination in progress