Steen Riisgaard
Department
Board of Directors
Position
Vice Chair
Member of the Board since 2013 and Vice Chair since June 2018.
Steen Riisgaard was born in 1951 and is a Danish national. He received an MSc in Microbiology from the University of Copenhagen. He began his career as a Research Fellow at Statens Serum Institute (SSI) and a Research Microbiologist at Foss Electric, Denmark.
Steen Riisgaard has over 35 years of experience in industrial biotechnology. He joined the Novozymes A/S (then Novo Nordisk A/S, Enzymes Division) Research & Development team in 1979. In 1982, he moved to Tokyo to start up a new Enzymes Research & Development unit in the Novo Nordisk subsidiary, Novo Industry Japan Ltd. He returned to Denmark in 1985 and held a number of different positions in the company until 1989 when he was promoted to Corporate Executive Vice President of the Enzymes Business. In 2000, Steen Riisgaard became the President and CEO of Novozymes A/S, from the demerger from Novo Nordisk A/S, and served in that position until April 2013.
Other Board Positions and Management Duties:
Chair of the Board, New Xellia Group A/S, Denmark
Chair of the Board, Lactobio A/S, Denmark
Vice Chair of the Board, Villum Foundation, Denmark
Board Member, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark
Board Member, Corbion N.V., the Netherlands