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Advisory Board at Technical Sciences

The Faculty of Technical Sciences' Advisory Board advises the dean and the Dean's Office on strategy, visions and academic issues within the faculty's core areas (Research, collaboration, degree programmes and talent development)

Among other things, the Advisory Board is concerned with the quality of research, the faculty's range and development of degree programmes, and initiatives in relation to talent development and collaboration with external partners.


The members represent private enterprises and foreign universities. The members are appointed based on their personal experience and knowledge, and ability to perform as adviser to the Faculty. As such, the members or their employees are not held responsible for any advice given.

The board currently consists of the following members:

  • Anita Friis Sommer, Head of Sustainable Operations, LEGO Group
  • Bram de Vos, Managing Director, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research
  • Frank Fitzek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h .c., TU Dresden
  • Helen Sooväli-Sepping, Vice-Rector for Green Transition, Tallinn University of Technology
  • Johan Ölvander, Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Linköping University
  • Jukka Pertola, Chair, Siemens Gamesa, COWI A/S, Tryg
  • Klaus K. Nielsen, Director of Corporate External Affairs, DLF
  • Lisbeth Henricksen, Executive Director, SEGES Innovation
  • Per Falholt, Entrepreneur, former Chair of The Technical University of Denmark
  • Tina Hørbye Christensen, CEO, Rejsekort & Rejseplan A/S