Board of Directors
Henrik Gürtler, Member of the board
Henrik Gürtler has been president and CEO of Novo A/S, Denmark, since 2000. He was employed by Novo Industri A/S, Denmark, as an R&D chemist in the Enzymes Division in 1977.
After a number of years in various specialist and managerial positions within this area, Mr Gürtler was appointed corporate vice president of Human Resource Development in Novo Nordisk A/S in 1991, and in 1993 he was appointed corporate vice president of Health Care Production. From 1996 to 2000 he was a member of Corporate Management of Novo Nordisk A/S with special responsibility for Corporate Staffs.
Mr Gürtler is chairman of the boards of Novozymes A/S and Copenhagen Airports A/S, both Denmark. He is vice-chairman of the Board of COWI A/S, Denmark, and a member of the Board of Brødrene Hartmanns Fond, Denmark.
Mr Gürtler has an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark from 1976.
Mr Gürtler was elected to the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S in 2005 and re-elected in 2006 and 2007. His term as a board member expires in March 2008.
Mr Gürtler is a Danish national, born on 11 August 1953.
