Board

Photo by DIPD/ Thorkild Jensen

The Board is the supreme decision-making body of DIPD. Of the 15 members, 9 are appointed by the Danish Parliament, 2 by The Danish Youth Council, and finally the Minister for Development Cooperation, Rektorkollegiet, NGO FORUM and the Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights appointed one member each. Amongst its members, the board selects a chairman. The members are appointed for a four-year period with the possibility of re-election.

Scheduled Meetings in the DIPD Board 2013

1 March 2013
30 May 2013
6 September 2013
31 October 2013
6 December 2013

Board members

Henrik Bach Mortensen
Chairman of the Board
Appointed by the Liberal Party (Venstre)

Jeppe Kofod
First Deputy Chairman
Appointed by the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)

Karsten Lauritzen
Second Deputy Chairman
Appointed by the Liberal Party (Venstre) 

Aia Rebecca Fog
Board Member
Appointed by the Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti)

Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen
Board Member
Appointed by the Conservative People’s Party (Konservative)

Dennis Nørmark
Board Member
Appointed by Liberal Alliance

Jane Alrø Sørensen
Board Member
Appointed by the Socialist People’s Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)

Henning Nielsen
Board Member
Appointed by the Social-Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)

Christian Juhl
Board Member
Appointed by the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)

Anne Paulin
Board Member
Appointed by The Danish Youth Council

Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Board Member
Appointed by The Danish Youth Council

Vidar Helgesen
Board Member
Appointed by the Minister for Development Cooperation

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard
Board Member
Appointed by Rektorkollegiet

Elsebeth Krogh
Board Member
Appointed by NGO FORUM

Lisbet Ilkjær
Board Member
Appointed by the Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights