Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is in charge of the overall management of their company and elects the chair and vice-chair. Arla’s Board of Directors consists of 14 Arla farmer owners, that are elected at regional and national electoral meetings by the members of the Board of Representatives, three employee representatives as well as two additional board members appointed from outside the Arla organization.

Jan Toft Nørgaard (1960)
Chair

Jan Toft Nørgaard (1960)

BoD member since: 1998

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chair of the Board of Directors and the Nomination Committee. Member of the Remuneration Committee

External positions: Member of the Governing Board of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council (2009)

Country: Denmark

Mail: jan.toft.norgaard@arlafoods.com

Inger-Lise Sjöström (1973)
vice-chair

Inger-Lise Sjöström (1973)

BoD member since: 2017

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Vice-chair of the Board of Directors. Area Chair for Sweden, Chair of the Joint Area Council and the Member Relations Group. Member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee

External positions: Chair of the Board of Directors of the Swedish Dairy Association (2022) and Board Member of Tillväxtbolaget (2022)

Country: Sweden

Mail: ingerlise.sjoestroem@arlafoods.com

Arthur Fearnall (1963)
Board member

Arthur Fearnall (1963)

BoD member since: 2018

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Area Chair for the UK, Member of the Joint Area Council and the Member Relations Group. Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Member of the Nomination Committee and the Global Appeals Committee

Country: United Kingdom

Mail: arthur.fearnall@arlafoods.com

Bjørn Jepsen (1963)
Board member

Bjørn Jepsen (1963)

BoD member since: 2011

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chair of the Organic Committee Denmark and the Global Organic Committee

External positions: Vice Chair of Skjern Bank (2012) and the Danish Dairy Board (2019), Member of the cattle section of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council (2009), and the Board of Directors of the Danish Milk Levy Fund (2019)

Country: Denmark

Mail: bjoern.jepsen@arlafoods.com

Daniel Halmsjö (1982)
Board Member

Daniel Halmsjö (1982)

BoD member since: 2022

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chair of the Organic Committee Sweden and Member of the Global Organic Committee. Member of the Global Appeals Committee

Country: Sweden

Mail: dahal1@arlafoods.com

George Holmes (1965)
Board member

George Holmes (1965)

BoD member since: 2024

Internal positions: Chair of the Organic Committee UK and Member of the Global Organic Committee

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Country: United Kingdom

E-mail: gerho@arlafoods.com

Gustav Kämpe (1977)
Board member

Gustav Kämpe (1977)

BoD member since: 2021

Occupation: Dairy farmer            

Internal positions: Member of the Farmer Sustainability Working Group

External positions: Member of the Board of the Swedish Dairy Association and Copa Cogeca Working Group for Dairy Products (2021). Dairy Ambassador for the UN High-Level Political Forum (2024)

Country: Sweden

Mail: gukam@arlafoods.com

Jørn Kjær Madsen (1967)
Board member

Jørn Kjær Madsen (1967)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal position: Member of the Nomination Committee

External positions: Vice Chair of the Board of 
Directors of GLS-A (2018)

Country: Denmark

Mail: joern.kjaer.madsen@arlafoods.com

Marcel Goffinet (1988)
Board member

Marcel Goffinet (1988)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Area Chair for Central Europe, Member of the Joint Area Council, and the Member Relations Group. Member of the Global Appeals Committee, Chair of the Organic Committee Central Europe and Member of the Global Organic Committee

External positions: Chair of the Board of Directors of Agra Ost Agriculture Research (2016), Member of the municipal government of St. Vith (2018) and the Bauernbund Farmer Association (2012)

Country: Belgium

Mail: marcel.goffinet@arlafoods.com

Marita Wolf (1959)
Board Member

Marita Wolf (1959)

BoD member since: 2021

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chair of the Global Training Committee. Member of the Nomination Committee

External positions: Member of the Board of Directors of the Swedish Dairy Association (2003), the Board of Directors of the Swedish Farmers Foundation for Agriculture (2022), and the Board Member of Cooperatives Sweden (2024)

Country: Sweden

Mail: mawol@arlafoods.com 

Markus Hübers (1975)
Board member

Markus Hübers (1975)

BoD member since: 2024

Internal positions: Member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Country: Germany

E-mail: mhube@arlafoods.com

René Lund Hansen (1967)
Board member

René Lund Hansen (1967)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Member of the Arlagården Preparatory Working Group

External positions: Member of the Governing Board and the Executive Committee of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council (2019)

Country: Denmark

Mail: rene.lund.hansen@arlafoods.com

Simon Simonsen (1970)
Board member

Simon Simonsen (1970)

BoD member since: 2017

Occupation: Dairy farmer, Valuation Consultant DLR Kredit A/S

Internal positions: Member of the Remuneration Committee

External positions: Dairy Ambassador for the UN High-Level Political Forum 2017

Country: Denmark

Mail: simon.simonsen@arlafoods.com

Steen Nørgaard Madsen (1956)
Board member

Steen Nørgaard Madsen (1956)

BoD member since: 2005

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Area Chair for Denmark, Member of the Joint Area Council, and the Member Relations Group. Chair of the Sustainability Working Group and the Global Appeals Committee

External positions: Chair of the Danish Dairy Board (2012), Vice Chair of the Governing Board and the Executive Committee of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council (2014), Chair of the Agro Food Park Steering Committee (2016), and the Danish Milk Levy Fund (2012)

Country: Denmark

Mail: steen.norgaard.madsen@arlafoods.com

Anders Olsson (1966)
Employee representative

Anders Olsson (1966)

BoD member since: 2022

Occupation: Technical Coordinator at Götene Dairy in Sweden

External positions: Member of the Swedish workers’ union

Country: Sweden

Mail: aranol1@arlafoods.com

Holger Steen Lund (1964)
Board member

Holger Steen Lund (1964)

BoD member since: 2024

Occupation: Production Operator at Esbjerg Dairy in Denmark

External position: Shop Steward of the Danish Trade Union NNF

Country: Denmark

E-mail: holun@arlafoods.com

Paul Cullen (1962)
Board member

Paul Cullen (1962)

BoD member since: 2024

Occupation: Bulk farm driver at Aylesbury in the UK

External position: Shop Steward of Usdaw

Country: United Kingdom

E-mail: pacul@arlafoods.com

Florence Rollet (1966)
BOARD MEMBER

Florence Rollet (1966)

BoD member since: 2019 as advisor and full membership since 2022

Occupation: Head of the MSc in Luxury Marketing and Management, EMLyon, France

Country: France

Mail: florence.rollet@arlafoods.com

Nana Bule (1978)
BOARD MEMBER

Nana Bule (1978)

BoD member since: 2019 as advisor and full membership since 2022

External positions: Chair of the Board of Directors of the Danish Center for AI Innovation (2024), Chair of the Board of Directors of Carbfix (2023), Member of the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation (2023), and Chair of the Danish Government Digital Council (2022)

Country: Denmark

Mail: nana.bule@arlafoods.com

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