Description of the candidates proposed by the Supervisory Board
Povl-Krogsgaard-Larsen. Professor, D.Pharm. Born 1941.
Member of the Supervisory Board since 1993 and re-elected
in 2009. Chairman of the Executive Board of the Carlsberg
Foundation. Member of the Supervisory Boards of Auriga
A/S and Bioneer A/S. Povl-Krogsgaard-Larsen is affiliated
to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University
of Copenhagen. With his background as a researcher and
educator, he has particular expertise in the analysis of issues
within the pharmaceutical sector and the presentation of plans
and results. As former rector of what was then the Royal
Danish School of Pharmacy, he also has experience of the
management of large knowledge-based organisations such
as PharmaBiotec, NeuroScience PharmaBiotec and the Drug
Research Academy. He also has experience from directorships
at other international companies.
Richard Burrows. Born 1946. Member of the Supervisory Board
since 2009. Richard Burrows has spent most of his career in the
drinks business. He was joint CEO of Pernod Ricard from 2000-
2005. He is chairman of British American Tobacco (from 2009)
and is a non-executive director of Rentokil Initial plc. Richard
Burrows is a member of the European Advisory Council of IMF.
Richard Burrows has extensive experience of the branded consumer
goods sector and wide international business experience
gained through his career with Irish Distillers Group plc and
more recently, Pernod Ricard.
Cornelis (Kees) Job van der Graaf. Born 1950. Member of the
Supervisory Board since 2009. Until May 2008, Kees van der
Graaf held the position as President Europe on the Board of
Unilever. Kees van der Graaf is a member of the Supervisory
Boards of the Dutch automobile club ANWB, Ben & Jerry’s,
3M Holdings Benelux and Mylaps. Kees van der Graaf joined
IMD, the Lausanne-based Business School, in Switzerland as
an Executive-in-Residence in the autumn of 2008 and as of
2011 as the co-director of the IMD Global Center: Competing in
a connected future. Kees van der Graaf has acquired extensive
international management experience through his many years
in management positions in Unilever.
Niels Kærgård. Professor, D.Econ. Born 1942. Member since
2003 and re-elected in 2009. Member of the Executive Board
of the Carlsberg Foundation and Chairman of the Supervisory
Boards of property companies affiliated to the Carlsberg
Foundation. Niels Kærgård has particular expertise in economics
and international affairs, and headed the Chairmanship
of the Danish Economic Council from 1995-2001. With his
background as a researcher and educator, he has particular
expertise in the analysis of economic and organisational issues
and the presentation of plans and results.
The Supervisory Board proposes that Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen,
Cornelis Job van der Graaf, Richard Burrows, and Niels Kærgård
be re-elected. In its recommendation of the above candidates,
the Supervisory Board has emphasised the importance of each
candidate’s specific competencies and experience regarded
as important to the Supervisory Board when also considering
Carlsberg’s ownership structure.