Vice-Chairman
Lars became Chairman of Ferring’s Board of Directors in July 2021 and was appointed Vice-Chairman in July 2023 when Jean-Frédéric Paulsen assumed the role of Chairman. He is Chair of the Board of Novo Nordisk and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and a member of the Board of Jungbunzlauer Suisse AG. Lars has more than 35 years’ management experience in the pharmaceutical industry and drove financial and sustainability performance as President and CEO of Novo Nordisk A/S from 2000 to 2016, and Chair of Novo Holdings A/S from 2018 to 2025. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Copenhagen’s School of Life Sciences, and at the Center for Corporate Governance at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. He holds a Master’s degree in forestry from the Copenhagen Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University and a B.Sc. in international economics from Copenhagen Business School.
