Kurt Anker Nielsen 

Kurt Anker Nielsen is a Danish citizen and he lives in Denmark.

Has held management positions in Novo A/S and Novo Nordisk A/S, including the positions of CFO and managing director. Deputy chair of the board of Novozymes A/S and a member of the boards of Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Fonden, ZymoGenetics Inc, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Life Cycle Pharma A/S.

Mr Nielsen is the chair of the boards of Reliance A/S and Collstrups Mindelegat.

Member of the board of Norsk Hydro ASA from 2004 to 2007, became a member of the board of StatoilHydro from 1 October 2007.

Mr Nielsen has no loans in the company. He is chair of the board’s audit committee.