Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is in charge of the overall management of their company and elects the chairman and vice-chairman.

Arla’s Board of Directors consists of 15 cooperative members, that are elected at regional and national electoral meetings among the members of the Board of Representatives, and 3 employee representatives.

Jan Toft Nørgaard, Chairman

Location: Skærbæk, Denmark

Phone: +45 20 21 71 53

E-mail: Jan.toft.norgaard@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2000Current positions within Arla: Vice-Chairman of Arla Foods amba, Chairman of Region Øerne-Syd, Danmark (Region Islands South, Denmark).

Other experience: Member of the Board of Mejeriforeningen (Danish Dairy Board), Landbrug & Fødevarer (Danish Agriculture and Food Council) and AgriNorcold.Former Chairman of Landboforeningen for Vestslesvig (West Silesia agricultural association), Danish Dairy Board and Mælkeafgiftsfonden, a foundation promoting development and competitiveness of Danish dairy farming. Former Vice-Chairman of Danish Agriculture and Food Council and Andelssmør a.m.b.a. (a farmer-owned butter dairy company).Former member of Promilleafgiftsfonden (a foundation promoting development and competitiveness of Danish agriculture and food production), the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, both the Cattle division and the council's principal Board. Member of the Board of MD Foods from 1998.

Education: Farm management qualification, organisation and agricultural leadership training from Danish organisations LOK and LRF.

Languages (understands): Danish, German, English and Swedish

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Helene Gunnarson, Vice Chairman

Location: Snickerns gård, Tvååker, Sweden

Phone +46 (0) 708 88 37 98

E-mail: helene.gunnarson@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2008

Current positions within Arla: Member of Arla Foods Board of Directors, national Chairman of Area Council and Organic Committee.

Other experience: Member of the Board at Svensk Mjölk and Varberg Sparbank AB (bank)

Education: Farm manager, leadership qualification, Danish Agriculture and Food Council's training for Board members

Languages (understands): Swedish, Danish, English and German

Viggo Ø. Bloch, Member

Location: Varde, Denmark

Phone: +45 20 32 45 70

E-mail: viggo.o.bloch@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2003

Current positions within Arla: Member of the Board of Arla Foods amba. Vice chairman of Region Midt Danmark (Central Denmark Region), Chairman of the Organic Committee in Denmark.

Other experience: Member of the Board of Videncenteret for Landbrug, Kvæg (Knowledge Centre for Agriculture – Cattle), Vice-Chairman of Danish Dairy Board, Member of the Board of The Danish Milk Levy Fund (Mælkeafgiftsfonden), Member of the board of The Danish Cattle Levy Fund (Kvægafgiftsfonden) and Member of Danish Crowns Cattle Forum. Chairman of regional agricultural association, former Member of the Board of the Danish agricultural association and Member of the Board of a heavy goods company.

Education: Farmer with financial qualification

Languages (understands): Danish, Swedish, German and English

Simon Simonsen, Member

Location: Skanderup, Denmark

Phone: +45 20 82 62 16

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: Mortgage assessor for DLR Kredit (Danish mortgage credit company)

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2017

Current positions within Arla: Vice chairman of Region Øerne-Syd, Danmark (Region Islands South, Denmark). Member of Arla’s Board of Representatives since 2005.

Other experience: Former member of the board for Danish Agro, former member of the board of Kolding Herreds Landbrugsforening (Kolding County agricultural association), former member of the Regional Council of Nykredit (Danish financial service company), former member of the Board of Representatives in OK a.m.b.a (Danish energy company).

Education: Cand.oecon.agro from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, Denmark and University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Languages (understands): Danish, English, German and Swedish

Jonas Carlgren, Member

Location: Hennebjörke, Linghem, Sweden

Phone: +46 70 42 48 890

E-mail: jonas.carlgren@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2011

Current positions within Arla: Member of Arla Foods Board of Directors

Other experience: 8 years' employment at DeLaval International, Member of the board of Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning (foundation for research and de-velopment)

Education: Agricultural economist

Languages (understands): Swedish, Danish and English

Markus Hübers, Member

Location: Rees-Haldern am Niederrhein, Germany

Phone: +49 163 365 7483

E-mail: markus.hubers@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2016

Current position within Arla: Member of Arla Foods Board of Directors, Member of Global Training Committee, Member of Central European Council (CEC)

Other experience: Political engagement in agricultural committee on district and state level

Education: Certified farmer

Languages: German and English

Manfred Graff, Member

Location: Simmerath-Lammersdorf (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany

Phone: +49 2473 7778

E-mail: manfred.graff@arlafoods.com

Position: Farmer

Additional business interests: Residual waste collection company, biogas plant.

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors:: 2012

Current positions within Arla: Member of Arla Foods Board of Directors

Other experience: Chairman of MUH-Arla eG, Chairman for the regional Milchwirtschaft NRW e.V. in Krefeld, Germany (dairy company in Nordrhein-Westfalen). Member of the regional council of a heavy goods company, Raiffeisen-Waren-Zentrale eG, in Cologne, Germany. Member of the biogas section in Landwirtschaftskammer NRW (agricultural association of Nordrhein-Westfalen). Former Chairman and Member of the Board of Representatives in MUH eG.

Education: Farmer

Languages (understands) German, English

Bjørn Jepsen, Member

Location: Borris, Denmark

Phone: +45 50 95 22 37

E-mail: bjoern.jepsen@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2011

Current positions within Arla: Member of Board, Chairman of Region Midt Danmark (Cen-tral Denmark Region), Chairman of the Global Training Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Area Council.

Other experience: Member of the Board and the Board of Representatives of Skjern Bank, Former member of Videncentret for Landbrug, Kvæg (The Knowledge Centre for Agriculture – Cattle), Former member of Board of Representatives of Kløver Mælk (dairy cooperative company). Former Member of the Board of the Danish Dairy Board and Former member of the board of The Danish Cattle Levy Fund (Kvægafgiftsfonden).

Education: Farmer

Languages (understands): Danish, English, Swedish and German

Inger-Lise Sjöström, Member

Location: Finnkärr, Kolmården, Sweden

Phone: +46 70 377 86 04

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: Contracting

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2017

Current positions within Arla: Member of Arla Foods Board of Directors

Other experience: Manager of agricultural development within EU funded project, Member of the Board of Kvarsebo Friskola (school)

Education: Agricultural training

Languages (understands): Swedish, Danish and English

Steen Nørgaard Madsen, Member

Location: Voel, Silkeborg, Denmark

Phone: +45 40 27 02 65

E-mail: steen.norgaard.madsen@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2005

Current positions within Arla: Member of the Board of Arla Foods amba, Chairman of Area Council in Denmark, Chairman of Region Nord, Danmark (Region North, Denmark)

Other experience: Chairman of the Danish Dairy Board, Vice-Chairman of the Company Board and Member of the Joint Board of The Danish Agriculture & Food Council, Chairman of the Agro Food Park Steering Committee and Chairman of The Danish Milk Levy Fund (Mælkeafgiftsfonden). Former Member of the Board of Søhøjlandets Landboforening (a local agricultural association) and former Member of the Board of Representatives for Danish Crown.

Education: Farmer, practical work experience on New Zealand and in Canada

Languages (understands): Danish, English, Swedish, French and German

Torben Myrup, Member

Location: Aars, Denmark

Phone: +45 40 35 78 47

E-mail: torben.myrup@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: None

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2006

Current positions within Arla: Member of the Board of Arla Foods amba, Vice-Chairman of Region Nord, Danmark (Region North, Denmark)

Other experience: Former Chairman of local and regional agricultural association and Member of the Board of Dansk Landbrug (umbrella organisation for Danish agriculture) and Member of Landbrugsrådet (Agricultural Council of Denmark).

Education: Farmer

Languages (understands): Danish, English, Swedish and German

Johnnie Russell, Member

Location: Dorchester, Dorset, UK

Phone: +44 7710 376 608

E-mail: johnnie.russell@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy and beef farmer

Additional business interests: Chairman of the ING Group UK Pension Scheme and a trustee of a large London and rural/farming estate.
Appointed member of the Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2012

Current positions within Arla: Member of Arla Foods amba Board of Directors, Chairman of the joint Area Council

Other experience: 35 years in UK and international corporate banking.
Retired in 2010 as head of wholesale lending in ING Bank UK. A Trustee of two charitable organisations.

Education: Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW)

Language (understands): English

Manfred Sievers, Member

Location: Prinzenmoor (Schleswig-Holstein), Germany

Phone: + 49 4332 98877

E-mail: manfred.sievers@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy farmer

Additional business interests: Solar heating systems and electricity trading

Appointed within Arla Foods since: 2013

Current positions within Arla: Member of Arla Foods amba Board of Directors

Other experience: Member of Arla's Board of Representatives, Chairman of Hansa Arla Milch eG's Board of Representatives and regional council, member of Arla's German members' committee. Member of local Board of Representatives of Raiffeisen Bank. Former Chairman of Hansa-Milch AG's Board of Representatives, and Member of the Board of Hansa-Milch AG, former Vice-Chairman of Hansa-Milch eG., former member of the commercial committee of Rendsburger Milchzentrale (central dairy in Rendsburg, Germany), and former member of commercial committee of the cattle farming committee, Agrarberatung Mitte.

Education: Farmer

Languages (understands): German

Arthur Richard Fearnall, Member

Location: Pulford, Chester, UK

Phone: 07831 381925

E-mail: arthur.fearnall@arlafoods.com

Position: Dairy Farmer

Additional business interests: Chairman of Dairy UK Farmers Forum, board member of Dairy UK and the Dairy Council board, chair of the Arla Morrisons Farmer Committee and member of the Arla Brexit Farmer Taskforce.

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 8 February 2018

Other experience: Former UKAF board director and Arla Foods Milk Partnership producer director

Education: Nuffield Scholar

Languages (understands): English

Ib Bjerglund Nielsen, Employee representative

Location/Arla Site: Akafa, Denmark

Phone: +45 25577364

E-mail: ib.bjerglund.nielsen@arlafoods.dk

Position in Arla: Dairy worker. Chairman of the workers committee

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2013

Former experience: Been with Arla sine 2005. Untill that production manager at Dansk Eternit.

Education: National school, leadership training

Language (understands): Danish, English

Harry Shaw, Employee Representative

Location: Oakthorp, UK

Phone: +447761 048960

E-mail: harry.shaw@arlafoods.com

Position: Site Senior Shop Steward, Coldstore Grade 1

Appointed member of Arla Foods Board of Directors: 2013

Other experience: Joined MD Foods in 1996. Previously worked as part of Transport management team before moving to Despatch. Member of Arla’s European Work Council for more than 5 years, Formed NWC UK, member of The National Operations Forum. 22 years in The British Army as a Physical and Recreational Training Instructor

Education: O level ( English/Geography/History/Tec Drawing/Art/Woodwork/Biology

Language (understands): English and German

Håkan Gillström, Employee representative

Location/Arla Site: Linköping dairy, Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)705-170534

Email: hakan.gillstrom@arlafoods.com

Position in Arla: Process operator. Local union chairman at Arla in Linköping.

Member of the Board of Directors of Arla Foods since: 2015

Other experience: Board member of Sverige AB. Worked between 1971–75 in butter manufacture at Norrköping dairy. 1974 Military service as a dog handler. 1975–1980 Security guard at Securitas. 1980–2002 Norrköping dairy. 2002 Linköping dairy. Elected representative, Arla färskvaror’s Board of Directors, 1990s. 1999 Deputy member of Arla’s executive committee, played a part in the merger with MD. Chairman of Livs (Swedish Food Workers’ Union) at Arla Sweden. Member of Arla’s European Workers’ Council.

Education: Compulsory school

Languages (undertands): Swedish, English

Other posts: Chairman of Livs’ local union in Linköping. Livs’ collective bargaining delegation.