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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 17 Arla farmer owners, that are elected at regional and national electoral meetings by the members of the Board of Representatives, four 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: janog@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, Chair of the Joint Area Council and the Member Relations Group. Member of the Remuneration Committee, the Nomination Committee, and the Audit Committee.

External positions: Board member of Tillväxtbolaget (2022), member of the LRF Milk Delegation (2024) and the Board of Directors of the Swedish Dairy Association (2022)

Country: Sweden

Mail: ilsjo@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

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, and the Global Working Group on ownership/capital.

Country: United Kingdom

Mail: artfe@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: bjeps@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, Area Chair for Sweden, and Chair of the Preparatory Working Group. Member of the Global Organic Committee, the Member Relations Group, the Joint Area Council, and the Global Appeals Committee.

External positions: Member of the LRF Milk Delegation (2026) and the Board of Directors of the Swedish Dairy Association (2026).

Country: Sweden

Mail: dahal1@arlafoods.com

Florence Rollet (1966)
BOARD MEMBER

Florence Rollet (1966)

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

External positions: Member of the Board of Directors of Anora (2023), member of the Board of Directors of Attica (2024)

Country: France

Mail: floro@arlafoods.com

George Holmes (1965)
Board member

George Holmes (1965)

BoD member since: 2024

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chair of the Organic Committee UK. Member of the Global Organic Committee. Member of the Audit Committee

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: Chair of the Sustainability Working Group

External positions: Chair of the LRF Milk Delegation (2024) and Chair of the Board of the Swedish Dairy Association (2021). Member of the Copa-Cogeca Working Group for Dairy Products (2021). Dairy Ambassador representing the Global Dairy Platform at the UN High-Level Political Forum (2024)

Country: Sweden

Mail: gukam@arlafoods.com

Guus Mensink (1982)
Board member

Guus Mensink (1982)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Member of the Nomination Committee

External positions: Member of Zuivel NL's Research and Innovation Board

Country: The Netherlands

Mail: gumeu@arlafoods.com

Heinz Korte (1963)
BOARD MEMBER

Heinz Korte (1963)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chairman of the supervisory board of DMK eG and of the DMK GmbH (2016). Member of the Joint Area Council, the Member Relations Group, and the Audit Committee.

External positions: Vice Chair of the IGM (Interessengemeinschaft Genossenschaftlicher Molkereien) (2022), Member in the „Verwaltungsrat Landesvereinigung Milchwirtschaft Niedersachsen (LVN) (2023), and Vice Chair in the Supervisory Board „Volksbank eG Osterholz- Scharmbeck (1998)

Country: Germany

Mail: heiko@arlafoods.com

Jeppe Thing Jensen (1988)
Board member

Jeppe Thing Jensen (1988)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Member of the Audit Committee

Country: Denmark

E-mail: jetje@arlafoods.com

Michael Skytt Juhl (1989)
Board member

Michael Skytt Juhl (1989)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Dairy Technician at Branderup Dairy in Denmark

Internal positions: Senior Shop Steward at Branderup Dairy in Denmark, Vice chair of the Works Council at Branderup Dairy, Member of the National Works Council, and Member of the executive committee for the National Works Council

External positions: Board member of NNF South, Labour Agreement Steering Group for all Dairy Workers, and Member of the Local Education Committee at Kold College

Country: Denmark

Mail: mijuh@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. Chair of the Organic Committee Central Europe. Member of the Global Appeals Committee and the Global Organic Committee

External positions: Chair of the Board of Directors of Agra Ost Agriculture Research (2016). Member of the Bauernbund Farmer Association (2012) and the city council of St. Vith (2024)

Country: Belgium

Mail: magof@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 Swedish Farmers Foundation for Agriculture (2022) and Cooperatives Sweden (2024). Member of LRF Milk Delegation (2012)

Country: Sweden

Mail: mawol@arlafoods.com 

Markus Hübers (1975)
Board member

Markus Hübers (1975)

BoD member since: 2017–2019. Re-elected in 2024

Occupation: Dairy farmer

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

Country: Germany

E-mail: mhube@arlafoods.com

Natacha Valla (1976)
Board member

Natacha Valla (1976)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Dean of the School of Management, Sciences Po

Internal positions: Member of the Audit Committee

Country: France

Mail: naval@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

René Lund Hansen (1967)
Board member

René Lund Hansen (1967)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chair of the Preparatory Working Group. Member of the Nomination Comittee.

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

Country: Denmark

Mail: rehae@arlafoods.com

Simon Simonsen (1970)
Board member

Simon Simonsen (1970)

BoD member since: 2017

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

Internal positions: Chair of the Audit Committee. Member of the Remuneration Committee

External positions: Dairy Ambassador representing the Global Dairy Platform at the UN High-Level Political Forum (2017)

Country: Denmark

Mail: simsi@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 Global Appeals Committee, and the Global Working Group on ownership/capital. Member of the Sustainability Working Group.

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 Danish Milk Levy Fund (2012) and the Agro Food Park Steering Committee (2016)

Country: Denmark

Mail: stmas@arlafoods.com

Thomas Stürtz (1966)
Board member

Thomas Stürtz (1966)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Member of the Remuneration Committee.

Country: Germany

Mail: thstu@arlafoods.com

Uwe Och (1965)
Board member

Uwe Och (1965)

BoD member since: 2026

Occupation: Works Council Chairman, DMK Everswinkel Plant

Internal positions: Chairman of the Works Council at DMK site Everswinkel (2016), Chairman of the Group Works Council (2022), and Member of the European Works Council Arla (2026)

External positions: Member of the Regional Executive Committee, NGG (German trade union)

Country: Germany

Mail: uweok@arlafoods.com