Guest of Honor and Speaker’s Profile

Nationality: Danish

Date of birth: 7 April 1955

Marital status: Married; one child

Education

1983 Ph.D. (Economics), Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA. Thesis: Marginal Tax Cost Shares and Gov’t. Size

1982 M.A. (Economics), Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA

1981 M.A. Social Sciences, (Cand.rer.soc.), Odense Univ.

Work Experience

Since September 2015: Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Phils.

November 2011 – August 2015: Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam

January 2011 – October 2011: Head of Division for China, Hong Kong, MACAO, Taiwan, Mongolia, European External Action Service, Brussels

September 2006 – December 2010: Head of Unit for China, Hong Kong, MACAO, Taiwan, Mongolia, DG External Relations, European Commission, Brussels

May 2002 – August 2006: Deputy Head of Delegation, Delegation of European Commission, Beijing

May 1998 – April 2002: Head of Economic and Trade Section, Delegation of the European Commission, Beijing

Nov 1994 – April 1998: Counsellor, Delegation of the European Commission, Tokyo

May 1993 – October 1994: Executive Training Programme (Japanese language Training Programme), Delegation of the European Commission, Tokyo

May 1989 – April 1993: Desk Officer DG 1 (ASEAN Desk)

Jan. 1986 – May 1989: Clearance of Accounts, FEOGA, DG VI

Sept. 1983 – Dec. 1985: Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Odense University, Denmark

Sept. 1981 – Aug. 1983: Research Fellow, Economics Department, Odense University, Denmark