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Henrik Gurtler has been president and CEO of Novo A/S, Denmark, since 2000. He was employed in Novo Industri A/S, Denmark, as an R&D chemist in the Enzymes Division in 1977.
After a number of years in various specialist and managerial positions within this area, Mr Gurtler was appointed corporate vice president of Human Resource Development in Novo Nordisk A/S in 1991, and in 1993 corporate vice president of Health Care Production. In 1996, he became a member of Corporate Management of Novo Nordisk A/S with special responsibility for Corporate Staffs.
Mr Gurtler is chairman of the boards of Novozymes A/S, Denmark, and Copenhagen Airports A/S, Denmark, and a member of the boards of COWI A/S and Brødrene Hartmanns Fond, both Denmark.
Mr Gurtler has an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark from 1976.
Mr Gurtler was elected to the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S in 2005 and re-elected in 2006 and 2007. His term as a board member expires in March 2008.
Mr Gurtler is a Danish national, born on 11 August 1953.
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