Thor Gunnar Kofoed, President

Thor Gunnar Kofoed, President

Born: 1959

Contact:

  • +45 2349 2969

Appointed to the Board of Directors of the TystofteFoundation on the 1st of December 2014 by the Danish Agriculture and Food Council according to the charta of the TystofteFoundation. Reappointed 2022.

Merits:

  • Farmer and seed producer

Entrusted positions:

  • Vice Chairman of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council,
  • Danish Seed Council,
  • COPA WP SEED

Kim Bonde Petersen, Vicepresident

Kim Bonde Petersen, Vicepresident

Contact: / Tlf. 88 87 51 01/21 20 93 92

Born: 1959

Managing director of Nordic Seed A/S

Member of the Board of the TystofteFoundation since 01st of December 2014. Appointed by Variety Denmark – according to the charta of the TystofteFoundation. Reappointed 2022.

Competances:

  • Breeding, variety development and markedting of propagating material

Further position of trust:

  • Board member of Variety Denmark
  • Danish Agricultural Agency “Seed Board”

Lise Nistrup Jørgensen, board member

Lise Nistrup Jørgensen, board member

Contact:

  • +45 5818 6210
  • +45 2228 3352

Member of board of the TystofteFoundation since 1st of March 2016, supplementing the board acoording to the charta of the TystofteFoundation

Competances:

  • Senior Researcher at Aarhus University
  • Disease management

Further position of trusts:

  • Board member of Pajbjergfonden

Klaus K Nielsen, board member

Klaus K Nielsen, board member

Contact: / Tlf.: +45 2040 2082

Born: 1961

Director of Corporate External Affairs,  DLF Seeds A/S

Member of the board of the TystofteFoundation since 01-11-2021 appointed by Danish Seed according to the charta of the TystofteFoundation

Research and development regarding varieties of grasses and clover

Further positions of trust:

  • Danish Agricultural Council
  • Danish Seed Council
  • ISF and Euroseeds
  • Advisory Boards of several Danish research projects
  • Danish Seed Research Fund

Birger Eriksen, board member

Birger Eriksen, board member

Contact: / Tlf.: 76 27 52 04/40 18 65 55

Born: 1960. CEO of Sejet Plant Breeding

Memeber of the board of the TystofteFoundation since 01-12-2014 and appointed by Variety Denmark – according to the charta of the TystofteFoundation. Reappointed 2022.

Competances:

  • Variety development of cereals

Further positions of trust:

  • President of Variety Denmark.
  • Member of Euroseed Board and chair of Cereals and pulses
  • Member of several Advisory Boards of Danish research projects