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 14 Arla farmer owners, that are elected at regional and national electoral meetings by the members of the Board of Representatives, three employee representatives as well as two additional board members appointed from outside the Arla organization.

Chairman

Jan Toft Nørgaard (1960)

BoD member since: 1998

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chairman of the Board, Learning and Development Committee and Remuneration Committee

External positions: Comp. Board of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council 2009

Country: Denmark

Mail: jan.toft.norgaard@arlafoods.com

Vice-Chairman

Manfred Graff (1959)

BoD member since: 2012

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Vice Chairman of the Board, Area Chairman for Central Europe, Chairman of Joint Area Council, Chairman of Member Relation Group, Member of Learning and Development Committee and Remuneration Committee.

External positions: Member of the Board of German Milch NRW 2007, member of the Board of the German Federation of Cooperatives 2015

Country: Germany

Mail: manfred.graff@arlafoods.com

Board member

Arthur Fearnall (1963)

BoD member since: 2018

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Area Chairman for UK, Chairman of Farmer Sustainability Working Group, Member of Member Relation Group, Joint Area Council and Global Appeals Committee

Country: United Kingdom

Mail: arthur.fearnall@arlafoods.com

Board member

Bjørn Jepsen (1963)

BoD member since: 2011

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chairman of Global Organic Committee and Organic Committee Denmark

External positions: Member of the cattle section of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council 2009, member of the Board of the Danish Cattle Levy Fund 2009, member of the Board of the Danish Milk Levy Fund 2019, Vice Chairman of Skjern Bank 2012, Vice Chairman of the Danish Dairy Board 2019

Country: Denmark

Mail: bjoern.jepsen@arlafoods.com

Board-member

Inger-Lise Sjöström (1973)

BoD member since: 2017

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Area Chairman for Sweden, Member of Member Relation Group, Joint Area Council and Learning and Development Committee

External positions: Global Dairy Platform, Member of the Board of the Swedish Dairy Association 2017

Country: Sweden

Mail: ingerlise.sjoestroem@arlafoods.com

Board member

Gustav Kämpe (1977)

BoD member since: 2021

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Member of Farmer Sustainability Working Group and Remuneration Committee

External positions: Vice Chairman of Växa, member of the Board of the Swedish Dairy Association

Country: Sweden

Mail: gukam@arlafoods.com

Board member

Johnnie Russell (1950)

BoD Member since: 2012

Occupation: Dairy farmer, chartered accountant

Internal positions: Chairman of Organic Committee UK, Member of Learning and Development Committee and Remuneration Committee.

External positions: Chairman of the ING Bank UK Pension Fund and two other entities.

Country: United Kingdom

Mail: johnnie.russell@arlafoods.com

Board Member

Daniel Halmsjö (1982)

BoD member since: 2022

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Member of Global Appeals Committee

Country: Sweden

Mail: dahal1@arlafoods.com

Board member

Jørn Kjær Madsen (1967)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal position: Member of Learning & Development Committee

External positions: Member of the Board of Andelssmør A.M.B.A 2020, member of the Board of GLS-A 2018

Country: Denmark

Mail: joern.kjaer.madsen@arlafoods.com

Board Member

Marita Wolf (1959)

BoD member since: 2021

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chairman of Global Training Committee and Organic Committee Sweden

External positions: Member of the Board of the Swedish Dairy Association, part of the District Court of Linköpings Tingsrätt

Country: Sweden

Mail: mawol@arlafoods.com

Board member

Marcel Goffinet (1988)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Chairman Organic Committee Central Europe, Member of Learning & Development Committee, Global Appeals Committee and Arlagården Preparatory Working Group

External positions: Chairman of the Board of Agra Ost Agriculture Research, Member of the municipal government of St.Vith, Member of the Bauernbund farmer association

Country: Belgium

Mail: marcel.goffinet@arlafoods.com

Board member

René Lund Hansen (1967)

BoD member since: 2019

Occupation: Dairy farmer

External positions: Member of the cattle section and the Comp. Board of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council 2019, member of the Board of Agri Nord 2012

Country: Denmark

Mail: rene.lund.hansen@arlafoods.com

Board member

Simon Simonsen (1970)

BoD member since: 2017

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

Internal positions: Remuneration Committee

External positions: Global Dairy Platform, Dairy Ambassador for the UN High-Level Political Forum

Country: Denmark

Mail: simon.simonsen@arlafoods.com

Board member

Steen Nørgaard Madsen (1956)

BoD member since: 2005

Occupation: Dairy farmer

Internal positions: Area Chairman for Denmark, Chairman of Arlagården Preparatory Working Group, Chairman of Global Appeals Committee, Member of Member Relation Group and Joint Area Council

External positions: Deputy Chairman of the Comp. Board of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council 2014, Chairman of the Agro Food Park Steering Committee 2016, Chairman of the Danish Milk Levy Fund 2012, Chairman of the Danish Dairy Board 2012.

Country: Denmark

Mail: steen.norgaard.madsen@arlafoods.com