CANDIDATE OF THE WEEK: KIRSTEN BROSBOL

Meet this week’s top Boardway candidate, Kirsten Brosbol - an experienced board chair, founder, CEO, former Minister for the Environment, and long-term Danish Parliamentarian.Kirsten’s work focuses on driving systemic progress within sustainability, climate action, governance and executing effective policies to spearhead organizations that are shaping the future.

She currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Danish Climate-Forest Foundation, an independent, state-backed foundation established to support Denmark’s climate goals through afforestation and land-use transformation.

In this role, she oversees governance, capital stewardship and impact delivery within a highly visible and regulated mandate.She is also Founder and CEO of 2030beyond, a non-profit do-tank accelerating implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by convening policymakers, institutions and cross-sector leaders around systemic change.

Alongside this, Kirsten holds board roles within foundations and think tanks focused on wellbeing economy, biodiversity, climate resilience and democratic capacity, including WELA - Wellbeing Economy Lab and Fonden Arkaia. She has previously served as Chair of Dansk Miljøteknologi, the industry association for Denmark’s environmental technology sector.Kirsten brings extensive public governance experience from her time as Minister of the Environment and as a long-serving Member of The Danish Parliament, where she worked across climate, energy, foreign affairs and science policy.

Internationally, she contributed as a Commissioner to The Lancet COVID-19 Commission and was selected as an 𝗢𝗯𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 at Columbia University, recognizing her leadership at the intersection of policy, sustainability and global impact.

𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥

Kirsten offers boards a unique combination of hands-on public policy experience, high-level political roles, and entrepreneurial drive.

She excels at:

• Proven sustainability and climate governance at the foundation, industry and public institution level • Deep ESG and impact strategy expertise, grounded in real-world implementation

• Strong understanding of regulatory and political complexity, relevant for highly scrutinised sectors

• Credibility in stakeholder-heavy environments, spanning public, private and civil society actors

• Long-term, systems-level perspective aligned with future board responsibilities

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Denmark

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺: Danish Climate-Forest Foundation (Chair) · 2030beyond · WELA · Arkaia · Dansk Miljøteknologi · Danish Parliament · Ministry of the Environment

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀: Sustainability & Climate Governance · ESG Strategy · Public & Foundation Governance · Stakeholder Leadership · Policy–Business Interface

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