Advisory Board
The VÅR Advisory Board advises on VÅR Ventures’ progress in the market, drives international partnerships and co-investment opportunities.
Lars Fjeldsøe-Nielsen
Lars is General Partner at the US Venture Capital Fund. He is an experienced venture capitalist with involvement in tech companies such as Uber, Dropbox and WhatsApp.
Roy Steiner
Roy is the Senior Vice President for the Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation, where he leads a team focused on creating access to nourishing food for millions of people in the U.S. and around the world.
Will Day
Will Day is a Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership. He is a former sustainability advisor at PwC and has experience from various advisory boards.
Expert Advisors
Our global network of expert advisors ensures that we invest in the best solutions and provide our portfolio companies with expert advice and guidance. They help founders navigate areas that are critical to building and scaling their business. They are used in our active ownership strategy to ensure progress and impact throughout the holding period.
Lars Fjeldsøe-Nielsen
Lars is General Partner at the US Venture Capital Fund. He is an experienced venture capitalist with involvement in tech companies such as Uber, Dropbox and WhatsApp.
Marie Bugge Severinsen
Marie is the Managing Partner and Founder of Green Nest Partner. She has extensive experience from the energy sector with a background from Dong Energy, Ørsted, and European Energy A/S.
Roy Steiner
Roy is the Senior Vice President for the Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation, where he leads a team focused on creating access to nourishing food for millions of people in the U.S. and around the world.
Tamela Noboa
Tamela is Managing Director of Impact(Ed) International. She has extensive board and advisory board experience.
Geoff Lane
Geoff Lane is a former partner at PwC where he was working on sustainability and climate change issues and was a leading member of PwC's global sustainability network of 800 professionals.
Steen Andersen
Steen is an experienced Executive Director with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organisation mangement industry. He is the CEO and Founder of the independant consultancy firm Steen Andersen Consult.
Gerry McCollum
Gerry is the CEO of Chicoa Fish Farm and Aquafeeds located in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Henrik Beha Pedersen
Henrik is the Founder of Plasic Change - an international organisation based in Denmark that works to raise awareness about the consequences of the increasing pollution of plasic. He has extensive board and adivsory board experience.
Helle Guldbrandt Lachmann
Helle is Chief Legal Advisor at Danish Agricultre & Food Council. She has more than 10 years of experience within the food and agriculture industries.
Annemarie Meisling
Annemarie is Senior Director of Corporate Affaris & Sustainability at Chr. Hansen. She is a keynote speaker, strategic advisor and board member.
Jan Mattson
Jan is a champion of ESG and sustainability, as strategic advisor to and board member of several organizations and companies. He was previously head of UNOPS, and social and environmental safeguard inspector at the World Bank.
Will Day
Will Day is a Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership. He is a former sustainability advisor at PwC and has experience from various advisory boards.
Anne Malberg Horsager
Anne is the Program Director at DTU Executive School of Business. She is an experienced board member and the Vice Chair of EdTech Denmark.
Troels Schönfeldt
Troels is the CEO of Seaborg Technologies creating advanced and innovative nuclear reactor technology to provide abundant, affordable, and sustainable energy available to all. He Holds a Ph.D. in nuclear and neutron physics from Danmarks Tekniske Univeristet (DTU).
Erik Steffensen
Erik is director within R&D, Manufacturing and Quality at Novo Nordisk. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience and holds degrees from renowned businesses schools such as Harvard Business School, IMD Business School, and London Business School.
Edward Pollard
Edward is a Strategic Director at The Biodiversity Consultancy. He has 25 years’ experience in global biodiversity conservation and is a leading expert in business and biodiversity. He supports companies embed nature into their process and procedures and strengthen their role in a Nature Positive future.
Kasper Holst Hansen
Kasper is an experienced entrepreneur and start-up investor. Kasper founded EduLab, the company behind MatematikFessor, and is today Founder and CEO of Flying BizKit.