Board and Directors

The Executive Board is responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs at VIA, while the Board of Directors is VIA’s highest authority. 

Executive board

The Executive Board is responsible for the day-to-day management of VIA University College within the framework determined by the Board. The Rector is head of the Executive Board.

Vice Rector Academic Gitte Sommer Harrits
Vice Rector Coorporate Administration Kirsten Bundgaard
Vice Rector Digitalisation Bjarne Grøn

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is VIA’s highest authority. The Board of Directors is responsible for the overall strategic and financial management of VIA. The board is overall responsible for managing VIA University College and determining the framework of its organisation, long-term activities and development.

The board's mandate is to define the long-term strategy for the development of the educational programmes and related activities, and to determine the framework for the duties of the Executive Board.

The board’s main responsibilities

Among the board’s responsibilities are the adoption of a budget, an annual report and an overall strategy. In addition, the board assigns a development contract with the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Composition of the Board 

According to VIA’s articles of association, the board consists of fifteen members. Two members are VIA staff, elected by their colleagues, while two members are students elected by other students. The remaining eleven are external members. The board meets approximately six times a year.

  • Per B. Christensen

  • Chairman
  • Hanne Roed

  • Deputy Chairman
  • Peder Christian Kirkegaard

  • Thomas Klausen

  • Berit Eika

  • Marie Sonne

  • Bente Alkærsig Rasmussen

  • Noemi Katznelson

  • Jørgen Nørby

  • Thorsten Høegsberg

  • Lene Bejer Damgaard

  • Tom Heron

  • Pia Jakobsgaard Iversen

  • Anne Pilgaard

  • Student
  • Jonas Hvass Jespersen

  • Student

Contact

If you have questions for members of the board, please contact the Rector's Office:

Elvir Maleskic
Senior Advisor
T: +45 87 55 00 00 / +45 87 55 10 03
E: em@via.dk