Arla’s Board of Directors welcomes four new members 

The Board of Representatives elected the Board of Directors for the next two years. Four new members joined the Board of Directors and Jan Toft Nørgaard continues as Chair. 

The election took place at Arla’s Board of Representatives meeting in Copenhagen. This year, four new members joined the Board of Directors for 2024-2026: Farmer owners Markus Hübers from Germany and George Holmes from the UK and Arla employees Paul Cullen (UK) and Holger Steen Lund (DK). 

Jan Toft Nørgaard was re-elected as Chair and Inger-Lise Sjöström was elected Vice Chair. External BoD members Nana Bule and Florence Rollet were re-elected for another term. 

Arla’s Board of Directors consists of 14 farmer owners and two external members, who are elected by the Board of Representatives. Arla employees are represented on the Board by three members, who are elected by Arla’s European Works Council. 

Arla’s Board of Directors 2024-2026

Chair, Jan Toft Nørgaard, Denmark, Board member since 1998, Chairman since 2018. 

Vice Chair, Inger-Lise Sjöström, Sweden, Board member since 2017. 

Arthur Fearnall, UK, Board member since 2017. 

Marcel Goffinet, Belgium, Board member since 2019. 

Daniel Halmsjö, Sweden, Board member since 2022. 

Bjørn Jepsen, Denmark, Board member since 2011. 

Jørn Kjær Madsen, Denmark, Board member since 2019. 

Gustav Kämpe, Sweden, Board member since 2021. 

René Lund Hansen, Denmark, Board member since 2019. 

Steen Nørgaard Madsen, Denmark, Board member since 2005. 

Simon Simonsen, Denmark, Board member since 2017. 

Marita Wolf, Sweden, Board member since 2021. 

Markus Hübers, Germany, Board member since 2024. 

George Holmes, UK, Board member since 2024. 

Nana Bule, Denmark, Board member since 2022. External advisor since 2019. 

Florence Rollet, France, Board member since 2022. External advisor since 2019.  

Employee representative, Paul Cullen, UK, Board member since 2024. 

Employee representative, Holger Steen Lund, Denmark, Board member since 2024. 

Employee representative, Anders Olsson, Sweden, Board member since 2022. 

Arla Foods is an international dairy company owned by more than 8,400 farmers from Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Arla Foods is one of the leading players in the international dairy arena with well-known brands like Arla, Lurpak, Puck and Castello. Arla Foods is focused on providing good dairy nourishment from sustainable farming and operations and is also the world's largest manufacturer of organic dairy products.