Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen assumed the position of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Netcompany on February 1, 2025. He comes from a role as Deputy Secretary-General at the OECD, where since January 2019 he was responsible for the organization's policy in digital and technological transformation, global relations, equality, trade, and agriculture. Prior to that, from 2013, he was Permanent Secretary at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier in his career, he worked for Vodafone as Group Director for International Affairs and served as EU Sherpa and National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen (1994) and has since then, through his employment in the foreign service, had postings in Moscow, Washington, London, and Paris.
Programming Partner: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
