The board

The board

Thor Gunnar Kofoed

Chairman

Born: 1959

+45 23 49 29 69

thorkofoed@me.com

Appointed to the Tystofte Foundation board on 1 December 2014 by Agriculture and Food according to the foundation's articles of association. Reappointed 2022.

Competencies:

  • Farmer and seed grower

Trustee appointments

  • Vice-President Agriculture and Food
  • Branch selection for seeds
  • COPA WP SEED

Kim Bonde Petersen

Vice-chairman

Born: 1959

+45 88 87 51 01

+45 21 20 93 92

kbpe@nordicseed.com

Appointed to the Tystofte Foundation's board by Danish Black Cattle Owners on 1 December 2014 in accordance with the foundation's articles of association. Re-appointed 2022.

Competencies:

  • Director at Nordic Seed A/S
  • Leadership
  • Kernel development
  • Marketing of propagation material

Trustee appointments

  • Board member of Danish Black Sheep Owners
  • Member of the Danish AgriFish Agency's Seed Committee

René Gislum

Board member

Born: 1970

+45 20 54 20 92

rg@agro.au.dk

Appointed to the board of TystofteFond since 1 January 2025, supplementing the board in accordance with the articles of association of TystofteFond.

Competencies:

  • Head of Section and Associate Professor, Aarhus University
  • Crop production and agricultural technology

Trustee appointments

  • Member of the Pajbjerg Foundation

Klaus K. Nielsen

Board member

Born: 1961

+45 20 40 20 82

kkn@dlf.dk

Appointed to the Tystofte Foundation's board on 1 November 2021 by Dansk Frø in accordance with the foundation's articles of association.

Competencies:

  • Director of Corporate External Affairs DLF Seeds A/S
  • Leadership
    Research and development of new varieties of grassland plants and clover

Trustee appointments

  • Board of Agriculture and Food
  • Branch Committee for Seeds
  • Seed Levy Fund
  • ISF and Euroseed
  • Advisory Board in several Danish research projects

Birger Eriksen

Board member

Born: 1960

+45 76 27 52 04

+45 40 18 65 55

bee@sejet.dk

Appointed to the board of TystofteFond on 1 December 2014 by Danske Sortsejere in accordance with TystofteFond's articles of association. Reappointed 2022.

Competencies:

  • Director at Sejet Plant Breeding
  • Leadership
  • Kernel development
  • Marketing of propagation material

Trustee appointments

  • Chairman of the Danish Black Cattle Association
  • Member of the Danish AgriFish Agency's “Seed Committee”
  • Euroseed: Chairman of the Cereals and Protein Crops Group and Member of the Board
  • Member of the Advisory Board for several Danish research projects

Gert Hansen Juhl

Employee representative

Born: 1965

+45 81 71 84 04

ghj@tystofte.dk

Appointed to the board of TystofteFonden as of 1st April 2019 as employee representative in accordance with TystofteFonden's articles of association. Reappointed 2023.

Competencies:

  • Employee representative
  • Pilot project