Current board members

The board of The Dreyer Foundation consists of four to six members, one must be a practicing lawyer and one an architect. Board members can sit on the board until the year they turn 70. However, professional members (the lawyer and the architect) sit for a maximum of 12 years.
Knud Aage Gerstenberg

Knud Aage Gerstenberg

Position: Chief executive officer (CEO), dairy engineer
Born: 1943
Board member since: 2002, Chairman since 2003
Present employment: Gerstenberg & Agger A/S and A/S Gerias
Other positions of trust:

  • Board Chairman, the Dreyer Foundation and A.H. Nichro Haardchrom
  • Board member of A/S Gerias, Gerstenberg & Agger A/S, Kalvebod Hus ApS, Kavi Invest A/S, Ejendomsaktieselskabet Vest, Marie & M.B. Richters Foundation and Frants Richters Foundation.
Bo Rygaard

Bo Rygaard

Position: Senior Vice President
Born: 1965
Board member since: 2005
Present employment: Rockwool, Group Business Development 
Other positions of trust:

  • Board member of the Dreyer Foundation.
  • Board Chairman for several companys and regions within Rockwool, and Sunrise A/S.
  • Member of various supervisory boards.
Birte Rasmussen

Birte Rasmussen

Position: Lawyer, partner
Born: 1959
Board member since: 2004
Present employment: Hjulmand & Kaptain law firm
Other positions of trust:

  • Board member of the Dreyer Foundation, board member of the Association of Danish Tax Lawyers (Danske Skatteadvokater), and board member of Danish Lawyers’ Directorships, i.e. a division under the Association of Danish Law Firms (Danske Bestyrelsesadvokater).
  • Danish Tax Lawyers’ representative in the special external business contact committee under the Danish Ministry of Taxation;
  • Member of the appeal committee under the Danish Sports Federation (DIF).
  • External lecturer/part-time associate professor at Aalborg University.
Mathilde Petri

Mathilde Petri

Position: Architect MAA, Associate professor
Born: 1958
Board member since: 2011
Present employment: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
School of Architecture, and Mathilde Petri Architects
Other positions of trust:

  • Board member of the Dreyer Foundation.
  • Member of Danish Building Research Institute (SBI) 2010-.
  • Member of competition secretariat of the Danish Architects’ Association (AA).