Virtuel Serie – Episode 5 – Digital Robusthed

David Lloyd was appointed GM for Alibaba Group in the UK, Ireland & Nordics in July 2017, having joined the business in October 2016. Since May 2019 he’s also been responsible for Alibaba’s operations in the Netherlands, and the development of Alipay in Europe. He brings extensive knowledge of the retail and technology industries to the role, having spent ten years at Google in the UK and Ireland, working closely with UK retailers and overseeing the UK Retail and Technology sectors.

Nana kom til Microsoft i 2002, hvor hun har haft forskellige ledende stillinger inden for kommercielt salg og produktmarketing. Hun har været en del af direktionen siden 2013 – senest i rollen som direktør for Marketing & Operations. Nana startede sin karriere indenfor e-commerce, inden hun kom til Microsoft. Udover stillingen som adm. direktør hos Microsoft Danmark er Nana bestyrelsesmedlem i EnergiNet og Wonderful Copenhagen. Hun fungerer ligeledes som mentor for nye talenter og rådgiver for entreprenører i bl.a. Copenhagen FinTech Global Advisory Board og som bestyrelsesformand for den danske tech startup Motosumo. Derudover er hun en efterspurgt foredragsholder indenfor innovation, digitalisering og ledelse. Nana er uddannet fra Copenhagen Business School og har læst IT-strategi og -ledelse på ITU. Hun har ligeledes en bestyrelsesuddannelse fra IMD.

Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen took up his duties as Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD in January 2019. His portfolio includes the strategic direction of OECD policy on Science, Technology and Innovation; Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Migration, Health; and Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs’, Regions & Cities. Until the end of 2018, Mr. Knudsen was Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark. In this capacity, he has served numerous Danish Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation, Trade and European Affairs since 2013. Prior to this, he served as Sherpa and Chief Diplomatic Advisor to two Danish Prime Ministers on Security Policy, EU and Foreign Affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr. Knudsen was appointed Ambassador in 2006. He served as Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO in Paris (2008-2009). Prior to this, he was Press Officer and Principal Private Secretary to a number of Danish Ministers for Foreign Affairs. Besides his diplomatic career, which includes postings in London (2003-2004), Washington (1998-2000) and Moscow (1997), he briefly served as Group Director for International Policy in Vodafone, London (2013). He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen (1994), where he also acted as external lecturer, and he has published various papers and publications on Asia, WTO, trade policy and globalisation.

Thomas Lund-Sørensen har været ansat som chef for Center for Cybersikkerhed i Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste siden 2012. Han er dansk diplomat med mangeårig erfaring fra Udenrigstjenesten og Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste. Han har blandt andet arbejdet som ambassadør i Jordan og som regeringens særlige udsending til Libyen (Benghazi) under oprøret mod Gaddafi. Thomas Lund-Sørensen er cand.polit. fra Københavns Universitet og har desuden studeret på Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris og École Nationale d'Administration i Paris.