Mininguaq Kleist and Nuunu Ludvikka Johansen Jeremiassen are stepping down, while Natuk Lund Meire and Gerth P. Olsen are joining the board.
Arctic Hub that has to aim to create a unified platform for research, education, innovation, business and the surrounding community, is now ready with a new board.
Naalakkersuisoq for Environment, Nature, Energy and Research, Jørgen Rosbach (D), has appointed two new members to Arctic Hub’s board of directors in connection with changes in remit and resignation of a member.
This is stated by Naalakkersuisut in a press release.
– As the new Naalakkersuisoq for Research, I look forward to a good and close collaboration with the Arctic Hub. Arctic Hub provides a central and valuable contribution to research in Greenland and to the population in general. It is positive that the board will soon be full again, so that the work can continue with full force, says Jørgen Rosbach.
The pre-personship alternates between Greenland and Denmark every three years. Greenland is responsible for the period 15 July 2024 – 1 March 2027.
The total appointed members from the Greenlandic side are as follows:
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Natuk Lund Meire, head of department, Department for the Environment, Nature, Energy and Research (board member)
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Elna Thomsen Heilmann, forewoman, Teachers’ union in Greenland (IMAK) (board member)
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Frederik Fuuja Larsen, museum director, Greenland’s National Museum and Archives (board member)
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Gerth P. Olsen, CEO, Qeqertalik Business Council A/S (board member)
The appointed members from the Danish side are:
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Lise-Lotte Terp, CEO & Founder ProConsi International (board member)
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Torben Røjler Christensen, professor, Aarhus University, Scientific leader, Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring and Zackenberg Research Station (board member)
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Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, professor, Head of Research, Center for Public Health in Greenland University of Southern Denmark (board member)
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(awaiting designation)
The board has overall responsibility for Arctic Hub’s goals and consists of eight members who represent relevant scientific disciplines within Arctic research as well as actors with relevance for Arctic regions and business.
