GOVERNANCE 65 2016 marked the end of the term for the first elected Grundfos employee representatives on the Board of Directors of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation. Four new representatives were also elected to serve on the Board of Directors going forward. The employee representatives participate and are equal board members in all questions related to the ownership of Grundfos; however, they do not – by law – participate in decisions related to the philanthropic activities. Nonetheless, the rest of the Board of Directors decided to invite the employee representatives into the strategy work on the new philanthropic strategy. Their voices represent the many employees delivering the profit, which, after distribution to the shareholders, is partly used for the Foundation’s philanthropic activities. The employee representatives are elected by and among the Grundfos employees in the European Union to serve for a four-year term. Danish employees occupy two seats, while European Grundfos employees from outside Denmark occupy the other two seats. Thirteen (13) Danes and 15 non-Danes competed for the four seats and for the votes from the 9961 voters. When all the votes were counted, three of the four previous employee representatives had to give up their seats, while one was re-elected. We would like to thank the previous employee representatives for their contribution over the past four years. Employee Representatives 2016-2020 Zsuzsanna Tóth is Assistant to one of the plant directors in Grundfos Manufacturing in Hungary. She is newly elected to the Foundation Board, but has previously been an employee representative in the Grundfos Holding Board. Her mandate in the Grundfos Holding Board expired in April 2016. Zsuzsanna Tóth has been with Grundfos since 2006. Rudolf Martini is Business Development Manager in the German speaking countries in Europe. He has had a long career in Grundfos in particular within the circulator business. He was re-elected for his seat in the Poul Due Jensen Foundation. He was also elected as employee representative to the Grundfos Holding Board. Rudolf Martini has been with Grundfos since 1981. Torben Ømark is Group Senior Director in Grundfos Finance. He spent a good part of the last 17 years as CFO in Grundfos’ Danish manufacturing company before he shifted to a group level position in 2015. Torben is the Chairman of the Grundfos Jubilee Foundation, which is a philanthropic foundation founded in connection with the 25-year anniversary of Grundfos. Torben Ømark has been with Grundfos since 2000. Jens Erik Bjørklund Lysdahl is a Manufacturing Engineer in Grundfos’ Danish manufacturing company and has been with Grundfos since 1987.
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