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    BOARD OF
    DIRECTORS

    The Board of Directors is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of Topsoe A/S. It also supervises the execution of the strategy, as well as the performance of the company and the Senior Leadership Team and must ensure proper organization of the company’s business.    

    The Board of Directors of Topsoe consists of external independent board members, members of the Topsøe family as well as employee representatives of Topsoe A/S.

    The Board of Directors strives to be diverse in gender, nationality, age, international experience, qualifications and competencies. The board comprises five different nationalities, and board members bring a variety of backgrounds in business, engineering, physics, economy and law, coupled with extensive experience and expertise across a wide range of sectors, businesses and institutions.   

    The Board of Directors has established a chairmanship, an Audit, ESG and Risk Committee, a Remuneration Committee and an Innovation Committee. The purpose of the board committees is to report and make recommendations to the board.  Read more here.

    Susana Quintana Plaza

    Susana Quintana Plaza has over 25 years of work experience with more than 15 years in energy industry. She is currently the CEO of BM2Solar – a company in the energy battery space. She also sits in the supervisory board of three companies, and is acting as an independent energy advisor to Infrastructure, Private Equity and VC funds. She began her career at Boeing in 1998. After her MBA, she joined Booz Allen Hamilton in London before moving to E.ON in Germany. In 2012, she launched the Venture Capital activities for the E.ON group, and in 2014 she became Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation – a role she held until 2016 when she took the position of Partner at next47 (Siemens’ CVC organization). After that she joined Galp’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee as COO of Renewables and New Business.