Board of Directors

Jørgen Jensen

Chair of the Board
(he/him/his)

Joined Board in 2020
Appointed until 2025
Independent

Born 1968
Danish
16,236 B shares

Chair of the Remuneration Committee, the Nomination Committee, and the Chair Council, and member of the Innovation Committee

Position and honorary offices
Position: Professional board member
Honorary offices: 3Shape A/S (C), VELUX A/S (C), Micro Matic A/S (C), Weibel A/S (C), VKR Holding A/S (VC), Nordic Paper AB (C), Armacell International S.A. (MB)
Special competences
Extensive leadership experience across global corporations and MedTech, with a proven track record in driving perforomance and transformation in sales, R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, sustainability governance, and M&A.

SHACEY PETROVIC

Vice Chair of the Board
(she/her/hers)

Joined Board in 2022
Appointed until 2025
Independent

Born 1973
American
5,535 B shares

Member of the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee, and the Chair Council

Position and honorary offices
Position:
Professional board member
Honorary offices: Exact Sciences (MB), Imperative Care (VC), NovoCuff (C), Axena Health (MB)
Special competences
Extensive international executive experience within global MedTech companies, with a proven track record in commercial and operational leadership across strategy, sales, R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, sustainability, and M&A.

Susanne Larsson

Board member
(she/her/hers)

Joined Board in 2021
Appointed until 2025
Independent

Born 1968
Swedish
1,000 B shares

Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee

Position and honorary offices
Position: Group Financial Officer & Chief Sustainability Officer at AB SKF
Special competences
Extensive general management and financial leadership experience within publicly listed companies, with a strong focus on strategy, M&A, transformation, change management, finance, sustainability, and IT.

Michael del Prado

Board member
(he/him/his)

Joined Board in 2021
Appointed until 2025
Independent

Born 1963
American
3,000 B shares

Chair of the Innovation Committee and member of the Nomination Committee

Position and honorary offices
Position: Professional board member and strategic advisor
Honorary offices: Cochlear Limited ASX (MB), Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio (Member, Board of Trustees)
Special competences
Global senior leadership experience within major healthcare companies, with a focus on transformative innovation, commercialization, governance, strategic partnerships, sustainability, and health policy.

SIMON HESSE HOFFMANN

Board member
(he/him/his)

Joined Board in 2022
Appointed until 2025
Independent

Born 1978
Danish
5,717,500 A shares
1,985,000 B shares

Member of the Audit Committee

Position and honorary offices
Position:
Professional board member
Honorary offices: Magenta (C), HC Andersen Capital (C), Testa Invest (MB), WireOnAir (MB), JHO Holding (Director)
Special competences
Extensive experience in financial management, governance, reporting, budgeting, sustainability and funding, and third-generation member of the founding family of Ambu.
 

DAVID HALE

Board member
(he/him/his)

Joined Board in 2024
Appointed until 2025
Independent

Born 1968
French/American
2,800 B shares

Member of the Audit Committee and the Innovation Committee

Position and honorary offices
Position:
Independent healthcare executive
Special competences
Extensive experience from global pharma and MedTech companies, encompassing healthcare services, MedTech operations, healthcare IT, and digital solutions, sales & marketing, product management, sustainability, and operations.

Gry Sahner Gundestrup

Employee-elected member
(she/her/hers)

Joined Board in 2025
Appointed until 2029

Born 1976
Danish
1,946 B shares

Position
Lead Legal Procurement and Head of Data Privacy, Global Legal, Global Finance
Joined Ambu in 2020

Jesper Bartroff Frederiksen

Employee-elected member
(he/him/his)

Joined Board in 2021
Appointed until 2029

Born 1975
Danish
2,343 B shares

Position
Team Manager, Systems Engineering, R&D
Joined Ambu in 2016

Jakob Koch

Employee-elected member
(he/him/his) 

Member of the Board since 2025
Appointed until 2029

Born 1979
Danish
5,982 B shares

Position
Director IP, Global Legal & IP, Global Finance
Joined Ambu in 2012

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