Stine Bosse
Stine Bosse | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Denmark | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christine Bosse 21 December 1960 Virum, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Political party | Moderates (2022–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
| Occupation | Businesswoman • politician |
| Awards | Order of the Dannebrog Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Christine "Stine" Bosse (born 21 December 1960) is a Danish businesswoman and politician. Bosse led the Moderates's list for the 2024 European election, and won election as a Member of the European Parliament; she is expected to be sworn-in in the upcoming Tenth European Parliament.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Bosse gained a Masters of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1987.
Career
[edit]Upon graduation, Bosse began working for TrygVesta, a Nordic insurance agency, rising up the ranks until she became an executive manager in 1999. In 2003 she was appointed CEO,[2] and in 2009 the Financial Times identified her as "the 22nd most influential businesswoman in the world".[3]
The United Nations appointed Bosse as an Advocate for the Millennium Development Goals in 2010,[3] and she left TrygVesta in 2011, becoming a professional board member and subject-matter expert. In 2015 she was appointed President of the European Movement in Denmark, taking over from Anne E. Jensen,[4] and separately became the new Chair of the Board of BankNordik.[5] She is also President of the Royal Danish Theatre, a Member of the Board of Allianz, a non-executive director of Aker,[6] and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Copenhagen in the Department of Operations Management.[3]
She was elected to the European Parliament for the Moderates in the 2024 European Parliament election.[7][8]
Other activities
[edit]- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stine Bosse stiller op for Moderaterne. Det er slut med at være mandagstræner". Politiken (in Danish). 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ "MDG Advocacy Group". United Nations. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Stine Bosse". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Ny formandspost til Stine Bosse". Dagbladet Børsen. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Kjelland, Nicoline (3 March 2015). "Stine Bosse i spil som ny formand for Bank Nordik". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Kjelland, Nicoline (3 March 2015). "Stine Bosse: Formandspost i lille bank kræver meget". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Stine Bosse (M) - Europa-parlamentsvalg 2024 | DR". www.dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Partier har i årevis bejlet til Stine Bosse – nu er spørgsmålet, om vælgerne vil have hende - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
| International | |
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| People | |
- 20th-century Danish businesswomen
- 20th-century Danish businesspeople
- 21st-century Danish businesswomen
- 21st-century Danish businesspeople
- Danish chief executives
- Danish women business executives
- University of Copenhagen alumni
- People from Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
- 1960 births
- Living people
- MEPs for Denmark 2024–2029
- Moderates (Denmark) politicians
- 21st-century women MEPs for Denmark