Novo Nordisk chairman on lacking diversity: "I haven't done enough"

Novo Nordisk's own chairman still thinks a massive effort is needed to achieve the optimal gender balance within the company, and he turns the criticism for lacking results inward.
Novo Nordisk President and CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen | Photo: Stine Bidstrup/ERH
Novo Nordisk President and CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen | Photo: Stine Bidstrup/ERH
BY ULRICH QUISTGAARD, TRANSLATED BY NIELSINE NIELSEN

Gender diversity is not where it should be at Novo Nordisk, even though the pharmaceutical giant has launched a series of diversity initiatives from the viewpoint of the firm's Chairman of the Board Helge Lund, according to newspaper Børsen.

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