Museum
Organisation & management
Designmuseum Danmark is a self-governing institution and a special museum recognised by the Danish government. The museum is non-profit and receives public support under the Museum Law from the Danish Ministry of Culture and the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces as main grantors. The museum is lead by a Board chosen by the museum representative office. Daily management is carried out by the museum’s director, who operates the museum with the help of a management group as well as a large number of talented staff within the museum’s core areas.
Management
Director
Designmuseum Danmark is led by Anne-Louise Sommer, Museum Director and adjunct professor.
Management team
- Anne-Louise Sommer, Museum Director
- Kristian Rise, Deputy director
- Allan Kulsø Larsen, Head of Operation & Security
- Christian Holmsted Olesen, Head of Exhibitions and Collections
- Lars Pico Geerdsen, Head of Programme
- Lene Bruun Bolin, Chief Financial Officer
- Mille Maria Steffen-Nielsen Smith, Head of Communications
- Tina Street Lundqvist, Team leader
- Pia Saabye, Store Manager
Board
The Board is responsible for the overall leadership of the museum and the museum operations, and it draws up guidelines for the museum’s work based on approvals from the museum’s representative office and the museum’s articles of association.
The current Board of Designmuseum Danmark
- Henrik Tvarnø. Dir. (Chairman)
- Jeppe Skadhauge. Advokat. (Vice-chairman)
- Camilla Mordhorst. CEO
- Dan Boyter. CEO
- Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen, Curator (Employee representative)
Representative office
The Representative Office consists of persons chosen by private and public institutions within the design field.
Designmuseum Danmark’s Representative Office functions as a contact between the museum and these organisations. The Representative Office chooses the Board.
The Representative Office is chosen by the following organisations
- Dansk Industri (3 medlemmer)
- SMVdanmark (2 medlemmer)
- C. L. Davids Fond & Samling (1 medlem)
- Designmuseets Venner (5 medlemmer)
- KADK – Det Kongelige Akademi – Arkitektur, Design og Konservering (1 medlem)
- Nationalmuseet (1 medlem)
- Design Denmark (1 medlem)
- Medarbejderrepræsentanter fra museet (2 medlemmer)
Representatives here and now
Henrik Tvarnø, direktør
Jeppe Skadhauge, advokat
Per Vangekjær, malermester
Joachim Meyer, museumsdirektør
Lars Højer, vicedirektør
Adam Pade, redaktør
Lene Brix, arkitekt
Annette Estø, direktør
Mathilde Aggebo, fagleder
Camilla Mordhorst, CEO
Helle Søholt, CEO
Pil Bredahl, designer
Dan Boyter, CEO
Hanne Dalsgaard, Designer
Lone Rahbek
Bo Linnemann, direktør
Annette Hesselbjerg Lund, projektleder
Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen, museumsinspektør (medarbejderrepræsentant)
Tina Street Lundqvist, teamleder velkomst og front (medarbejderrepræsentant)