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Hanne Søndergaard is the Executive Vice President (EVP) of Agriculture, Sustainability & Communications at Arla Foods, a global dairy cooperative with 8,000 farmer owners across 7 European Countries. Hanne has been with Arla since 1989, first joining under MD Foods and then moving to the UK where she played a leading role in developing the Arla UK business. She became Vice CEO of Arla UK before she in 2010 moved into a global marketing role as Senior Vice President of Brands and Categories. In 2016, she became CMO and Executive Vice President and joined Arla's Executive Management Team. In January 2021, Hanne stepped into her current role as EVP of Agriculture, Sustainability and Communication to lead the sustainability journey of Arla Foods with our Farmer Owners. Hanne holds Business degrees from the Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences and Harvard Business School. Externally she holds key positions across the sector and industry including member of the Technical University of Denmark (2016), member of the Danish Climate Forest Foundation (Klimaskovfonden), Board member of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council (2022) and Deputy Chair of the Global Dairy Platform.

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