The Value Creation of Architecture

Lene Espersen

Managing Director, Danish Association of Architectural Firms, Denmark

Lene Espersen is a former Danish politician and the current CEO at the Danish Association of Architectural Firms. She has also since 2016 been Chairman of the Board of Aalborg University, a post she will have until 2020.

Representing the Conservative Party, Lene was an elected member of the Danish Parliament from 1994 to 2014. During this period she served e.g. as Minister of Justice (2001-2008), Minister of Business and Economy (2008-2010), Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister (2008-2011), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010-11).