# Elsebeth Budolfsen

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'''Elsebeth Budolfsen''' (born 8 March 1947) is a Danish pharmacist and [business executive](/source/business_executive). She has held top management positions in several Danish companies over the past 20 years, including managing director of [ALK-Abelló](/source/ALK-Abell%C3%B3), [Christian Hansen Holding](/source/Chr._Hansen) and [Novo](/source/Novo_Nordisk). As of September 2015, she heads the biotechnology company T-cellic (a.k.a.Torsana Oncology Systems)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1446592|title=Company Overview of T-cellic A/S|publisher=Bloomberg Business|accessdate=8 September 2015 |language=}}</ref> while serving on the board of directors of over a dozen private companies and public organizations, including [DONG Energy](/source/DONG_Energy), [Danske Bank](/source/Danske_Bank) and the [Risø Research Centre](/source/Ris%C3%B8_DTU_National_Laboratory_for_Sustainable_Energy).<ref name=kvinfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/634/action/2/vis/1137/|title=Elsebeth Budolfsen|publisher=Kvinfo|accessdate=8 September 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref>

==Biography==
Budolfsen graduated in pharmacy from the [Danish Pharmaceutical College](/source/University_of_Copenhagen_Faculty_of_Health_and_Medical_Sciences) in 1971 and went on to earn an M.Sc. in biology in 1973.<ref name=kvinfo/> She received the title of businesswoman of the year in 1997 and has been a member of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Danish Academy of Technical Sciences|da|3=Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber}} since 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1446669&privcapId=1446592&previousCapId=30122821&previousTitle=ADMIRAL%20CAPITAL%20B|title=Elsebeth Budolfsen Msc|publisher=BloombergBusiness|accessdate=8 September 2015 |language=}}</ref>

Budolsen has become a strong supporter of women in top management. In an interview with the Danish newspaper ''[Berlingske](/source/Berlingske)'', she explained: "Modern employees want a new kind of leadership. They no longer seek top-down orders on what they have to do. It is here women can offer a different kind of management. The new Y generation want a more holistic approach. And women can provide it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.dk/ledelse/koenskvotering-ja-tak|title=Kønskvotering, ja tak!|publisher=Berlingske|date=14 May 2012|accessdate=8 September 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref>

Elsebeth Budolfsen is the daughter of the medical specialist Svend Erik Budolfsen and the physiotherapist Kirsten Elisabeth Larsen. She is the younger sister of the archaeologist and cultural historian [Lise Hannestad](/source/Lise_Hannestad) (born 1943).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/60/origin/170/|title=Lise Hannestad (1943 - )|publisher=Kvinfo|accessdate=8 September 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.business.dk/ledelse/koenskvotering-ja-tak Interview in ''Berlingske'' (in Danish) with photograph]

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