Marie Grønnegaard Christensen leads Egon Zehnder’s EMEA Health Practice. She conducts non-executive director and C-suite successions with a particular focus on Chair, CEO, and commercial executives across the healthcare space. While Marie works within Biopharma and MedTech, her particular depth lies within the (bio)pharma space. Based in Copenhagen, Marie applies a leadership development approach to her work across Board, CEO successions, as well as for management assessment and development programs for C-suite executives and deeper in the organization building on her passion for discovering high-caliber leaders and working closely with them to unleash their potential.
It is a luxury to interact with talented leaders and ambitious companies. As I endeavor to understand their context and strategic objectives, I always strive to deliver a bit more than they ask for.
Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Marie was Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Novo Nordisk. She started her career in Corporate Treasury, and has held leadership positions in finance, strategy, operations, and treasury at the company. Earlier, she worked for the World Bank and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Marie has an MSc in Finance and Economics from the University of Copenhagen. Further, she holds 2 BA degrees; one in finance and economics, and one in English, both from the University of Aarhus in Denmark. She studied at SUNY Binghamton in New York, as well as at Nebraska Wesleyan University. She is the mother of twins and enjoys running, biking, and recharging at her family's second home in northern Italy.
