The Organization

The highest authority in Oxfam Denmark is the Board of Directors. The Board approves the annual activities and budget and maintains close dialogue with the management. It is also involved in the recruitment of Oxfam Denmark’s executive leadership.

Once a year, we hold a general assembly, where you, as a member, can help influence how we work in the future. It is at the general assembly that the Board is elected, and where changes to our statutes can be made.

Oxfam Denmark is also part of the global Oxfam confederation – a movement of people who contribute their time, energy, and resources and truly believe that the world can be different.

Oxfam Denmark management

The Board of Directors of Oxfam Denmark

Oxfam Denmark is a membership-based democratic organization, and the Board is therefore elected by the members at the annual General Assembly.

The Board consists of up to 11 members. Nine are elected by the General Assembly, one member is elected by the staff, and the Board has the option to appoint one additional member.

Board members are elected on a rolling basis for three-year terms.

The Board is led by a Chair and a Vice Chair, who together coordinate the Board’s work and serve as the primary point of contact with the Secretary General. The Chair and Vice Chair receive an honorarium, while the other Board members serve on a voluntary basis.

Oxfam Denmark’s new Board was constituted on 3 December 2024.

Members of the Board of Oxfam Denmark

Hannah Brejnholt
Helena Reumert Gjerding
Ilse Lærke Kristensen
Jonas Devantier
Karen Andersen
Magnus L.H. Haslebo
Magnus Skovrind Pedersen
Malte Frøslee Ibsen
Mette Lybye
Poul Erik Christoffersen
Sabavoun Waziri
Sille Amalie Andersen

Responsibilities of the Board

The Board is the political leadership of Oxfam Denmark and is responsible for ensuring that the organization is managed in accordance with its principles and the decisions made by the General Assembly. The Board also holds overall responsibility for the organization’s finances.

It is the Board that appoints the Secretary General of the organization. The Secretary General is responsible for the day-to-day management of the secretariat and for implementing the Board’s strategy and policies in practice. The Board therefore works in close collaboration with the Secretary General and the rest of the secretariat’s leadership team.

Qualifications and Expertise

The Board aims to represent a broad range of qualifications and knowledge in the following areas:

• Development cooperation and humanitarian response
• Various dimensions of inequality
• Strategic leadership
• Organization and human resources
• Law, finance, and fundraising
• Public debate, activism, and democratic movements
• Partnerships, inclusion, and diversity

Minutes from Board Meetings

As of 5 September 2023, we publish the minutes from Oxfam Denmark’s board meetings on our website once they have been approved by the board.

Any confidential or sensitive personal information is omitted from the version of the minutes available here.

If you have questions about the board’s work, you are welcome to contact the Chair, Magnus Skovrind Pedersen, at masp@oxfam.dk.

Minutes from 2025

Minutes from 2024

Minutes from 2023

Statutes for Oxfam Denmark

Adopted at the General Assembly of Oxfam Denmark on 25 November 2023:

Remuneration for the Board and the Secretary General’s Salary

The Chair of the Board receives a monthly remuneration of DKK 6,348, and the Vice Chair receives DKK 2,116 per month. These amounts are non-pensionable. The remaining members of the Board are unpaid.

The Board is responsible for determining the remuneration for both the Chair and the Vice Chair. The Board also sets the salary of the Secretary General.

Secretary General’s Salary

The Secretary General of Oxfam Denmark is Lars Koch. Lars’ monthly salary is:

DKK 88,710.23 including pension.