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Mr. Nielsen has served as a director since June 1997. From December 2000 to September, 2003, when he retired, Mr. Nielsen served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Novo A/S. Mr. Nielsen held numerous positions within the Novo Nordisk organization since joining Novo Nordisk in 1974, including Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Corporate Finance, Vice President of Corporate Planning and Communications, and Head of the Corporate Planning Department. Prior to joining Novo Nordisk, Mr. Nielsen served as a management consultant at Booz, Allen and Hamilton of Scandinavia. He also served as a business economist at Carlsberg A/S in Denmark. Mr. Nielsen serves as a director of Coloplast A/S, DakoCytomation A/S, Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S. Mr. Nielsen received a B.A in Economics and an M.A. in Commerce from the Copenhagen Business School. | 