Steen Riisgaard
Steen Riisgaard | |
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Steen Riisgaard at a Novozymes board meeting December 2008 | |
| Born | 22 March 1951 Esbjerg, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Education | University of Copenhagen, MSc in Microbiology, 1979 |
| Website | Novozymes.com |
Steen Riisgaard (born 22 March 1951) is the former president and CEO of the Denmark-based biotech company Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes. He held this position from when Novozymes was founded in a demerger from Novo Nordisk in 2000 until he left the company in 2013 when Peder Holk Nielsen became CEO.