Helle Bank Jørgensen
Board members and executives in over 55 countries – many from Fortune 500 companies – have achieved a certification from Competent Boards, and have gone on to help their companies mitigate the risks and seize the opportunities presented by the ever-evolving governance landscape.
A business lawyer and certified public accountant by training, Helle is an internationally recognized voice on governance, sustainability, climate, and nature and serves at the Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence, World Economic Forum (WEF) Expert Network for Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Emerging Multinationals; and as co-chair, global expert panel, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) established by HM King Charles III, among other roles.
Originally from Denmark, she now lives in Canada, where she was recognized in 2023 as a ‘Global Changemaker’ by The Globe and Mail and one of the ‘Top 50 Influencers to Follow’ by Onalytica. In 2022, she was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women. She was also selected as one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Green Economy and received the SustainabilityX® Magazine’s Global 50 Women in Sustainability Award.
In 2024, she received the Corporate Governance Lifetime Achievement Award in New York City, and the same night, she received another Lifetime Governance Achievement Award from the Governance Professionals of Canada in Toronto, Canada.
In addition to Competent Boards, offering the world’s first globally accessible board training program, Helle has a few other brainchildren, including the world’s first green account, the first integrated report, the first holistic supply chain program and many innovative business solutions, and latest The Future Boardroom.
Her Amazon bestseller, Stewards of the Future: A Guide for Competent Boards, was published in 2022. She is a regular contributor to FTs Agenda, Board Agenda and interviewed by many leading publications. Prior to Competent Boards she was a partner at PwC.