Stine Bosse

Stine Bosse
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the European Parliament
for Denmark
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
BornChristine Bosse
(1960-12-21) 21 December 1960
PartyModerates (2022–present)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
OccupationBusinesswoman • politician
AwardsOrder of the Dannebrog
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Christine "Stine" Bosse (born 21 December 1960) is a Danish businesswoman and Member of the European Parliament. Bosse led the Moderates's list for the 2024 European election.[1][2]

Early life and education

Bosse gained a Masters of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1987.

She was born in Virum.[3]

Career

Upon graduation, Bosse began working for TrygVesta, a Nordic insurance agency, rising up the ranks until she became an executive manager in 1999. In 2003 she was appointed CEO,[4] and in 2009 the Financial Times identified her as "the 22nd most influential businesswoman in the world".[5]

The United Nations appointed Bosse as an Advocate for the Millennium Development Goals in 2010,[5] and she left TrygVesta in 2011, becoming a professional board member and subject-matter expert. In 2015 she was appointed President of the European Movement in Denmark, taking over from Anne E. Jensen,[6] and separately became the new Chair of the Board of BankNordik.[7] She is also President of the Royal Danish Theatre, a Member of the Board of Allianz, a non-executive director of Aker,[8] and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Copenhagen in the Department of Operations Management.[5]

She was elected to the European Parliament for the Moderates in the 2024 European Parliament election.[9][10]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "Stine Bosse stiller op for Moderaterne. Det er slut med at være mandagstræner". Politiken (in Danish). 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  2. ^ "Home | Stine BOSSE | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 1960-12-21. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  3. ^ "Altinget - Alt om politik: altinget.dk". www.altinget.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  4. ^ "MDG Advocacy Group". United Nations. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Stine Bosse". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Ny formandspost til Stine Bosse". Dagbladet Børsen. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. ^ Kjelland, Nicoline (3 March 2015). "Stine Bosse i spil som ny formand for Bank Nordik". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  8. ^ Kjelland, Nicoline (3 March 2015). "Stine Bosse: Formandspost i lille bank kræver meget". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Stine Bosse (M) - Europa-parlamentsvalg 2024 | DR". www.dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  10. ^ "Partier har i årevis bejlet til Stine Bosse – nu er spørgsmålet, om vælgerne vil have hende - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  11. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.