Jeppe Kofod is former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark. He has extensive experience and deep insight in international, EU and national politics for a period of more than 25 years with a particular focus on foreign affairs, geopolitics, security, trade policy, green transition, energy, and innovative technologies.

Kofod has held leadership positions in the European Parliament/EU, in the Danish Parliament and in international NGOs, as former President of The European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources, EUFORES.

He has experience with national and international board work, including as chairman of the board of Campus Bornholm for 8 years, Treasury of Parliamentarians for Global Action and Vice-President for Parliamentarians with Africa, AWEP.

He holds an Order of Merit (1st class) of Ukraine awarded by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in September 2022 as a special recognition for long-standing support for Ukraine including in the freedom and resistance struggle against Russia's invasion.