Professional career
1 November 2006: Consumer Ombudsman
The Danish Ministry of Justice, Law Department
2001-2006: Head of Division, Property Law Division
2000-2001: Senior Advisor, EC Law and Human Rights Division
1999-2000: Lawyer, EC Law Division
Other activities while employed in the Ministry of Justice
2004-2006: Auditor in the national police districts
1999-2006: Lecturer and educational activities concerning the EU and property law for the Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists, the General Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society and the Legal Education Centre, among others.
1999-2001: External lecturer, EC Competition Law, University of Copenhagen
1999-2000: Prosecutor for the Public Prosecutor in Copenhagen etc.
The European Court of First Instance, Luxembourg
1994-1999: Legal Secretary to President Bo Vesterdorf
Solicitors Frue Kirkeplads 4, Århus (now Solicitors Bech-Bruun)
December 1995: Admission to practise law
1991-1994: Trainee solicitor from 1 February 1991
University of Aarhus
1991-1993: Teaching assistant, Administrative Law
External lecturer, EC Competition Law
Education
College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium
1992-1993: LL.M. in European Law
University of Aarhus
January 1991: Master of Laws
June 1984: Graduated from upper secondary school; special subjects mathematics/physics
Publications
Co-author, "EU-konkurrenceretten" (EC Competition Law), GADJura, 1998
Co-author, "Forbrugeraftaleloven med kommentarer" (Annotated version of the Danish Consumer Agreements Act), DJØF, 2006
Co-author, EU-Karnov, chapters on competition law and state subsidies (1999 and 2001) and chapter on consumer protection (2003 and 2005)
Co-author of a number of articles on various legal aspects and topics