Food For Thought with Dr. Deborah Dunsire

Named Woman of the Year, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, 2009; recipient Rising Star award, Health Care Business Women’s Association, 2000, Excalibur Award, American Cancer Society, 2001, Corporate Leadership award, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), 2009, Creative Spirit award, Creative Center for Women. Meet Dr. Deborah Dunsire, our next guest speaker to Food for Thought.

Dr. Deborah Dunsire is currently the President & CEO of Lundbeck, a global pharmaceutical company specializing in developing innovative treatments for brain diseases. She has more than 30 years of clinical, commercial, and international management experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, primarily in the fields of oncology and CNS.

On a personal note, Dr. Dunsire was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, where she graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1985 and received her training as a medical doctor. Apart from working in South Africa, she has also worked in the USA and Switzerland, before coming to Denmark in 2018 to join Lundbeck; given her a strong cross-cultural and a global mindset, and making her a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion.

On October 6th, we will have the honor to welcome Dr. Deborah Dunsire to Food for Thought where she will share her life story and the experiences and challenges that formed the person she is today.

We look forward to seeing all of you on our first Food For Thought in our new place at Union, Nørre Allé 7.