Refugees United

 

The board is truly a working asset, engaged in much of the daily work
Refugees United Secretariat

The Board

Steen Halbye
Steen Halbye
Chairman

Steen Halbye is the owner and CEO at Halbye Kaag JWT, and is widely experienced in the marketing and advertising industry. He holds an MBA in Economics from Insead and a Master Degree in Law from Copenhagen University. In the past he has worked as the sales director at Danish TV3 and as an associate at McKinsey & Company.
Philip Rudge
Philip Rudge
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Philip Rudge has worked on human rights and humanitarian issues throughout his career. Philip Rudge started as a development official in S.E Asia, and then specialized in refugees and displaced persons. He directed the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) for 15 years, and has worked independently on humanitarian policy issues for the UN.
Peter Mads Clausen
Peter Mads Clausen
Chairman of Bitten & Mads Clausen Foundation

Additionally Peter Mads Clausen is Chairman of the Danfoss Foundation for Education, Fabrikant Mads Clausen's Foundation and the Foundation for Project Zero and Sønderborg Havneselskab. He is also a member of the Board of Danfoss and Senior Vice President for Danfoss High-Pressure Systems.
Vibeke Windeløv
Producer

Vibeke Windeløv has produced a variety of films, short films and documentaries. Windeløv's feature film credits include Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves, The Idiots, Dogville and Manderlay, and Bille August's In my Life. Vibeke has been a member of the board of the European Film Academy since 1998.


Juliane Meulengracht Bang
Juliane Meulengracht Bang

Juliane Meulengracht Bang holds an MBA from Insead. Board member of Atmosphere Copenhagen webbureau, Board member of The Mary Foundation, partner in, and former CEO of, BBDO Advertising Agency in Denmark, Previous Board member of Maconomy, Co-Founder of online shop Monogram.

"I am very happy to be working with Refugees United - it is a unique solution using modern technology and new ways of communication, offering the vast amount of refugees new hope and, hopefully, a path to find the ones they are missing." Juliane Meulengracht Bang

Anne la Cour
Anne la Cour
Danish Refugee Council

Anne La Cour is Head of the Asylum Department of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC). She is a board member of ECRE Executive Committee, as representative for the Nordic Region and a member of the Board of Directors of the Danish Refugee Council.
Nikolaj Thonbo
Nikolaj Thonbo
Industry Head, Google Denmark

Nikolaj Thonbo is Industry Head at Google, Denmark. Prior to this engagement Nikolaj was head of sales at the Danish television broadcasting company TV Danmark.



Secretariat

In light of the function of Refugees United as an "online-only" application meant to provide refugees with a self-empowering tool, Refugees United is rather small in comparison to many other NGO's. From the onset, it has been our goal to keep staff at limited numbers, outsourcing most of our needs to competent 3rd party professionals. A core belief of Refugees United is to gather many hands of strength instead of relying on few to lift the weight.

Administration
Day to day operations are carried out by the founders, David & Christopher T. Mikkelsen, Rikke Juel Brandt and Helene Vestergaard in Copenhagen and dedicated partners and volunteers all over the world.
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