Director General, Danish Patent and Trademark Office, DK

Sune Stampe Sørensen is the Director General and CEO of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office under the Danish Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs. He is also Board member of the Nordic Patent Institute (NPI), member of the Board at the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV), member of the Management Board at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and member of the Board of the Administrative Council in the European Patent Office (EPO).

Previously, he has held various executive positions in the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark and at the Danish Ministry of Finance. Prior to this, he was Private Secretary to the Danish Prime Minister.

Sune holds an M.A. in Political Science from University of Copenhagen and Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from Sciences Po in Grenoble, France.