Rasmus von Gottberg

Vice President, Novozymes

Rasmus joined Novozymes in 1999. As Vice President Business Development & Acquisitions, Rasmus currently leads the company’s new business creation as well as its acquisition and post-merger integration efforts. Earlier he held the position as Vice President Marketing. During his time with Novozymes, Rasmus has amongst other been instrumental to the company’s acquisition-based entry into agricultural biologicals, the creation of a Biochemicals business, the establishment of strategic alliances and positioning Novozymes for sustained market leadership and growth in Bioenergy. Prior to joining Novozymes, Rasmus spent five years in management consulting first with Booz & Co. in Munich and then with AT Kearney in Copenhagen. His primary focus areas were business unit and corporate strategy, M&A, new business development, market entry, and restructuring. Rasmus, a German-Swedish national, holds an MBA from ESCP-Europe, Paris-Oxford-Berlin. He completed his undergraduate studies in Engineering Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.