Helle Bank Jorgensen
Global Managing Director, Board Intelligence | Founder, Competent Boards
Helle Bank Jorgensen is a globally recognized authority on corporate governance, sustainability, and boardroom transformation. A business lawyer and CPA by training, she has advised Fortune 500 companies, investors, and global institutions for more than three decades—helping them navigate the intersection of long-term value creation and societal impact.
As the founder of Competent Boards, her world-renowned board programs have equipped leaders in over 55 countries with the foresight and competencies needed to lead in an era of disruption. She is the author of two bestselling books: Stewards of the Future and The Future Boardroom—How to Transform in Turbulent Times.
Helle is a pioneer behind the world’s first green account, the first integrated report, and the first holistic supply chain program. Her contributions to Sustainability and board excellence have earned her induction into the Corporate Governance Hall of Fame, and two Lifetime Achievement Awards—received on the same night in New York and Toronto.
She serves with Nasdaq’s Center for Board Excellence, Accounting for Sustainability’s Global Advisory Panel, and the World Economic Forum Expert Network. Helle has been named a Global Changemaker, one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women, and a Top Voice in the Green Economy.
Helle is passionate about helping decision-makers ask better questions, build more resilient organizations, and leave society—and the planet—better than they found it.
