• Born July 1963
• Danish national 
• Member of the Board of Directors since 2017

Kim Ib Sørensen joined the Chr. Hansen Group in 1997 as Research Scientist in the Genetics and Microbiology Department in Hørsholm. In 2000, Mr. Sørensen was appointed Section Manager of Microbial Genetics in Applied Biotechnology and during the period 2001-2007, he served as Department Manager of Genomics and Strain Development. Since 2007, Mr. Sørensen has served as Senior Principal Scientist with responsibilities within bacterial strain development and acquisition.

Education

Mr. Sørensen holds a Master of Science in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from University of Copenhagen, Denmark.