Stine Bosse | |
Birth Name: | Christine Bosse |
Birth Date: | 21 December 1960 |
Birth Place: | Virum, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Party: | Moderates (2022–present) |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | University of Copenhagen |
Occupation: | Businesswoman • politician |
Office1: | Member of the European Parliament for Denmark |
Termstart1: | 16 July 2024 |
Awards: | Order of the Dannebrog Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Christine "Stine" Bosse (born 21 December 1960) is a Danish businesswoman and politician. Bosse led the Moderates's list for the 2024 European election, and won election as a Member of the European Parliament; she is expected to be sworn-in in the upcoming Tenth European Parliament.[1]
Bosse gained a Masters of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1987.
Upon graduation, Bosse began working for TrygVesta, a Nordic insurance agency, rising up the ranks until she became an executive manager in 1999. In 2003 she was appointed CEO,[2] and in 2009 the Financial Times identified her as "the 22nd most influential businesswoman in the world".
The United Nations appointed Bosse as an Advocate for the Millennium Development Goals in 2010, and she left TrygVesta in 2011, becoming a professional board member and subject-matter expert. In 2015 she was appointed President of the European Movement in Denmark, taking over from Anne E. Jensen,[3] and separately became the new Chair of the Board of BankNordik.[4] She is also President of the Royal Danish Theatre, a Member of the Board of Allianz, a non-executive director of Aker,[5] and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Copenhagen in the Department of Operations Management.[6]
She was elected to the European Parliament for the Moderates in the 2024 European Parliament election.[7] [8]