Emil Fannikke Kiær

Emil Fannikke Kiær is EVP, Political Affairs of the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) and is part of DI’s Executive Management.

He joined DI in 2020, and is responsible for coordinating DI’s extensive political work – including the responsibility for DI’s political analyses and socio-economic models and plans, as well as for the continued development of DI’s political work in collaboration with both Danish and European stakeholders, striving at keeping Denmark a strong and great society to do business in – and to live in.

Before joining DI, Emil Fannikke Kiær held the positions as COO in the Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension, Economics- and IT-Director in the Danish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and as Director in the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Danish Ministry of Finance respectively. Emil Fannikke Kiær is of Danish nationality and holds an MA in Political Science from The University of Copenhagen.