Lise joined GÉANT as Chief Executive Officer in November 2024, having served as Director General of ETNO, the Brussels-based association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, for nine years. She is Chair of the Danish Cyber security organisation “Security Tech Space”, and she was appointed to serve on the Public Technical Identifiers Board in August 2025. Between 2022 and 2025 she was a member of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum Leadership Panel. Between 2017 and 2024, Lise was a Board member of European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). From 2016-2022 she served as Chairwoman of the Boards of Public Interest Registry (.org domain name registry) and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), formerly IANA, and affiliate of ICANN.
From 2009 to 2016, Lise was Chief Operating Officer of DK Hostmaster and DIFO, the company managing .dk domain names. From 2014 to 2016, she also chaired the Cross Community Working Group for the IANA Stewardship Transition, building on her strong network within the internet community. Lise has over 20 years of experience within the internet, technology, and telecoms industries and is a lifelong member of ATV, the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, an independent think tank.
