Jan Beyer Schmidt-Sørensen (January 17, 1958) is a Danish

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and former Director of Business Development at

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.Jan-Beyer-Schmidt-Soerensen
. Retrieved 8. January 2018

Biography

Jan Beyer Schmidt-Sørensen was born January 17, 1958, in

Tønder Tønder (; ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,477 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality. History The first mention of Tønder might have been in th ...

. He grown up in Hadsund and

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, and in 1976 he graduated from Hasseris High School in Aalborg. Afterwards he studied

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. He graduated from Aarhus University in 1983 with a Master of Science in Economics. In 1990 he received a Ph.D. from

Aarhus School of Business The Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences (in short Aarhus BSS) is one of four faculties of Aarhus University in Denmark. The school consists of seven departments: Economics and Business Economics, Management, Political Science ...

. In a period from 1983 to 1985, he was temporary assistant professor at Aarhus University under the state scientific secretary in Social Sciences. Between 1986 and 2001 he worked at Aarhus School of Business and occupied alternating positions respectively as PhD student,

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, head of institute, director of studies and dean. From 2001 to 2004, he was rector of Aarhus School of Business (now Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences) in Aarhus. From 2005 to 2019 he held the post as director of business development of Aarhus Municipality.Director of Business Development at Aarhus Municipality becomes 60 years
. Retrieved 16 January 2018 He ended his career as a strategic advisor in a business house for

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, after which he retired.

Personal life

Jan Beyer Schmidt-Sørensen is married to the retired priest Edith Østergaard. Together they have three adult children and grandchildren.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt-Sorensen, Jan Beyer 1958 births Living people Aarhus University alumni Academic staff of Aarhus University People from Hadsund People from Aalborg People from Tønder Municipality