Helle Bank Jorgensen

Keynote Speaker | Toronto, Ontario

Corporate Governance & Esg Leadership
Sustainability & Board Effectiveness Expert

Helle Bank Jorgensen Expertise Business Growth, Innovation & Creativity, Brand Strategy & Storytelling, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Global Business & Trade, Operational Process Improvement, Project Management and Corporations & Businesses.

Helle Bank Jorgensen

About Helle Bank Jorgensen

Helle Bank Jorgensen is an internationally recognized authority on corporate governance, sustainability, and board effectiveness. With more than thirty years of experience, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies, investors, and global organizations to strengthen ethical and sustainable leadership practices. She is known for pioneering the world’s first green account and integrated report, shaping how environmental, social, and governance data are reported. A former audit and advisory partner, she is the author of The Future Boardroom: How to Transform in Turbulent Times and a recipient of the Corporate Governance Lifetime Achievement Award and the Peter Dey Governance Achievement Award.

Helle Bank Jorgensen Videos

Helle Bank Jørgensen: The Changing Boardroom

The 2021 Echo Summit: Helle Bank Jorgensen

Only 17% of Board Directors Can Handle These Issues – a Discussion W

Helle Bank Jorgensen, B Accountability, at Weconnect International Day

Helle Bank Jorgensen Interviews & Podcasts

Competent Boards by Choice, Not Chance: Full Interview with Helle Ban

Ungc Lead Interview with Helle Bank Jorgensen, President of the Global

Future Stewards

Stewards of the Future: What Your Board Needs to Know.

HELLE BANK JORGENSEN BIOGRAPHY

​​Helle Bank Jorgensen is an internationally recognized expert on corporate governance, sustainability, and board effectiveness. She has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies, investors, and international institutions to improve governance standards and responsible business practices. Her career spans over three decades of advising senior executives, boards, and organizations on integrating ESG factors into strategy and performance management.

Helle Bank Jorgensen began her professional journey as a business lawyer before qualifying as a state-authorized public accountant in Denmark.

She earned a master’s degree in business administration and auditing, providing a strong foundation for her work at the intersection of finance, governance, and sustainability.

Earlier in her career, she served as an audit and advisory partner for a global professional services firm, leading initiatives focused on climate risk, sustainability reporting, and stakeholder engagement. Her contributions established her as a pioneer in corporate responsibility reporting and as a leader in aligning ethical practices with financial success.

Helle Bank Jorgensen created the world’s first green account and developed the first integrated annual report to connect environmental, social, and financial performance.These innovations transformed the way organizations measure and communicate sustainability and remain foundational to modern ESG reporting frameworks.

She has served on international expert panels and advisory groups, including the World Economic Forum Expert Network for Corporate Governance and the Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability Project.Her influence extends to the Nasdaq ESG Insights Council and the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, where she contributes to shaping climate governance policy.

Helle Bank Jorgensen has written extensively on the future of governance, sustainability, and responsible leadership, contributing to publications such as Financial Times’ Agenda and Board Agenda.

She is the author of The Future Boardroom: How to Transform in Turbulent Times and Stewards of the Future: A Guide for Competent Boards, which have become reference points for board directors and executives worldwide. Her writing underscores the importance of ethical foresight, accountability, and climate literacy in board decision-making.

Over the years, her leadership in governance and sustainability has been recognized with several awards, including the Corporate Governance Lifetime Achievement Award, the Peter Dey Governance Achievement Award, and induction into the Corporate Governance Hall of Fame.

In 2023, The Globe and Mail named her one of Canada’s 50 Changemakers, and she was later listed among INvolve’s Global Outstanding Role Models.

Through her advisory, academic, and writing contributions, Helle Bank Jorgensen continues to advance the global standard for responsible business and sustainable board leadership.

Helle Bank Jorgensen Topic Presentations

Helle Bank Jorgensen Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

The Future Boardroom: Building Resilient Governance in Turbulent Times

From Esg Compliance to Strategic Advantage: Redefining Corporate Leadership

Climate Governance and the Board’s Role in a Sustainable Future

Helle Bank Jorgensen Books & Articles

Stewards of the Future: a Guide for Competent Boards
Stewards of the Future: a Guide for Competent

This book demonstrates that for long-term profits and sustainability, boards need not only to define the purpose of their company in...

Why Sustainability Should Be a Filter for Every Business Decision
Why Sustainability Should Be a Filter for Every

Boards are now expected, by regulators, investors and stakeholders, to demonstrate fluency in climate and sustainability issues. More than...

Lessons in Esg: the Road to Net Zero is Paved by Board Education
Lessons in Esg: the Road to Net Zero is Paved by

As environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues climb higher up the business news agenda, board directors, senior executives and...

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