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Sten Scheibye was born on 3 October 1951 and is a Danish national. He has a MSc in Chemistry and Physics from 1978 and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from 1981, both from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and a BComm from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, from 1983.

From 1995 to 2008 Sten Scheibye was president and CEO of Coloplast A/S, Denmark. Before joining Coloplast in 1993, Mr Scheibye served as senior vice president, sales & marketing in Leo Pharma A/S, Denmark. He joined Leo Pharma in 1981.

Mr Scheibye is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Trade Council of Denmark and the Danish Industry Foundation and a member of the Boards of DADES A/S, RM Rich. Müller A/S, the Rich. Müller Foundation, the Aase and Ejnar Danielsen Foundation and the Knud Højgaards Foundation, all in Denmark.

Furthermore, he is chairman of the Denmark-America Foundation and vice chairman of the Danish Fulbright Commission.