New Member Talk and Funding Our Future

  Please join us on Friday when one part of our meeting will be a New Member Talk from Thomas Winther.  Thomas is a Danish national with a Masters in Economics from University of Copenhagen. He started working for the Danish Government and soon he found himself working in the department of the Minister for Trade and Industry, with responsibility for policies related to small business development, innovation and European Union affairs. Here he met his wife-and-mother-of-two-to-be Katrine Paaby Joensen, a Danish career diplomat with all that entails in terms of foreign postings. Thomas decided in 2005 to pursue a career as consultant, establishing Innogate Ltd. In consulting Thomas specializes in supporting public and private stakeholders in accelerating the translation of policies, technologies, ideas and inventions into goods and services that create value to companies, consumers and society. Business ecosystem development is an area of excellence – in particular in the area of sustainable development / green economy.

  Outside work Thomas enjoys spending time with family and friends. With close friends scattered around the World there is never a shortage of the next big holiday plan. Also, Thomas is a wine enthusiast and has for +20 years ventured to numerous wine regions around the world to explore and learn. When not working or enjoying the company of friends, family and a good glass of wine, Thomas enjoys running and swimming and he is always on the look-out for a good hitting partner in tennis.

  The other part of our meeting will be about our Fund for the Future, the Donor Advised Fund that we have at Rotary International. Our DAF has been growing steadily since its inception, and our diligent DAF committee would like to give us an update along with a few new wrinkles for all of us to ponder.