‘The Council does not make a direct criticism’ - it just...

‘The Council does not make a direct criticism’ - it just consists of some very heavily credentialed economic people.

As my Grandfather used to say - don’t buy a dog and bark yourself

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The Economic Council was appointed by the Government of Greenland in 2009. The Economic Council is headed by a chairmanship of six people. The chairmanship consists of a chair, vice chair and four other members, all appointed by the government.

Apart from the chairmanship, the Economic Council consists of members of stakeholder organisations, the government ad- ministration and research institutions. Members representing organisations and research institutions are appointed by their respective bodies. The remaining members are appointed by the government. Council members may comment on the con- tent of the report, but the chairmanship alone bears ultimate responsibility for compiling the report and for its final content.

The secretariat function for the Economic Council is provided by the Ministry for Finance and Domestic Affairs. The Eco- nomic Council’s duties consist of making regular appraisals of the state of the economy and the sustainability of the fiscal policies pursued.

The Economic Council’s chairmanship:

Torben M. Andersen, PhD. Chairman of the Economic Council.

Professor of economics at Aarhus University and former chairman of the Taxes and Welfare Commission. He was chief

economic adviser to the Danish Economic Council between 2001 and 2003, and is still active as an expert adviser.

Ulla Lynge, MSc in Public Administration from the University of Greenland.

Vice Chairman of the Economic Council.

Head of the Secretariat, CSR Greenland and has previously worked for the Greenland Government Authorities, the Munici- pality of Nuuk, Sermersooq Business Council and the pension fund SISA.

Anders Blaabjerg is Chief Statistician at Statistics Greenland and has a MSc in Economics. He was formerly employed at what is now the Ministry for Finance and Domestic Affairs.

Mitdlarak Lennert is a PhD fellow, University of Greenland, and has worked in the Ministry of Finance and Domestic Affairs.

Najaaraq Christiansen, MSc in Public Administration from the University of Greenland, works at Statistics Greenland and previously worked at Tele Greenland A/S.

Søren Bjerregaard, MSc in Economics, Head of Securities and External Statistics at the Danish National Bank. Previously a member of the Consultative Committee for Greenland’s Economy from 2005 to 2009.

Other members of the Economic Council:

Christian Keldsen, Director, Greenland Business Association (GE).

Gitte Adler Reimar, Rector of the University of Greenland.

Henrik Sandgreen, Chairman of the Organisation of Fishermen and Hunters in Greenland (KNAPK).

Jess Berthelsen, Chair of SIK.

Jørgen Isak Olsen, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries and Hunting.

Isak Nielsen Kleist, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Social Affairs and Labour.

Karsten Peter Jensen, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports and Church.

Ken Jensen, Chairman of PK (the Greenland Nurses’ Union) and appointed by the unions IMAK, AK, NPK, ASG and PK. Klaus Nygaard, Director of the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources.

Lars Geraae, Office Manager, Statistics Greenland.

Laust Løgstrup, Project Manager at Qeqqata Kommunia.

Martin Kviesgaard, Director of GrønlandsBANKEN (BANK of Greenland) and appointed by the banks.

Nikolai S. Christensen, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Finance and Domestic Affairs.

The report was finalised on 17 May 2021.

© Published by the Economic Council, May 2021.