Lars Smith

Lars Smith is Managing Partner in Odgers Berndtson's Copenhagen office where he specialises in corporate governance, board evaluation and high level assignments in the technology, infrastructure, public, industrial, and energy and renewables sectors.

Lars Smith serves as the Managing Partner at Odgers Berndtson’s Copenhagen office, specialising in corporate governance, board evaluations and high-level assignments across various sectors, including technology, infrastructure, public, industrial, energy and renewables. Additionally, Lars is an integral part of the Odgers Berndtson Global Tech Practice, Industrial EMEA Practice and Renewable & Cleantech Practice.

Furthermore, Lars actively engages in leadership assessments and development. He is a certified coach and team coach with several years of experience coaching business leaders and top athletes.

Prior to his current role, Lars held the positions of CEO and Divisional Director at Siemens IT Solutions & Services. He also had senior management roles at Siemens Nixdorf Computers and Siemens Business Services in Denmark, significantly contributing to Siemens’ prominence in the IT sector.

Lars holds a master’s degree in organisational psychology from Roskilde University and has achieved supplementary training from INSEAD, IMD and Stanford Graduate School of Business. His original training background is in electronics engineering. He is also part of the board governance faculty at Copenhagen Business School.

Lars joined Odgers Berndtson in 2008.