ABOUT ME

Lena Rexhepi has spent over a decade working in the corporate world across banking and pharmaceuticals, with experience spanning Denmark, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Southeast Asia. She has held roles at institutions including Nordea Bank, Danske Bank, and Novo Nordisk, working within complex, international organisations across markets and functions.

Her career includes establishing a new Novo Nordisk office in London, as well as living and working in New York, Los Angeles, and Malaysia. Alongside her professional work, Lena completed a Master of Science in Business Administration & Information Systems with a speciality in IT Management and Business Economics at Copenhagen Business School while working full time, showcasing her time and prioritization skills, tenacity, commitment, ambition, and perseverance.

Born in Kosovo and raised in Denmark after arriving as a child refugee in 1999, Lena’s perspective is shaped by displacement, identity, and the lasting effects of war, as well as by questions of belonging and the enduring question:

But where are you really from?

This is a story that feels important for her to share.