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About Allerfonden
Allerfonden (The Aller Foundation) was established on 27 October 1981. The capital base of the foundation was secured by Carl Erik Aller, Svend Aller, and Jørgen Aller who transferred the entirety of their collective Class A shares in Aller A/S (formerly Carl Allers Etablissement A/S) to Allerfonden.
The purpose of the foundation is to own, maintain, and vote on the transferred Class A shares in Aller A/S. Furthermore, the foundation has as its purpose to, by the sole discretion of the board, to grant financial support to the descendants of the founders (principal purpose) and descendants of magazine publisher Carl Julius Aller and wife Laura Aller (subsidiary purpose).
The foundation may also award grants for research, inventions, development or similar within the fields of media and journalism, graphical technology, design, and photography, including education within the listed fields (most subsidiary purpose).
The purpose of the awarding of these grants is to give the education of the recipients an international scope and thereby improve the competencies within the listed fields.
The board of the foundation
The following people are members of the grant committee:
Jens Hemmingsen Schovsbo, chairman
Professor, dr.jur., ph.d. and chairman of Allerfonden. Member of the board since 1 January 2015.
Teaches and does research in legal issues, in particular intellectual property rights, at the University of Copenhagen.
Independent member.
Erik Aller
Former CEO for Aller A/S. Member of the board since February 11th, 2021.
Significant competences and experience within management of media companies, marketing services and travel agencies, etc.
Member of the board in Aller A/S and Aller Media Nordic A/S.
Non-independent member.
Richard Rudolf Sand
Attorney and partner in Poul Smith/Kammeradvokaten. Member of the board since September 8th, 1995.
Legal and managerial competencies as well as foundation specialist, etc.
Chairman of the board of Aller A/S and board member in Aller Media Nordic A/S.
Non-independent member.
Christopher Aller Simonsen
Director in Aller A/S. Member of the board since February 24th, 2014.
Significant competences and experience within management of media companies, marketing services and travel agencies, etc.
Member of the Executive Management Board in Aller A/S and board member of Ahead Group Sweden AB and Ahead Group Norway AS.
Non-independent member.
Roger Hansen
Member of the board since October 11st, 2016. He has been employed by the Aller group for more than 30 years, including many years as CEO of Aller Media AS in Norway.
He has a thorough knowledge of the business areas and business models of the group as well as with the general challenges facing the industry.
Independent member.
The grant committee of the foundation
- George Ryan, former President of PAF, Printing Association of Florida, USA
- Bettina Aller, CEO of Aller A/S
- Christopher Aller Simonsen, Director of Aller A/S, member of the board of Allerfonden
- Jesper Jungersen, former vice chairman of the Danish School of Media and Journalism
- Richard Sand, member of the board of Allerfonden
The administrator of the foundation
Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten, Partner, attorney Simon Lagrelius
Kalvebod Brygge 32
DK-1560 Copenhagen V,
E-mail: ewb@poulschmith.dk
The auditor of the foundation
Deloitte Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab,
Weidekampsgade 6, Postboks 1
DK-0900, Copenhagen C