Jais Valeur

Member of the Board since 2025.

Jais Valeur (born 1962) is an experienced executive with an extensive career leading strategic transformations in global food and food ingredient companies. Most recently, he served as Group CEO of Danish Crown (2015–2024). Prior to Danish Crown, Mr. Valeur held executive roles at Arla Foods, including EVP of Supply Chain, Global Categories, Marketing, and Innovation. His international experience extends to leadership positions at Fonterra in New Zealand and Royal Unibrew. Mr. Valeur is the chair of Food Nation Denmark, vice chair of Royal Unibrew and a board member of Alm. Brand Group. He has also served as Chair of the Danish Climate Partnership for Food and Agriculture, leading the development of a green transformation roadmap for Danish agriculture.

Jais Valeur holds a Master of Science in Economics from Aarhus University.

He is independent of Yara’s board and executive management.