Speaker

Søren Wille is currently Deputy Permanent Secretary of State with the Ministry of Transport, Building, and Housing in the Kingdom of Denmark, a position he has held since 2007.

His areas of responsibility include a wide range of issues such as traffic planning for road and rail, urban mobility, local public transport, infrastructure financing, public-private-partnerships, the environmental impact of transport and cost-benefit analysis.

Søren is also a central figure in the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link project that will connect the eastern part of Denmark and Germany through the world’s largest immersed tunnel under water. The project is the largest construction project in Northern Europe.

Before joining the Ministry of Transport in 2005, Søren was at the Danish Ministry of Finance for six years, including three years as academic private secretary to the minister for finance.

MSc Political Science, University of Copenhagen

MSc Public Administration and Public Policy, London School of Economics