Per Falholt is Chief Scientific Officer of Novozymes.  Mr Falholt joined Novo in 1984 as a research chemist in the Enzyme pilot plant. He was appointed manager of the Detergent Enzyme Division in 1987 and director responsible for the application and development of new products for the detergent industry in 1990. He joined the newly formed Enzyme Development and Applications division in 1995 as director for Application Technology II before moving to Raleigh, USA, to run the EDA unit in 1997. In 1999 he was appointed corporate vice president with responsibility for Enzyme Development and Application (EDA). He was appointed corporate vice president of corporate R&D with effect from May 1, 2000. Prior to joining Novo Nordisk, Mr Falholt worked at the Technical University of Denmark, where he took his MSc in chemical engineering in 1983.