About

Danske Statsbaner (DSB) is an independent public corporation which is run under the Danish Ministry of Transport that manages over 195 million passengers annually and employs an estimated 8,000 members of staff. Mette Rosholm, director of HR and legal, is responsible for all legal matters making sure they run smoothly while demonstrating robust leadership to the 23 employees that report into her. Her managerial skills as head of group legal led to her appointment as the head of group secretary. Time management and compartmentalisation of various projects come easily to Rosholm who, in addition to the already vast number of responsibilities, is also a key board member on a range of companies that operate within the DSB Group. Her background as a lawyer at a leading law firm in Denmark, where she concentrated on maritime law and company law, has assisted her capabilities to successfully convert the legal department into ‘an in-house law firm’. Moreover, her understanding of and respect for team work is admirable as she states that her biggest achievements have been ‘whenever [her] team has been recognised for adding value to any process’. The sentiments are mirrored back by her team with a nominator quoting ‘Mette strikes me as a natural leader who is highly appreciated by her team’. Regardless of the short time span of only 16 months as general counsel at DSB, Rosholm is making her mark and continues to impress those that interact with her across the sector with one such individual stating that ‘Mette consistently impresses me with her legal intellect and her ability to quickly grasp and navigate within the most complex areas of law’.