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Should Denmark continue to have a tech ambassador to defend Danish interests and values in dealings with private companies? The question is surfacing now that the current ambassador is stepping down.

Denmark’s one-of-a-kind tech ambassador is stepping down: Now she wants to »make it big and successful in Europe«

Foto: Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Pexels, Marius Renner
Foto: Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Pexels, Marius Renner
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In two weeks time, Denmark will no longer have a tech ambassador. Anne Marie Engtoft, who has held the post for the past six years, is leaving the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a private company that builds quantum computers.

»I’ve been allowed to serve as tech ambassador for six years. That’s quite a bit longer than most ambassadors stay, and now my contract is up. It’s been an enormous privilege«, Anne Marie Engtoft says.

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