FOR LEADING COMPANIES SHAPING THE FUTURE
The Visionary Leadership Council
Meet world-class faculty, Harvard Business Review authors and peers to gain new perspectives and accelerate human-centred business transformation.
About the Council
The Visionary Leadership Council is based on the understanding that every major business transformation is, at its core, a human one. Whether innovating with AI, leading organisational change or shaping future strategy, success depends on leadership, culture and people. Since 2016, the Council has provided a trusted space for leaders to learn from the best thinking in the field, share honestly with peers, and translate insight into organisational impact. This is delivered through meetings tailored to 3 communities of leaders: CEOs, Senior Leaders and People & Culture Leads.
Learn from the best
Across the Council's CEO, Senior Leadership, and People & Culture meetings, we bring in leading global faculty, Harvard Business Review authors and experienced executives — so members learn directly from the people behind the ideas shaping global business. Examples of past and future presenters:
Vanessa Druskat
Emotional intelligence expert and Professor at the University of New Hampshire
María del Mar Martínez
Co-author of 'The Broken Rung' and Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co. Madrid
Jacob Aarup-Andersen
CEO, Carlsberg Group
Bianca Bruhn
Country Director, Google Denmark
Morra Aarons-Mele
Workplace Expert and Author of 'The Anxious Achiever'
Gabriele Rosani
Co-author of 'Generative AI for Teams'
Elisa Farri
VP & Co-Lead of Capgemini Invent's Management Lab
Nitin Nohria
10th Dean of Harvard Business School and Author of 'The CEO'
partners
Council Partnership Includes
Annual company partnership costs 150.000 DKK
CEO Roundtable
AnnualA high-level gathering for CEOs and top executives, featuring international faculty and peer CEOs, to address core business challenges and opportunities in total confidence.
Senior Leadership Forum
2 HOURS - TWICE YEARLYCross-company exchange, with global faculty flown in for each session, focused on scaling transformation and bench-marking future-ready strategies.
People & Culture Forum
2 HOURS - TWICE YEARLYSpecialized community for HR and P&C leaders, featuring leading academic and industry voices, dedicated to the human side of organizational change.
Organisation-wide Learning Track
OngoingContinuous learning opportunities including digital resources and live webinars for the broader company.
Visionary Summit Tickets
Partners receive 5 complementary tickets to the annual Visionary Leadership Summit in Copenhagen. The Summit is an exclusive forum that brings together global CEOs, senior leaders and innovative thinkers exploring visionary ideas, people-centred leadership and future-ready business.
Learn MoreBonus Development Wallet
As part of the 2026 membership of the Council, partners gain access to a 50,000 DKK leadership development wallet for programs at AVT Business School — including the MBA and MBA leadership tracks, tailored corporate programs and other learning opportunities.
Join the Council
Reach out to learn more about how a partnership with the Visionary Leadership Council can support your strategic goals.
Our Methodology
Learn, Share, Lead
Everything the Visionary Leadership Council does is built on our Above & Beyond methodology: Learn, Share, Lead.
Global Expert Perspectives
Access cutting-edge insights from world-class faculty and industry disruptors at the forefront of global change.
Confidential Peer Exchange
Engage in high-trust, closed-door discussions with peers navigating similar complex organizational transformations.
Practical Tools for Action
Translate insights into impact with actionable frameworks and strategies designed for immediate implementation.
On Visionary Leadership
Visionary leadership isn't abstract — it's the discipline of seeing change before it's obvious, and acting on it with judgement. As AI, market volatility, and structural change accelerate, that vision means little without the people to carry it out.
The leaders who navigate this well aren't just early to see what's coming. They bring their organisations with them — leading through uncertainty with clarity, challenging assumptions without losing trust, and building the kind of culture where people stay engaged even as everything around them shifts.
That's the standard the Council is built around: leadership sharp enough to see what's next, and human enough to lead people through it.
