Mette Lindgaard

Mette Lindgaard is Chief Analysis Officer and Grant Director at Villum Foundation, where she is responsible for the foundation’s grantmaking within Culture and Society as well as its work on strategy, analysis, and societal impact. She works to translate the foundation’s ambitions into concrete initiatives and to strengthen the knowledge base for grantmaking through analysis, learning, and impact measurement. 

Mette brings more than 25 years of experience in strategy, governance, evaluation, and societal development at the intersection of the public sector, philanthropy, and civil society. Prior to joining Villum Foundation, she served as Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and was previously a partner at both PwC and Deloitte, advising foundations, public institutions, and international organisations on strategy, reform processes, and the measurement of societal outcomes. 

Mette holds an MSc in Political Science from Aarhus University and has completed executive leadership programmes at, among others, Harvard Kennedy School and INSEAD.