Nationality Danish Name Pia Mathiesen | Occupation Architect | |
Born 31 January 1962 (age 62) ( 1962-01-31 ) Alma mater Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,California Polytechnic State,Copenhagen Business School Practice Danish national railway company | ||
Pia bech mathiesen
Pia Bech Mathiesen (born 31 January 1962) is a Danish designer and entrepreneur. She heads the Danish Design Council and is CEO of the Universe science amusement park on the island of Als.
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Biography
Born in 1962, Bech Mathiesen studied design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1987. Thereafter she studied design and economics at California Polytechnic State (1988) and economics, organization and working sociology at Copenhagen Business School (1994).
She was head of design at the Danish national railway company DSB (1996–2010) before she joined Universe in 2013. In parallel, she holds board positions at the Danish Design Museum, the Danish Design Council, Design School Koldning and the University of Southern Denmark. Since 2014, she has chaired Sonderjyllands Symfoniorkester.