Karen Abelskov

Karen Dortea Abelskov was appointed Deputy Director General of the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority in 2018. She is responsible for the supervision of capital markets, IT-security, investor protection and sustainable finance. She is a member of the ESMA Board of Supervisors since 2018 and the Chairman of ESMAs Issuers Standing Committee since 2023. Karen Dortea Abelskov joined the Danish FSA in 2009. In 2010 she was appointed Director of Smaller Banks Division. Karen Dortea Abelskov has previously worked in the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and the European Commission. Karen Dortea Abelskov is MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.