KIGGE HVID has led the development and growth of INDEX: since her appointment as founding CEO in 2002. New concepts – developing them, testing them and implementing them – are the hallmarks of her acclaimed work in leadership roles both in business and organizational settings. In leading the Danish government's mandate to advance the humanist tenets of Danish design, Kigge is a frequent panelist and theme-setter at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos and is a member of the Forum's Global Agenda Council on Design. In 2010 she joined the internatioal advisory board of the Hong Kong Design Centre.She also sits on the board of Sport Event Denmark, an organization, which aim to attract major sports events to Denmark.

In 2009 Kigge Hvid was presented with the Design Leadership Award, which is organized by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government along with the Hong Kong Design Centre. The recipient of an honorary doctorate in 2006 by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Kigge brings to her direction of INDEX: a fluency in the related languages of designers and of social entrepreneurs. This is reflected in her frequent international appearances as one of the main proponents today of Design to Improve Life.

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