Anne Thomassen is a participant in the 2025 European Leadership Accelerator hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Millennium Leadership Program. She is head of department at the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Utilities. Thomassen is a 2023 Millennium Leadership fellow and a 2022 policy fellow at Queen Mary’s Centre at the University of Copenhagen. Her professional focus is policy development and innovation in the intersection of sustainability, business, and finance. At the Ministry, Thomassen is currently working on policy development on various issues, ranging from the digitization of the energy sector to climate adaptation. Thomassen has previously served as a private secretary to the Danish minister for industry, business, and financial affairs; liaison officer to the United Kingdom during the Danish European Union presidency; and green business development manager at the Danish Green Investment Fund. Thomassen is a graduate from the University of Copenhagen, Sorbonne University, and École Nationale d’Administration and holds master’s degrees in political science and international relations.