Pelle Lind Bournonville is Special Advisor for Realdania on International Affairs and Head of Projects in Realdania’s philanthropy department. Pelle manages a portfolio of national and international projects related to sustainable urban development and climate change. Among these he manages Realdania’s grants to C40 Cities and associated projects. Before joining Realdania, Pelle was in public service as a Senior Advisor on the built environment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and posted to the consulate general in New York City. Prior to that Pelle was Director at one of Scandinavia’s largest contracting companies NCC, where he led a strategic business development team. Pelle is a board member of C40 UK. Pelle holds a Master’s degree in Project Management in Construction from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, a Bachelor’s degree in Constructing Architecture and a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. He is married to Anli and together they have three sons.