Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

Being born in a severely dysfunctional family, Lisbeth’s early years were blighted by neglect, betrayal, poverty and sexual abuse. Lisbeth was placed in several social institutions – only to experience further victimisation and neglect by the broken Danish social services. As speaker Lisbeth Zornig Andersen came of age with a myriad of fears, she maintained three driving forces in her life: anger, willfulness and intelligence.

After graduating with a Master’s degree in Political Economics with a thesis in Game Theory at the University of Copenhagen, speaker Lisbeth Zornig Andersen has since worked as a system developer at top Danish companies such as Danske Bank, Codan and later at KMD, where she later became Deputy Director. In 2009 she left and established her own company, Zorning Consult, which became the House of Zornig in 2012. Lisbeth’s organisation is committed to create social innovation by in the form of new methods and practices. In 2010 she was appointed by the Danish government as the Children’s Ombudsmand in Denmark, influencing the legislation especially in favor of socially challenged children. Her book Anger Is My Middle Name is a great success in her home country and has been translated to English in 2019.

As a keynote speaker Lisbeth Zornig Andersen offers powerful and valuable keynotes: she can convey difficult topics with clarity while also giving participants good advice on moving forward. Because of her background, Lisbeth can help tremendously the socially vulnerable and offers valuable advice for the people dedicated to social work. Her keynotes are a great fit for events for municipalities, libraries, schools, associations and other social institutions.