NIB’s Henrik Normann – the welfare sector needs a bank director too

What are you reading?

I’m reading two books right now. One by Swedish author and historian Johan Norberg, ‘Progress – Ten reasons to Look Forward to the Future”. I recommend it to all pessimists. Norberg points to how much progress has been achieved in so many areas. The other book is about the second world war. It is Hans Kirchhoff’s biography ‘The good German’ which is about the German diplomat Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz. He was the one who in 1943 warned that Danish Jews were to be deported to German concentration camps. It meant most of them managed to flee to Sweden. A very exciting book.

What is your favourite tool?

When I left Danske Bank I was given a Japanese knife which is very sharp, and the handle is very beautifully crafted. I use it to cut meat.

 What did you want to be when you were a child?

There were so many different things, but I toyed with the idea of becoming a farmer. But then I saw Perry Mason in the TV series Ironside, and I wanted to become a defence lawyer instead.

What is your hidden talent?

I don’t have many talents, so I try to use the ones I have to the max.