Susanne leads External Affairs at Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, supporting CHAS’s ambition of reaching every family living with the heart-breaking knowledge that their child may die young. CHAS offers a full family support service, palliative and end of life care and bereavement support through their two hospices, their CHAS at Home service and increasingly through their hospital-based teams.

She moved to Scotland in 2004 and has worked across public, private and voluntary sectors, primarily with a focus on health and healthcare policy, although involved also in policy areas ranging from justice, transport and housing through to welfare policy.

She is a past board member of Care & Repair Edinburgh and served on the Danish-Scottish Society’s committee for three years, the latter year in the role of Chair. She remains a member of the Danish-Scottish Society and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.