Poul Toft Frederiksen is Principal Scientist at Grundfos. He holds a PhD from the Technical University of Denmark.
Poul Toft Frederiksen began in the aerospace industry where he spent 25 years in various leading and specialist positions before coming to the Grundfos Foundation. He has been a member of the Industrial Researcher Committee (Erhvervsforskerudvalget) and the Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences as well as chair person for the Council of Technology and Society (Rådet for Teknologi og Samfund) under the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences. Finally, he is a member of the board at The House of Natural Sciences and Johan and Ajla Askehaves fund for the fight against climate change.
Poul Toft Frederiksen is reappointed from April 1 2026 to March 31 2029.