Administrerende direktør i BL – Danmarks Almene Boliger siden 2010.
Formand for bestyrelsen i BL’s nordiske søsterorganisation NBO - Housing Nordic og Præsident (formand) for Housing Europe (den europæiske sammenslutning af offentlige, kooperative og sociale boligorganisationer). Medlem af bestyrelsen i Dansk Erhverv, AE Rådet, Det Sociale Netværk, Det Centrale Handicapråd og Hjem-Til-Alle Alliancen.
Uddannet cand.polit. Kom til BL i 2001 som cheføkonom og blev i 2006 udnævnt til vicedirektør. Har været ansat i Finansministeriet og Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd, og er tidligere medlem af Konkurrencerådet.
Biography for Bent Madsen:
Since 2010 Bent Madsen has filled the chair as CEO of BL – Danish Social Housing, the national federation of social housing organizations in Denmark. He joined BL in 2001 and was appointed as Deputy CEO in 2006.
Prior to that he worked at the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (a Danish economic policy institute and think-tank working to promote social justice in Denmark). Bent holds the Presidency of Housing Europe (the European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social housing), and is Chairman of NBO - Housing Nordic (the Nordic association of co-operative social housing organizations).
He serves as member of the boards of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Council of the Labour Movement, The Social Network, the Danish Disability Council, and the association "Hjem-til-Alle" (A Home for Everybody). Among his prior positions is membership of the Danish Competition Council.
Bent holds a Master of Economics from the University of Copenhagen.