BG Thorsten Lyhne Jørgensen is Assistant Chief of Staff Requirements, at Allied Command Transformation. He is responsible for turning operational needs of the NATO Command Structure into common funded capability requirements, through an innovation and interoperability program including Science and Technology, combined with Analysis of Alternatives and a Traceability and Quality Assurance mechanism

BG Jørgensen entered the Danish Armed Forces in 1987 and served as an enlisted and non - commissioned officer in light infantry and Military Police units before commissioning from the Royal Danish Army Officers Academy in 1995.

Upon commissioning into the Field Artillery, he was part of the team responsible for the implementation of the Multiple Launch Rocket System capability in the Danish Army. Later on, he served in the Army Operational Command dealing with capability development and defence agreements, before moving on to the faculty at the Royal Defence Academy teaching Advanced Joint Operations. He has commanded MLRS units and the Joint Military Police Corps.

He is a proud graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, has served as the Danish Army Liaison Officer to US Army Training and Doctrine Command. He has deployed on operations to Cyprus, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq within UN, NATO and Coalition frameworks.

His most recently served as a Military Advisor and Team Leader at the Danish delegation, at NATO HQ in Brussels. His primary tasks have been the political-military negotiations concerning the NATO Military Strategy, the Concept for Deterrence and Defence of the Euro Atlantic Area, the NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept and the NATO 2030 work strands.

BG Jørgensen is married to Hanne and they have two teenage daughters, Liv and Ida.