[4] Currently, Kramer is Director of Urban Development at Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP)[5] and he holds a number of board positions in various companies and NGOs.

Kramer Mikkelsen was a member of the local government of Copenhagen since 1989 until his resignation as Lord Mayor.

On 7 June 2004, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen announced that he would not run for the municipal elections in 2005, but that he would continue in office until the end of his period on 31 December 2005.

[8] On 24 October 2004, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen resigned as Mayor of Copenhagen to assume a position as CEO in Ørestadsselskabet.

Kramer is Chairman of the Copenhagen Airport Growth Committee, Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, DFHO and Copenhagen Goodwill Ambassadors and a member of the Board at Enigma Museum for Communication and the Danish start-up company Donkey Republic.