Henning is the founder and owner of ‘byens øjne – office for urban quality’.

He trained as an architect and holds a diploma from Arkitektskolen in Aarhus, a diploma in Political Science from Aarhus University, and is Master of Management Development (MMD) from Copenhagen Business School.

He has researched, taught, written and lectured on architecture and urban development at both Danish and international architectural institutions. Following employment at By- og Boligministeriet (Urban and Housing Ministry) he became Head of Secretariat for Byforum (Urban Forum), the then urban and housing minister's think tank on urban policy. He has been Head of Projects at Realdania, where he among other things was responsible for the development of Realdania Member Debate.

After serving as the CEO of Akademisk Arkitektforening (The Architect's Association of Denmark) Henning in 2007 joined DAC to build up the SustainableCities.dk platform which he headed until he became Culture & Communications Manager and Senior Consultant with Gehl Architects. In this position Henning worked on urban development projects in Denmark, Poland, Italy, UK, Germany, Romania and India.

Henning is a member of the World Future Council Expert Commission on Cities and Climate Change and a Thought Leader for the CLEAR Village Foundation.