Offshore wind cables supplier NKT has chosen Alexander Kara to take the helm as new chief executive.
When Kara joins NKT on 1 August 2019 he and chief financial officer Roland Andersen will constitute the NKT A/S executive management team.
In the meantime Andersen will continue as interim chief executive until Kara joins.
Kara, an internationally experienced executive in the power distribution industry, is joining NKT from ABB, where he is responsible for the company’s high-voltage products in central and southern Europe.
Since 1987 Kara has held several key positions at ABB, some with global functional responsibilities.
From 2012 to 2014, he headed ABB’s global power cables business in Karlskrona, Sweden, now owned by NKT.
NKT chairman of the board of directors Jens Due Olsen said: “With the appointment of Alexander Kara as new CEO of NKT, we have found the right profile to further strengthen our power cable business and to position us even better to benefit from the green energy transformation and the growth opportunities in our markets.”
Kara said: “I am passionate about the power cable business, and I am thrilled to join the market leader of direct current power cable technology.