Highview Power has hired Sini Spets as vice president of people and strategy, effective 15 April.
Before joining the Highview Power team, Spets (pictured) was head of people at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (now Vestas).
She helped “spearhead efforts” to restructure the company’s leadership as it prepared for the Vestas merger.
“Sini’s leadership and global expertise will be critical as we continue expanding our CRYOBattery long duration energy storage plants globally.
“She’ll help ensure linearity within our organisation during our time of rapid growth,” said Javier Cavada, CEO and president of Highview Power.
“Sini is a fantastic addition to our team and is as passionate about a carbon-free world as we are. We’re honoured to have someone of her calibre join us.”
Spets has also held several positions at Nokia, where she provided “operational and tactical support” for business management in research and development, and manufacturing in Finland, Romania, and Colombia.
Spets joined Wartsila Services in 2008 as the business HR manager and ended her 10-year stint as the vice president of business development, responsible for strategy, mergers, acquisitions, and software and analytics development.
Her final position before MHI Vestas Offshore Wind was with Sumitomo SHI FW as its senior vice president of innovation and human resources.