K2 Management has appointed of María Cristina Fernández Torres (pictured) as its new country director for Germany and director for sales within Continental Europe.
Fernández brings with her over 20 years’ experience in the renewables industry, occupying senior leadership roles across some of the sector’s preeminent businesses.
Most recently, she worked at Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas as its offshore sales director for North & East Europe.
Prior to joining Vestas, Fernández spent almost four years with Siemens as senior commercial sales manager for offshore wind.
She was also area sales manager for South & East Europe for Senvion SE.
In her role with K2 Management, Fernández will focus on business development activities across Europe, cultivating and further expanding the K2 Management client and project portfolio, and supporting renewable energy developers in achieving the best possible return on project investment, across the entire value chain.
K2 Management chief executive Carsten Nielsen said: “Throughout Europe we face a huge challenge in not only continuing the energy transition, but doing so at pace as we begin to determine the Continent’s energy security.
“We can only achieve these ambitions through hiring, developing and supporting future industry leaders, providing them with the opportunity to move us all forward in our clean energy objectives.
“We are naturally delighted to welcome Cristina onboard in the knowledge that she will be a tremendous addition to our global team.
“Her proven leadership and extensive experience in the sector will be an important part of our future growth.”