Heiko Wuttke (pictured) will be PNE’s new chief executive and member and chairman of its board of management from 13 January 2025.
The contract runs until 31 January 2028.
Wuttke has been chief executive of 8.2 Consulting, which offers consulting services in renewable energies, since 2022.
He previously held leadership positions in various companies in the energy world.
This includes being a member of the executive board of PROKON Regenerative Energien eG, director on- and offshore development Germany at Vattenfall Europe Windkraft and was responsible for the global onshore sales at Repower Systems AG.
The engineering graduate succeeds Markus Lesser, who left PNE at the end of July 2024 for personal reasons.
Per Hornung Pedersen has moved from the supervisory board to the board of management as chief executive on an interim basis and will stay on the board of management as member without specific area of responsibility from 13 January 2025 until 31 March 2025.
Chairman of the supervisory board of PNE Marc van’t Noordende said: “We are delighted that we have been able to recruit Heiko Wuttke as our new chief executive.
“He has been in the renewable energies industry for nearly 30 years and knows the business from many different perspectives.
“We are convinced that he will continue to develop the PNE Group very successfully together with his colleagues on the board of management.”
Wuttke added: “I am looking forward to the new task. The PNE Group enjoys an excellent reputation in the industry and has great and motivated employees. PNE has also set itself attractive goals that we now want to achieve together.”