Danish turbine maker Vestas has announced a major management reshuffle as the company focuses on growing its technological capabilities.
Anders Nielsen will become executive vice president of Vestas Power Solutions and chief technology officer, taking over from Anders Vedel who will continue in a role as chief scientific advisor.
Tommy Rahbek Nielsen (pictured), who has served as interim executive vice president of manufacturing and global procurement and chief operating officer since 1 January 2020, will become the permanent COO of Vestas.
Both appointments are effective from 12 May.
Vestas president and chief executive Henrik Andersen said: “Vestas will continue to push the industry to higher levels with Anders and Tommy, and I’m confident the two functions will work closely to leverage our industry-leading technology investments and unparalleled scale to a level that surpasses past performance.
“I’m also pleased we now have an executive management team with the profile and experience to lead Vestas and the industry through the next exciting phase of the energy transition and restart of the global economy.”
Nielsen said: “With renewables being cost-competitive and a source of stability during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is a truly exciting time to join the energy industry and I’m honoured to accept the opportunity Vestas has given me.
“I look forward to working closely with our thousands of highly-skilled engineers to accelerate modularisation and develop the sustainable energy solutions that will accelerate the global energy transition.”
Together with developing and delivering a broader scope and a larger volume of sustainable energy solutions, a key priority for both Vestas Power Solutions and Manufacturing and Global Procurement is accelerating modularisation and modular product development across the company’s entire value chain.
Rahbek Nielsen said: “From 2017 to 2019 Vestas’ deliveries have increased by almost 50% and I’m honoured to be handed a leading role in efficiently scaling the company further in the current extraordinary circumstances.
“Modularisation offers a great opportunity to scale efficiently, and I look forward to collaborating with my many Vestas colleagues and our great external partners to fulfil the potential of modularisation.”