Germany-based renewables developer VSB has appointed Frederic Lanoe as its new chief executive.
Lanoe takes over the overall management from Marko Lieske, who has led VSB since the beginning of 2020.
As chief financial officer Lieske will now be able to devote full attention to the financial matters of the group.
Lanoe served as CEO of Valorem, an international project developer, energy service provider and supplier based in France and active in Finland, Greece and Colombia, from 2017.
Previously, he spent seven years at the Portuguese developer EDP Renewables as country manager France & Belgium and as a board member.
“In Frederic Lanoe, we are pleased to have gained an industry great and a very highly experienced top manager to drive VSB’s growth towards becoming one of the leading European players in the field of renewable energy,” said Frank Finzel, chairman of the advisory board of the VSB Group.
Lanoe added: “I am honoured to join VSB, a pioneer of renewable energy with strong footprints in the German and French markets.
“In my role as CEO I will focus on transforming VSB into a sustainable and successful independent power producer. We are going to capitalise on our existing project pipeline and convert it into running assets in all markets we are active in.”
From 2013 to 2016, he was also President of the French wind energy association France Energie Eolienne.