Portuguese marine renewables centre WavEC has appointed Marco Alves as its new chief executive officer (CEO).
Alves has more than 20 years of experience in the marine renewable energy sector and returns to WavEC been in the role of chief innovation officer for the Energy area at CoLab +Atlantic for the last two year.
António Sarmento, President of the Board of Directors of WavEC, said: “I worked with Marco Alves over many years, during which I learned to admire an exceptional technical-scientific competence combined with a great sensitivity to the business world and with a high capacity for work and dedication plus great interpersonal skills.”
By the end of the year, Alves will also replace Sarmento as President of the Board of Directors, completing a transition period of three months.
Alves said: “I am extremely motivated to embrace this new challenge in my career and very excited to start working with the exceptionally talented team of WavEC and see what we can achieve together.
“I am deeply convinced that WavEC will play an important role in the challenges we face today, namely with regard to the need to accelerate the energy transition and the growth of the blue economy.”