Venterra Appoints Kavafyan as CEO
, becomes Chief Executive Officer with effect from October 16, 2023. Kavafyan takes over upon the retirement of Rob Jewkes who is a member of the team that founded the business with Ayman Asfari in 2021.Kavafyan joins from Aker Horizons in Norway and was previously Chief Executive Officer of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind in Denmark. His career spans the evolution of the energy sector over the last three decades, including 20 years in the wind industry. He has held leadership positions in major equipment manufacturers that have pioneered onshore and offshore wind in the energy transition. These
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Man to Join James Fisher's EDS as Managing Director
Wayne Mulhall, a Senior Director at offshore wind turbine firm MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, will become a Managing Director of EDS HV, part of James Fisher Renewables.EDS HV provides high voltage engineering solutions to the renewables industry, from conceptual design, through installation and operations, and maintenance. The company has been involved in over 40 offshore and onshore wind farms.Mulhall will join EDS in August, from a senior role at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, and having previously held senior positions at Siemens Energy and Rolls Royce.He takes on the role from Ryan Calvert
Vestas to Lay Off 220 Employees in Denmark and UK
Wind turbine maker Vestas said on Thursday it will lay off 220 employees, primarily in Denmark and Britain, as part of the integration of its onshore and offshore operations.This follows the Danish company's October announcement that it would take full ownership of its joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in an $838 million deal to accelerate growth in offshore wind."Integrating and simplifying two companies inherently creates overlaps between functions and it's, therefore, necessary if we want to create a competitive and scalable organization," Vestas Chief Executive
Semco Maritime Names Mejlgård SVP for People, Safety & Quality
Maritime’s HR strategy. He becomes a member of the Group Senior Management Team and will report to CEO Steen Brødbæk.Based on positions as Group Senior Director & Head of HR Commercial & HQ of Salling Group, Head of P&C Business Partnering, Colorado (North America) of Vestas, Senior HR Business Partner of the LEGO group and HR Project Manager of Arla Foods, Thomas Nagbøl Mejlgård has extensive experience with project management and development of leaders, employees and organisations in international companies.Mejlgård has an educational background
Bladt Names Offshore Wind Specialist as Its New CEO
Danish offshore construction company Bladt has appointed Anders Søe-Jensen, the former head of both Vestas Offshore Wind and GE Offshore Wind, as its new CEO.He will be succeeding Klaus Steen Mortensen who has decided to step down due to a chronic but not a life-threatening heart condition. Mortensen has been in charge of the company specializing in the construction of steel structures for offshore renewables and oil and gas industry for almost three years.Mortensen said: "My prime focus has been on creating a far more efficient, predictable and stable company that can compete without
Danish Offshore Wind Turbine Builder Lays Off 400 Workers
Danish offshore wind turbine manufacturer Vestas will lay off 400 workers in Denmark and elsewhere in Europe and stop work on certain projects, citing the goal to „to ensure a strong focus on execution and long-term competitiveness,” and the impact of COVID-19."In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to shape societies and economies, and the industrial challenges and economic turmoil it brings will likely take years for societies to recover from. Together with the renewables industry’s changing competitive landscape, Vestas is taking steps to ensure we exit 2020 in
MHI Vestas Eyes Further Asia Pacific Growth. Appoints Regional Manager
Offshore wind turbine specialist MHI Vestas has appointed Masato Yamada as Regional Manager Asia Pacific to facilitate broader growth across the region.The company, a joint venture between Denmark's Vestas and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, said Wednesday Yamada would oversee the company’s growth across the Asia Pacific region. He was formerly the company’s Chief Strategy Officer based in Aarhus, Denmark, and will now be based in MHI Vestas’ Tokyo office."Mr. Yamada has been with MHI Vestas since the formation of the joint venture between the two parent
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Intros Safety’N’Mind
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has created a digital safety training mobile app developed to streamline safety refresher training courses for offshore wind turbine technicians, which has been accredited by the Global Wind Organization (GWO).Industry-first Safety’N’Mind is designed as a digital, gamified substitute for one theoretical training day. And that training needs to be refreshed every other year, which traditionally takes three full days.“We developed the Safety’N’Mind app because we saw an opportunity to innovate within safety training,” said MHI Vestas Head of
New Hires Boost RCG US Team
management consulting, strategy, and market intelligence assignments.Hutchinson is a highly experienced health, safety and environmental expert with 15 years’ experience in the wind industry. He served as HSE manager on multiple European offshore wind projects for major wind turbine supplier, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (previously Vestas Offshore). Hutchinson then joined international offshore wind developer and operator, Ørsted, working on numerous projects including the 1200 MW Hornsea One development as lead HSE manager. Prior to his career in wind power, Hutchinson served for over 20 years
Hansen Named CWind Strategy & Sales Director
wind career spans 16 years, most recently he was Project Director at Areva/Adwen, where he held full global profit/loss responsibility for the Borkum West II project and worked very closely with senior management on moving the business forward. Previous roles include appointments at DONG Energy, PMSS and Vestas
Andersen will be CEO of Hempel
in Europe, Asia, Pacific and the Americas. Prior to joining ISS A/S, Henrik spent more than 10 years with Jyske Bank. Henrik has a Master of Law from the University of Aarhus and diploma in International Finance from the Business School of Aarhus. Henrik is a non-executive director of the Board of Vestas A/S since 2013, where he is Chair of the Audit Committee and also has a position as member of the investment committee of Maj Invest PE IV. Commenting on the succession, Chairman of the Board Richard Sand says: “I am proud and delighted that Hempel has been able to attract a capacity
Thomsen Joins Strategic Marine
in the offshore wind industry and joins Strategic Marine from Samsung Heavy Industry where he was the general manager, sales, in Europe for Offshore Wind Steel Foundation. He also held various senior roles in European companies with the primary focus on wind industry including Smulders Group and Vestas Towers. strategicmarine.co
