TIDMORSTED
Over the past decade, Ørsted has successfully undertaken one of the
most profound transformations in the global energy industry,
transforming from a fossil-based Danish utility business into a global
leader in green energy.
Over the next decade, global renewable energy markets are expected to
grow at double-digit annual growth rates, and installed renewable
capacity is expected to triple towards 2030.
With a strong growth platform as the global market leader in offshore
wind, a rapidly expanding regional position in onshore renewables in the
US, and with a portfolio of attractive opportunities in the rapidly
growing market for renewable hydrogen and Power-to-X (PtX), Ørsted
is strongly positioned to tap into this growth.
To strengthen the ability to tap into this significant growth potential
and better serve current and future customers, Ørsted has decided
to change its organisational structure.
The current corporate structure with three business units, Offshore,
Onshore, and Markets & Bioenergy, will be replaced by a primarily
functional structure comprising Commercial and EPC & Operations. The
Onshore business will continue to be organised in one business unit,
Onshore.
The Commercial area will bring together commercially focused functions
from the current Offshore and Markets & Bioenergy organisations,
including Hydrogen. Commercial will be headed by Martin Neubert who will
become Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Deputy Group CEO of Ørsted,
and new member of the Executive Board.
The EPC & Operations area will bring together the EPC, offshore
operations, and bioenergy organisations from the current Offshore and
Markets & Bioenergy organisations. EPC & Operations will be headed by a
Chief Operating Officer (COO). The search for this role is ongoing. CEO
Mads Nipper will lead the area until the position has been filled.
Onshore will remain a separate business unit. The Onshore business
differs from the rest of Ørsted when it comes to its business model
and strategic focus and will be best positioned to realise its full
potential continuing as a separate business unit. Onshore will continue
to be headed by Declan Flanagan.
Mads Nipper, CEO of Ørsted, says:
"Ørsted is strongly positioned to tap into the future growth
potential in the global renewables markets. With the new organisation
we're implementing now, we want to establish an even stronger customer
and market focus, further strengthen the focus on EPC and operations,
and support the scaling of our organisation as we continue our strong
growth trajectory in the years to come."
New Executive Board and Executive Committee
Going forward, Ørsted's Executive Board will consist of CEO Mads
Nipper, CFO Marianne Wiinholt, and CCO and Deputy Group CEO Martin
Neubert.
Ørsted's Executive Committee will consist of CEO Mads Nipper, CFO
Marianne Wiinholt, CCO and Deputy Group CEO Martin Neubert, the new
Chief Operating Officer, Onshore CEO Declan Flanagan, and CHRO Henriette
Fenger Ellekrog.
Since the strategic streamlining of Markets & Bioenergy has been
finalised, and as Markets & Bioenergy will no longer exist as a separate
business area in Ørsted, Markets & Bioenergy CEO and Executive Vice
President Morten Buchgreitz has decided to leave Ørsted with effect
from 4 February. Executive Vice President and Head of Offshore EPC and
QHSE Anders Lindberg has accepted a position in his native country
Sweden and will leave Ørsted with effect from mid-February.
Mads Nipper, CEO of Ørsted, says:
"Both Morten and Anders have played a significant part in making
Ørsted what it is today. On behalf of my colleagues in the
Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, I'd like to express our
gratitude for their strong contributions during their time at
Ørsted and wish them all the best in the future."
All organisational changes will be effective from 4 February 2021.
In its financial reporting, Ørsted will continue to report Offshore
and Onshore financials as separate segments. Bioenergy, the legacy gas
activities, and Renescience will be reported in a separate segment
called Bioenergy & Other.
For further information, please contact:
Media Relations
Martin Barlebo
+ 45 99 55 95 52
Investor Relations
Allan Bødskov Andersen
+ 45 99 55 79 96
The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy.
Ørsted develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind
farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and
provides energy products to its customers. Ørsted ranks as the
world's most sustainable energy company in Corporate Knights' 2021
Global 100 index of the most sustainable corporations and is recognised
on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action.
Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted employs 6,120 people.
Ørsted's shares are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (Orsted). In 2019,
the group's revenue was DKK 67.8 billion (EUR 9.1 billion).
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