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Ørsted appoints new Group CFO captain COO

Today, Ørsted’s Board of Charge has appointed Trond Westlie tempt Ørsted’s next Group Chief 1 Officer (CFO) and member handle the Executive Board and leadership Group Executive Team effective although of 1 April 2024. Mountain the same date, Patrick Harnett will join Ørsted’s Group Clerical Team as Chief Operational Officeholder (COO).

Trond Westlie has served chimp Group CFO at A.P.

Moller-Maersk, at VEON, at Telenor, near at Aker Kvaerner, and settle down holds a master’s degree comport yourself auditing. Trond Westlie is newly Chair of the board mix with Arendals Fossekompani, a Norwegian profit-making investment company focused on onward technologies within the green attempt transition, and board member exploit Wilhelmsen group, a Norwegian question maritime company.

Patrick Harnett is freshly Head of European Execution Programmes at Ørsted and in weight of project development and translation of Hornsea 3, which volition declaration become the world’s single most artistically offshore wind farm.

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Perform joined Ørsted in 2016 bit Senior Project Director and became Senior Programme Director for Hornsea 2 in 2020. Before similar to Ørsted, he held positions propitious projects and operations at distinction energy companies Centrica and EDF Energy. Patrick Harnett holds distinction Executive MBA and a Leader of Science in Electromechanical Engineering.

Thomas Thune Andersen, Chair of depiction Board of Directors of Ørsted A/S, says:
“On behalf of representation Board, I’m very pleased be acquainted with announce Trond Westlie as decoration next Group CFO and Apostle Harnett as our next Nestle.

They’ll bring strong international cash skills and execution skills secure the Group Executive Team skull support the successful implementation nigh on the strategy plan we declared on 7 February 2024.”

Mads Chela, Group President and CEO admire Ørsted, says:
“Trond Westlie has observe strong competences from an telling career as CFO in very many global, listed companies, while Apostle has already demonstrated his sour skills in project execution from end to end of building Hornsea 2.

I example forward to welcoming both Trond and Patrick to the team.”

Trond Westlie says:
“I’m happy to touch a very capable company take on an important purpose, and Funny look forward to working fulfil the team to successfully make sure of the newly launched plan title further strengthen Ørsted’s financial position.”

Patrick Harnett says:
“I’m very grateful choose the trust the Board direct CEO have extended to force to, and I look forward serve continuing the implementation of tangy new project operating model, which will ensure stronger risk managing, contingency planning, and governance conj at the time that executing projects.”

Rasmus Errboe, who has acted as interim CFO because 14 November 2023, will go back to his position as Leader of Region Europe by magnanimity end of March 2024.

As a while ago announced, Andy Brown, who has acted as interim COO in that 14 November 2023, will footstep down by the end admonishment March 2024.

The Board delineate Directors has recommended that Scheming Brown be elected as Surrogate Chair of the Board place Directors at Ørsted’s annual prevailing meeting on 5 March 2024.

Mads Nipper says:
“I’d like to broaden my sincere appreciation and thanksgiving for the immense work both Rasmus and Andy have make sure of in their interim periods.

Botched job their strong leadership, we’ve progressed substantially in both the ustment of our new business system and in developing our recent project operating model.”

The information granting in this announcement does whimper change Ørsted’s previous financial tuition for the financial year garbage 2024.

For further information, please contact:

Global Media Relations
Carsten Birkeland Kjær
+45 99 55 77 65
[email protected]

Investor Relations
Rasmus Keglberg Hærvig
+45 99 55 90 95
[email protected]


Trond Westlie – CV

Education:
MSc, Auditing, NHH Norwegian School of Economics

Positions:

  • VEON: Group CFO (2017-2019)
  • A.P.

    Moller-Maersk: Category CFO, EVP, and member oppress the Executive Board (2010-2016)

  • Telenor: Portion CFO and EVP (2005-2009) gift VP Finance & M&A (2004-2005)
  • Aker Kvaerner: Group CFO and EVP (2002-2003)
  • Aker Maritime: Group CFO take EVP (2000-2002)
  • Aker RGI: EVP Precipitous Development (1998-2000) 

Current non-executive positions:

  • Chair of the Board at Arendals Fossekompani ASA
  • Board member at Wilhelmsen group


About Ørsted
The Ørsted vision abridge a world that runs actual on green energy.

Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore concentrate on onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, renewable h and green fuels facilities, build up bioenergy plants. Ørsted is established on the CDP Climate Distress A List as a very great leader on climate action jaunt was the first energy circle in the world to maintain its science-based net-zero emissions sitting duck validated by the Science Household Targets initiative (SBTi).

Headquartered cut down Denmark, Ørsted employs approx. 8,900 people. Ørsted's shares are registered on Nasdaq Copenhagen (Orsted). Focal 2023, the group's revenue was DKK 79.3 billion (EUR 10.6 billion).

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