Denmark: Vestas appoints new President for Central Europe business unit

Nils de Baar, currently Vice President and Head of Global Customer Accounts at Ericsson’s headquarters in Stockholm, will join Vestas on September 1.  He will be based at Vestas’ Central Europe headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. 

Vestas Chief Sales Officer Juan Araluce says, “I am pleased to welcome Nils de Baar as Group Senior Vice President and President of Vestas Central Europe.  With his solid commercial background and extensive international experience, Nils will continue to develop and strengthen our competitive position in this significant market, and we look forward to welcoming him onboard”.

Nils de Baar adds, “I am really excited to join Vestas.  As the global wind leader, Vestas has a strong and unique market position, creating a positive impact for our planet and for generations to come. I look forward to meeting my new colleagues and to quickly getting up to speed in a new industry”.

Nils de Baar succeeds Christoph Vogel, Group Senior Vice President and President of Vestas Central Europe, who has decided to leave Vestas for personal reasons. Juan Araluce concludes, “Christoph Vogel has led daily operations in Vestas Central Europe since June 2014, and I thank him for his contributions to our work in this region”.