Ørsted Names New COO

Ørsted has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Executive Committee, following a decision to reorganise the company to position it for future growth.

As of 1 June, the offshore wind developer’s COO will be Richard Hunter, who comes from a position as President of Rail Control Solutions and Wayside at Bombardier Transportation, where he was also a Chairman and Managing Director until March 2018.

As COO, Richard Hunter will head Ørsted’s EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) & Operations for the entire company except the Onshore business, which is organised in a separate business unit.

EPC & Operations is Ørsted’s EPC provider and operator of offshore wind farms as well as combined heat and power plants. The EPC organisation manages multiple large-scale offshore construction projects in parallel across the globe, while the Operations organisation manages 28 offshore wind farms and combined heat and power plants in operation.

“Richard is a world-class executive and has the right set of skills to continue the development of EPC & Operations as a crucial part of our actions to create a world that runs entirely on green energy”, said Mads Nipper, CEO and Group President.

Richard Hunter will be based in Gentofte in Denmark and work on a regular basis from Ørsted’s London office as well as from other locations worldwide.