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Our management team
- About us
- Management
Our management team is composed of members that each have crucial competences and experiences within the cable industry. Together they represent a wide executive level of real life knowledge necessary to drive a NKT forward in delivering lifetime value to our customers, partners and employees.
Claes Westerlind
President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Born 1982, joined NKT in 2017, through ABB HV Cables acquisition
Previous employment (amongst others): SVP Commercial & Tendering NKT HV Solutions, Senior positions within the ABB Group and joined NKT with the ABB HV Cable acquisition
Education: M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Line Andrea Fandrup
Chief Financial Officer
Born in 1979, joined NKT in 2020
Previous employment (amongst others): Group Finance VP in Rockwool, and finance positions in COWI, Novozymes and Maersk Line
Education: Cand.merc.mat (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Will Hendrikx
Chief Operating Officer / Deputy CEO
Born 1964, joined NKT in 2020
Previous employment (amongst others): Prysmian BeNeLux, Draka Kabel
Education: BSc. in Engineering and Management (HTS, Netherlands)
Michael C. Hjorth
Chief Commercial Officer
Born 1966, was with NKT from 1995 - 2012 (first time) and then joined again in 2017
Previous employment (amongst others): Maersk Drilling, NKT Power Cables, NKT Flexibles, NOV SPS (Flexibles)
Education: B. Sc. EE + Maersk Young Manager’s programme
Darren Fennell
Executive Vice President, Head of HV Solutions Karlskrona
Born 1975, joined NKT in 2012, through ABB HV Cables acquisition
Previous employment: Management roles in Installation, Commercial & Tendering, and Project Execution within ABB and later NKT.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Construction Economics & Management
Lukas Sidler
Executive Vice President, Head of HV Solutions Cologne
Born 1977, joined NKT in 2022
Previous employment (amongst others): Various senior management positions at ABB/Hitachi Energy focused on operations and plant management.
Education: Business Administration with major in Industry and International Production, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Carlos Fernandez
Executive Vice President, Head of Applications
Born: 1971, Joined NKT: 2021
Previous employment (amongst others): COO Central and Eastern Europe and Director of Plant Operation with Prysmian
Education: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (B.E.) (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Postgraduate in Business Administration (IESE Business School)
Denis Schuler
Executive Vice President, Head of Accessories
Born 1973, joined NKT in 2023
Previous employment (amongst others): Director Operations at Axetris AG, various management positions at Schneider Electric
Education: Executive Master of Business Administration, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Axel Barnekow Widmark
Executive Vice President, Head of Service
Born 1977, joined NKT in 2020
Previous employment (amongst others): Management Consultant at McKinsey and various leadership positions in the ABB Group
Education: M.Sc Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology
Kira Johnson
Chief Human Resources Officer
Born 1974, joined NKT in 2021
Previous employment (amongst others): CHRO and a member of the executive management team at Welltec, KPMG and Danish Chamber of Commerce
Education: M.Sc., Political Science & Government, University of Copenhagen
Anders Jensen
Chief Technology Officer
Born 1964, was with NKT from 1993 - 2013 (first time) and joined NKT again in 2018
Previous employment (amongst others): Senior management position in Hellenic Cables Group and various senior positions in NKT.
Education: M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Technical University of Denmark), B.Sc. in Strategic Management and Business Development (Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen)
Michael Yong
Chief Strategy Officer
Born: 1974, Joined NKT: 2021
Previous employment (amongst others): management positions at SGB-SMIT Group, Prysmian Group, and Draka Holding
Education: Juris Doctor (George Washington Law School, USA), International MBA (IE Business School, Spain), B. Sc. Mechanical Engineering (University of Tennessee, USA)
Mark Skriver Nielsen
Chief Legal Officer
Born: 1 February 1968, Joined NKT: 1 June 2019
Previous employment (amongst others): General Counsel at KMD A/S, General Counsel at Telenor Denmark A/S, General Counsel at CyberCity A/S, and attorney in various Law firms.
Education: Attorney and Master of Law (University of Copenhagen and Queen Mary University of London).
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