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Board

WindEurope’s Board of Directors

WindEurope board members

As a non-profit association, WindEurope is governed by a Board of Directors

The Board meets 4 times to year and is made up of 29 people. 22 of these are the Market Leaders and Leading Members of WindEurope. Then there are 4 elected representatives of the other corporate members of WindEurope and 3 elected representatives of the national wind energy associations.

The Board is chaired by the CEO of one of the Market Leaders or Leading Members. They are supported by a Vice-Chair.

The current Chair is José Luis Blanco, CEO of Nordex Group. The current Vice-Chair is Alfredo Parres del Toro, Group SVP, Head of Renewables, Hitachi Energy. They are serving an 18-month term which will end in March 2025.

The WindEurope Secretariat is accountable to the Board. So are WindEurope’s 10 Working Groups. The Chairs of the Working Groups are all members of the Board

Here is the full list of the current Board members:

 José Luis Blanco, CEO of Nordex Group

José Luis Blanco
CEO
WindEurope Board Chair

Alfredo Parres del Toro

Alfredo Parres del Toro
Group SVP, Head of Renewables
WindEurope Board Vice-Chair

Luis Martí Alvarez

Luis Martí Alvarez
Director of Regulatory Affairs

Juan Virgilio Márquez López

Juan Virgilio Márquez López
Director General

Philipp Pfefferle

Philipp Pfefferle
Head of Global Advocacy and Communications

Peter Hjuler Jensen

Peter Hjuler Jensen
Deputy Head of Department

Carlotta Gentile Latino

Carlotta Gentile Latino
Director, France

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Jorge Casillas Jorrin
Executive Director of Regulation, Markets and Global Risk Analysis

Andrea Panizzo

Andrea Panizzo
Head of Wind Supply

Andreas Becker

Andreas Becker
Head of Regulatory Affairs

Chantal Bouessay

Chantal Bouessay
Head of Public Affairs & Onshore wind Regulation

Anders Ystad

Anders Ystad
Head of Regulatory, Policy & Markets

Luca Bragoli

Luca Bragoli
Chief Regulatory & Public Affairs Officer

Markus Becker

Markus Becker
Head of Governmental Affairs and Policy, Europe

Jan Hylleberg

Jan Hylleberg
Deputy CEO

Juan Rivier de Abbad

Juan Rivier de Abbad
Head of Regulation and Prospective

Javier Sanz Rodriguez

Javier Sanz Rodriguez
Thematic Leader Renewable Energies

Rebecca Sedler

Rebecca Sedler
Managing Director, Interconnectors

Tony Adam

Tony Adam
Global Public Affairs

Ulrik Stridbæk

Ulrik Stridbæk
Vice President, Head of Regulatory Affairs

Dan McGrail

Dan McGrail
CEO

Laura Rol Rua

Laura Rol Rua
Deputy Director of Regulation and Stakeholder Relations

Matilda Afzelius

Matilda Afzelius
CEO RES in the Nordics

Nadine Janecke

Nadine Janecke
Director Strategy, Regulatory Affairs & Business Transformation

Yiğit Güven

Yiğit Güven
GM Commercial Europe

Jon Lezamiz Cortazar

Jon Lezamiz Cortazar
Head of Advocacy

Christian Edin

Christian Edin
Vice President, Strategic Customer Management

Samira Barakat

Samira Barakat
Business Unit Head

Kresten Ørnbjerg

Kresten Ørnbjerg
VP, Head of Global Public Affairs

Martin Knops

Martin Knops
CTO

WindEurope (Articles of Association) Statutes

Find out more about how the association operates in WindEurope’s Statutes.

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