Vice President HR and HSE Wind, Vattenfall

Biography

Marlies Sikken holds the position of Vice President HR & HSE for all wind activities of Vattenfall since July 2017. Her ambition is to ensure realization of Vattenfall’s wind strategy, by securing the right strategical competences and establishing a performance driven culture, focused on development of business and employees. She has been working for 10 years within Vattenfall, holding various senior management positions. She has amongst others been Head of Strategy and Product & Business Development for Vattenfall’s customer domain in all countries and has been responsible for Regulatory Affairs. Before assuming the responsibility for HR & HSE she has steered an international team of wind resource and GIS engineers. Marlies started her career at KPMG as a forensic auditor and later senior consultant for almost 10 years. During this time she amongst others has been based in Spain during three years, with a main focus on Sustainability Strategy work for the energy industry.