Christian Venderby has been appointed the new group senior vice president and head of service at Vestas Wind Systems, Aarhus, Denmark. Vestas is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer and servicer of wind turbines. Venderby, who was previously the senior vice president, Operations, at Vestas Americas, enters into his new position on 1 June 2014.
Christian Venderby is a Danish national with 20 years international experience and a long history with Vestas. He joined Vestas in 2006 as the CFO for North America and was appointed SVP Operations in 2010. Venderby has led many successful initiatives, while being involved in most aspects of the management of Vestas’ business in North America with a focus on strengthening Vestas’ approach to customer success through optimum safety, quality and financial and technical performance. Prior to joining Vestas, Christian Venderby spent more than 15 years with FLSmidth, a global supplier of equipment and services to the cement and minerals industries, in various international management roles in finance and construction in Japan, Brazil, Egypt and India.
Venderby will be reporting directly to CEO Anders Runevad and will join the Vestas Executive Committee.
