RWE AG’s govt board has appointed Andrew Flanagan as COO of RWE Renewables Americas as of July 1, 2022. The function of COO has been held by Silvia Ortín as a twin accountability alongside her CEO duties; the function of CFO has been assumed by Ingmar Ritzenhofen.
“I’m delighted Andrew Flanagan, having a wealth of renewable vitality data throughout all sides of the enterprise, will be a part of our skilled staff in North America as COO,” says Markus Krebber, CEO of RWE AG. “Along with Silvia Ortín and Ingmar Ritzenhofen on the board of RWE Renewables Americas, he’ll forge forward with the growth of our onshore wind and photo voltaic portfolio in North America, certainly one of our strategic key focus markets.”
In his function as COO, Flanagan will likely be chargeable for persevering with rising the enterprise and overseeing operations to maintain the 35+ working initiatives in North America on observe. RWE constructs, owns and operates wind, photo voltaic and vitality storage initiatives within the U.S., having put in greater than 5,000 MW of era capability thus far.
“We’re completely happy to welcome Andrew to the RWE Renewables Americas Board,” states Silvia Ortín, CEO at RWE Renewables Americas. “Along with his intensive renewables background in administration, growth, financing and building, Andrew’s expertise matches very properly to our current staff. We stay up for including his management expertise to assist us increase our working portfolio in North America.”
Flanagan involves RWE from his place as senior vice chairman and chief growth officer at Leeward Renewable Vitality, the place he led mission growth and energy capabilities, managing a staff with a mission pipeline of greater than 19 GW.
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of RWE at this thrilling interval of the corporate’s additional growth of renewable energies and I stay up for being part of RWE’s bold plans for a clear, safe and reasonably priced vitality portfolio,” states Flanagan.