Nitrogen+Syngas 389 May-Jun 2024
31 May 2024
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thyssenkrupp AG has announced the appointment of Nadja Håkansson as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer effective from May 1, 2024. Håkansson, has held various management positions at Siemens and Siemens Energy and has over 18 years of national and international experience in the areas of supply chain management, operations, sales and corporate management. Most recently, as Senior Vice President Region Africa for Siemens Energy, she was responsible for the company’s overall portfolio development in the African market. She holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University, Sweden.
“We are delighted to welcome Nadja Håkansson to thyssenkrupp Uhde as the new CEO,” said Miguel López, CEO of thyssenkrupp AG. “With an extensive background in the energy technology industry, Nadja brings a wealth of experience and leadership to thyssenkrupp Uhde to position the company as an enabler of the industry’s transformation towards further CO2 emissions reduction.”
“thyssenkrupp Uhde has significant potential for shaping the green transformation in our industry, and I am honoured to lead this prestigious company as we embark on this exciting journey together,” said Nadja Håkansson. “I am looking forward to being part of thyssenkrupp Uhde’s engineering competence, to fostering a culture of innovation and to delivering sustainable value to our customers & stakeholders.”
Hy2gen has appointed Astrid Hartwijk as Chief Operating Officer. Hartwijk has over 25 years of experience with international companies in the energy sector and joins the Hy2gen team as of April 1, 2024.
“I am thrilled to join Hy2gen. I had open and very assuring conversations with the other Board members, Cyril Dufau-Sansot and Bernd Hübner, which gave me the feeling that we can work well together as a team and that I can contribute a lot at Hy2gen. The level of professionalism, what Hy2gen stands for, and the type of investors behind it; everyone is on the same mission to combat climate change by providing renewable fuels“, said Hartwijk of her new role, adding: “It’s a fantastic team here at Hy2gen. Working and discovering things together with a diverse group of enthusiastic people, that’s what I’m looking forward to the most. My task here will be to move projects from the development stages into reality with speed, focus, and sound business cases. To do that we will need to navigate the still developing regulatory landscapes, markets, and supply chain challenges.”
Hartwijk has a degree in chemistry and many years of experience in project management. Her career highlights include positions at Shell as Transformation Director and Business Opportunity Manager for Offshore Facilities, where she has led energy projects from the initiation phase to the start of operations.
Hy2gen’s CEO, Cyril Dufau-Sansot, said: “With the appointment of Astrid as COO of Hy2gen AG, we are entering a new era of achievement, where our commitment to shaping the future of sustainable energy will benefit from her experience. She will give a tangible reality to our large-scale project implementation worldwide.”
Ameropa has appointed of Josh Zacharias to the position of Group CEO, from April 15th. Zacharias was born in Washington DC and is a dual US-Swiss citizen. He graduated from Carleton College with a BA in Mathematics and received an MBA from New York University. He is 44 years old and has held various junior and senior management positions in the USA, Australia, Romania and Switzerland since joining Ameropa in 2009.
Zacharias started in Finance, first as a financial analyst for M&A at the Binningen headquarter, then as Risk Manager and Controller at Ameropa North America, and finally as CFO at Ameropa Australia. In 2013, he moved into the commercial side as Head of Trading at Ameropa Australia and also headed the Browns retail business selling directly to farmers in Australia. In 2018, he returned to Binningen and assumed the role of Group Chief Risk Officer for close to two years. Zacharias is currently CEO of Ameropa’s subsidiary Azomures, a nitrogen fertilizer producer in Romania.
