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Alexander Kara
President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Axel Barnekow Widmark
Executive Vice President, Head of Service
Born 1977, joined NKT in 2020
Previous employment (amongst others): Management Consultant at McKinsey and various leadership positions in the ABB Group
Education: M.Sc Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology
Line Andrea Fandrup
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Will Hendrikx
Executive Vice President, Head of Applications
Born 1964, joined NKT in 2020
Previous employment (amongst others): Prysmian BeNeLux, Draka Kabel
Education: BSc. in Engineering and Management (HTS, Netherlands)
Michael C. Hjorth
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer HV Solutions
Born 1966, was with NKT from 1995 - 2012 (first time) and then joined again in 2017
Previous employment (amongst others): Maersk Drilling, NKT Power Cables, NKT Flexibles, NOV SPS (Flexibles)
Education: B. Sc. EE + Maersk Young Manager’s programme
Anders Jensen
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Born 1964, was with NKT from 1993 - 2013 (first time) and joined NKT again in 2018
Previous employment (amongst others): Senior management position in Hellenic Cables Group and various senior positions in NKT.
Education: M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Technical University of Denmark), B.Sc. in Strategic Management and Business Development (Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen)
Kira Johnson
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Born 1974, joined NKT in 2021
Previous employment (amongst others): CHRO and a member of the executive management team at Welltec, KPMG and Danish Chamber of Commerce
Education: M.Sc., Political Science & Government, University of Copenhagen
Denis Schuler
Executive Vice President, Head of Accessories
Born 1973, joined NKT in 2023
Previous employment (amongst others): Director Operations at Axetris AG, various management positions at Schneider Electric
Education: Executive Master of Business Administration, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Lukas Sidler
Executive Vice President, Head of HV Solutions Cologne
Born 1977, joined NKT in 2022
Previous employment (amongst others): Various senior management positions at ABB/Hitachi Energy focused on operations and plant management.
Education: Business Administration with major in Industry and International Production, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Claes Westerlind
Executive Vice President, Head of HV Solutions Karlskrona
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