CEO Markus Lesser can be leaving PNE AG on the finish of July

Cuxhaven (renewablepress) – Markus Lesser, CEO of PNE AG, in the present day knowledgeable the Supervisory Board of his intention to resign from his postion as member and Chairman of the Board of Administration of PNE AG with impact from the tip of July 2024 for private causes. The Supervisory Board intends to adjust to Markus Lesser’s request and to enter into discussions with him concerning an early termination of his employment contract. On the identical time, the Supervisory Board will endeavour to discover a appropriate successor candidate for the place of CEO.

Per Hornung Pedersen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board: “We very a lot remorse that Markus Lesser has determined to take this step. PNE AG has grown strongly as an organization throughout Markus Lesser’s time period of workplace and has elevated significantly in worth, is listed within the SDAX and TecDax and enjoys a wonderful repute within the trade. Markus Lesser has guided PNE AG safely by way of difficult instances and has at all times contributed to the additional improvement of the trade, not least because of his information, his a few years of expertise and his contacts as much as excessive political ranges. We wish to thank him for this. We want him all the very best for the long run.“

Throughout his 13 years time period, Markus Lesser has performed a key position in creating PNE AG from a pure wind farm developer to a clear vitality options supplier and impartial energy producer (IPP). After beginning at PNE as COO in 2011, he was appointed CEO in 2016 following plenty of profitable years. In 2017, he developed the size up technique and accomplished it very efficiently on the finish of 2023. As early as 2022, Markus Lesser set the course for additional progress with the size up 2.0 technique growth. PNE AG’s enterprise mannequin grew to become considerably extra resilient and sturdy throughout this era. The venture pipeline was considerably elevated to 19 GW/GWp, an personal technology portfolio of wind farms was constructed and 650 MW are at present in operation or underneath development.

Concerning the PNE Group

The internationally working, listed PNE Group is included within the SDAX in addition to the TecDAX. For greater than 25 years, it has been some of the skilled venture builders within the area of onshore and offshore wind farms. The main focus is on the event of wind energy and photovoltaic tasks worldwide in addition to on electrical energy technology with its personal wind farms. Its portfolio covers all venture planning phases, from website investigation and the implementation of the approval procedures, by way of financing and development, to operation and repowering. As a clear vitality options supplier, the PNE Group additionally provides companies for the whole life cycle of wind farms and photovoltaic vegetation. The PNE Group is a sought-after associate to trade for options for the refinement of electrical energy by way of power-to-X applied sciences.

Cuxhaven, 15 March 2024