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Fredrik Witte. [Photograph: Silje Katrine Robinson]
Vitality storage system specialist Corvus Vitality has appointed Fredrik Witte as its new CEO, beginning January 1, 2024.
For the previous eight years, Witte has been managing director of Cargill Aqua Vitamin’s operations in Norway, Scotland, and Canada, main 450 workers. He has additionally served because the CFO for Rieber & Søn ASA in Bergen and has earlier expertise at Tomra Methods and DNB.
He holds a level in finance from the College of Pennsylvania’s Wharton College of Finance & Commerce.
“Corvus Vitality is coming into an essential section the place the corporate will proceed to construct on a powerful basis and keep its place because the market chief in a quickly rising market,” stated Mikael Mäkinen, chairman of the Corvus board. “We’re due to this fact more than happy that Fredrik has accepted to change into the corporate’s new CEO. Fredrik brings in depth strategic and monetary expertise from corporations in progress, one thing the board believes is a superb match to guide Corvus Vitality ahead.”
Claiming a market share of greater than 50% of the world fleet of zero-emission vessels, Corvus Vitality affords a portfolio of vitality storage and gasoline cell methods offering energy methods within the type of modular lithium-ion battery methods and hydrogen PEM gasoline cell methods.
“Corvus is a novel world firm,” stated Witte. “It’s motivating to change into a part of an organization that performs a key function in making the worldwide maritime business emission-free. I’m due to this fact humbled to have been given the accountability of main the corporate and constructing upon a powerful market place. At the start, I’m wanting ahead to attending to know the enterprise and the workers worldwide, the place we collectively will proceed to develop the corporate.”
Till Witte takes up his new function, Corvus CFO Mette Rokne Hanestad is serving as interim CEO.
