| Former GE CEO gets a seat at the board of wind turbine blade entrepreneur Former GE Offshore and Vestas Offshore CEO Anders Søe-Jensen becomes new Chairman of the company Bladena from Roskilde, which develops and manufactures technology solutions and improvements for wind turbines. With several top jobs in the wind industry behind him, Anders Søe-Jensen is a well-known man of industry, who over the past 17 years has had senior positions within offshore / wind industry. Now he is engaging himself in the entrepreneurial company Bladena, which is growing rapidly and provides unique repair and design solutions for wind turbine blades worldwide. Bladena has hit a global niche with its products - a niche that has grown rapidly in step with the wind industry, which has grown exponentially over the past 30 years. Anders Søe-Jensen's role in the company is among others to help get Bladenas unique technologies implemented widely in the industry. "I look forward to getting down to business in an exciting company with great international potential. I will draw on my experience in the industry and establish contacts in the right places with the right people and develop Bladenas strategy," says Bladenas new Chairman, Anders Søe-Jensen. |  |
Homebound CEO
Most recently, Anders Søe-Jensen, was CEO of GE Offshore, which has its headquarters in France, and he was thus one of the highest-ranking Danes in the international wind industry. Anders Søe-Jensen has joined the board, and from May 1, he is Chairman and simultaneously a joint owner of Bladena.
Majority shareholder and founder of Bladena, Find Mølholt Jensen, is pleased and proud to attract such capacity to the company.
"Anders is a gentleman with great experience in the industry and I look forward to working with him. I am pleased that the goals we have achieved so far, means that we can attract someone like Anders, who can really contribute to both strategy and execution," says Find Mølholt Jensen.
Pleased investors
CAPNOVA is together with DTU a fellow shareholder in Bladena and CAPNOVA has been a part of the board and has had part ownership since the inception of the company and from their viewpoint, they also see the new chairman as a great asset.
"It will be really exciting to get a chairman like Anders into Bladena. He has a lot of skills that the company will benefit from and a name in the industry that can help provide Bladena some strength and impact compared to the major players in the wind industry," says Finn Mogensen, Investment Manager at CAPNOVA.
For further information please contact:
Find Mølholt Jensen, Founder of Bladena, on telephone +45 53700276 or email fmj@bladena.com
Anders Søe-Jensen, Chairman of Bladena, on telephone +45 20145996 or email as-j@bladena.com
FACTS:
Bladena is a spin-off from DTU, which for the past 10 years has designed, tested, and delivered solutions for improvement of wind turbine blades in both Europe and in North America. The technology is based on a number of patents that are relatively easy to implement in existing blades or blade production.
The technologies have proven to be particularly suitable for structural improvement, increasing the lifetime of wind turbine blades and optimization of blade designs, among other things to reduce the consumption of materials.
Read more on www.bladena.com
CAPNOVA is an investment and development company and one of four incubators in Denmark, appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. CAPNOVA contributes to turning the ideas of innovative entrepreneurs into successful businesses by investing governmental, regional and own venture capital. CAPNOVA offers expert advice that solve specific challenges that companies face and helps fundraising, so that portfolio companies and other companies find it easier to get development funds in Danish and international foundations. The goal of CAPNOVA’s overall effort is to create growth and sustainable jobs.
Read more on www.capnova.dk
Most recently, Anders Søe-Jensen, was CEO of GE Offshore, which has its headquarters in France, and he was thus one of the highest-ranking Danes in the international wind industry. Anders Søe-Jensen has joined the board, and from May 1, he is Chairman and simultaneously a joint owner of Bladena.
Majority shareholder and founder of Bladena, Find Mølholt Jensen, is pleased and proud to attract such capacity to the company.
"Anders is a gentleman with great experience in the industry and I look forward to working with him. I am pleased that the goals we have achieved so far, means that we can attract someone like Anders, who can really contribute to both strategy and execution," says Find Mølholt Jensen.
Pleased investors
CAPNOVA is together with DTU a fellow shareholder in Bladena and CAPNOVA has been a part of the board and has had part ownership since the inception of the company and from their viewpoint, they also see the new chairman as a great asset.
"It will be really exciting to get a chairman like Anders into Bladena. He has a lot of skills that the company will benefit from and a name in the industry that can help provide Bladena some strength and impact compared to the major players in the wind industry," says Finn Mogensen, Investment Manager at CAPNOVA.
For further information please contact:
Find Mølholt Jensen, Founder of Bladena, on telephone +45 53700276 or email fmj@bladena.com
Anders Søe-Jensen, Chairman of Bladena, on telephone +45 20145996 or email as-j@bladena.com
FACTS:
Bladena is a spin-off from DTU, which for the past 10 years has designed, tested, and delivered solutions for improvement of wind turbine blades in both Europe and in North America. The technology is based on a number of patents that are relatively easy to implement in existing blades or blade production.
The technologies have proven to be particularly suitable for structural improvement, increasing the lifetime of wind turbine blades and optimization of blade designs, among other things to reduce the consumption of materials.
Read more on www.bladena.com
CAPNOVA is an investment and development company and one of four incubators in Denmark, appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. CAPNOVA contributes to turning the ideas of innovative entrepreneurs into successful businesses by investing governmental, regional and own venture capital. CAPNOVA offers expert advice that solve specific challenges that companies face and helps fundraising, so that portfolio companies and other companies find it easier to get development funds in Danish and international foundations. The goal of CAPNOVA’s overall effort is to create growth and sustainable jobs.
Read more on www.capnova.dk
