Anders Eldrup will resign from his role as CEO of DONG Energy. He will do so bymutual consent.
Fritz Schur, Chairman of the Board of Directors , states:
” Anders Eldrup has made a huge contribution to DONG Energy for eleven years andis handing over a strong, well-run company. I wish him good luck with his new challenges. ”
Fritz Schur stresses that the management change will have no effect on DONG Energy’s strategy:
” Our strategy and investment programme are sound, so the strategic direction will continue unchanged. We will also maintain our ambitious target to double
earnings in 2015 compared with 2009 .”
Carsten Krogsgaard Thomsen, CFO, has been appointed as acting CEO. A process has been set in motion to identify a new CEO.
DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. They are headquartered in Denmark. Their business is based on procuring, producing, distributing and trading in energy and related products in Northern Europe. They have approximately 6,000 employees and generated DKK 57 billion (EUR 7.6 billion) in revenue in 2011.
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Offshore WIND Staff, March 12, 2012;