Minesto AB (publ) announced that David Collier, Minesto's experienced and long-term serving Chief Operations Officer, (COO), will move into a more commercially oriented role as Chief Strategy Officer, focusing on large-scale commercial site development with international partners and other key aspects of strategic business development. Johannes Hüffmeier has been internally appointed into the role of the new COO. Johannes has a background in shipping and offshore renewables, as well as offshore wind at ABB.

He holds a M.Sc. in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Hamburg University of Technology in Germany and NTNU Trondheim in Norway. Hans Lindström has been appointed to Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and the new role is added to the Executive Team.

Hans has a broad background and extensive global experience in procurement, from Metso-Energi etc. The new role strengthens the company's ability to strengthen existing relationships and build new strategic collaborations for local sourcing in overseas markets. Cecilia Sernhage has been appointed to Chief Communications Officer (CCO) and the new role is added to the Executive Team.

Cecilia has a broad background from Husqvarna and global brand building. The new role reflects the company's extended ambitions regarding brand building and promotion of its tidal technology products. Bernt Erik Westre, CTO, will maintain in his role, focusing on efficient array system design, product robustness and Dragon system customization to satisfy customer and local site requirements.