Turbine maker Vestas has tapped Ericsson executive Nils de Baar to be group senior vice president and president of Vestas Central Europe beginning Sept. 1.
According to Vestas, de Baar was formerly vice president and head of global customer accounts at Ericsson's headquarters in Stockholm. He will be based at Vestas' Central Europe headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
Vestas says that de Baar succeeds Christoph Vogel, group senior vice president and president of Vestas Central Europe since June 2014, who decided to leave Vestas for personal reasons.