The Board of Nord Pool, Europe’s leading power market, has appointed Kari Ekelund Thørud as the company’s new CEO.
Kari Ekelund Thørud, 42, will join Nord Pool on 1st June from her position as Deputy CEO and Senior Vice President Markets in the Norwegian power company Hafslund ASA, where she has been responsible for the transformation from a Norwegian electricity sales organisation to the Nordic leading power retailer.
Torger Lien, Chairman of the Board of Nord Pool, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Kari to Nord Pool at an exciting and competitive time for international power markets. She is a strong leader with broad and valuable experience of the energy sector. The Board is looking forward to working closely with her to broaden and strengthen Nord Pool’s position across Europe.”
Kari Ekelund Thørud was educated at BI Norwegian Business School where she holds a Business Degree with a specialism in international business. She also holds executive management qualifications in Financial Energy Analysis from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and in Strategy, Innovation and Management from INSEAD.
About Nord Pool
Nord Pool, Europe’s leading power market, delivers efficient, simple and secure trading across Europe. The company offers day-ahead and intraday trading, clearing and settlement to customers regardless of size or location. Today 380 companies from 20 countries trade on Nord Pool’s markets.
Nord Pool operates markets in the Nordic and Baltic regions, Germany and the UK, and is a Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO) in 15 European countries, while also servicing power markets in Croatia and Bulgaria. In 2017 Nord Pool had a total turnover of 512 TWh traded power. The company has offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, London and Berlin.
Nord Pool has 25 years of power market experience built on offering flexibility, transparency, innovation, greater choice and participation to our customers.
Lysaker, 19 March 2018
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