Leading renewables developer Ørsted has expanded its group executive team and appointed two new members, reporting to group president and chief executive Rasmus Errboe
The company said that, with the new appointments, the full offshore wind value chain – including development, construction, and generation – will be represented on Ørsted’s group executive team.
Amanda Dasch has been appointed chief development officer and will head up Ørsted Commercial, which covers commercial development activities across Ørsted’s three regions, Europe, Americas, and APAC, as well as trading and revenue, group strategy and innovation, and group stakeholder relations.
Dasch is currently chief executive of region Americas at Ørsted,a role to which she was appointed in late 2024. She has 20 years of leadership experience in the energy industry. She will relocate to Denmark and will continue as interim chief executive, Americas until her successor has been found.
Godson Njoku has been appointed chief generation officer (CGO) and will lead Ørsted Generation, holding overall responsibility for the performance of Ørsted’s European fleet of energy-generating assets.
Njoku will be based in the UK and joins Ørsted after 20 years with Shell, where he held a number of senior executive roles, including serving as executive vice president with responsibility for global production excellence in Shell’s upstream business leadership team.
Ørsted group president and chief executive Rasmus Errboe said, “With Amanda Dasch and Godson Njoku we are welcoming two strong profiles who will add valuable competence to our group executive team, bringing decades of senior leadership experience from the energy industry. The team reflects our sharpened focus on our core business, on project execution and on improving our competitiveness.”
Ørsted’s group executive team now comprises: Rasmus Errboe, group president and CEO; Trond Westlie, chief financial officer; Amanda Dasch, chief development officer; Patrick Harnett, chief construction officer; Godson Njoku, chief generation officer; and Henriette Fenger Ellekrog, chief HR officer.
With the changes to the group executive team, Ørsted will discontinue the deputy CEO function.
