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10/04/2017at 10:15

How CEO Henrik Poulsen turned Dong Energy around

Speaking to Danish newspaper Børsen, Henrik Poulsen explains how he implemented an overhaul at Dong Energy in 2012. One key approach was to evaluate each business area in the energy group.
Henrik Poulsen, CEO of Dong Energy. | Photo: dong
by MICHAEL TRIER DUELUND

In 2012, Dong Energy altered its course when Henrik Poulsen was appointed CEO. The business turned away from being based on coal and gas and instead put focus on becoming an international leader in wind. One vital tool in the transformation was to fundamentally question the individual business areas in the group, Poulsen tells Danish newspaper Børsen.

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