Our leadership team

Marc Becker was appointed Senior Vice President of Offshore​ and a member of the global Executive Committee at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on 1 February 2021.

Dr. Becker, who started his career as a management consultant, holds a Ph.D. in International Management as well as a commercial diploma degree, has a wealth of experience within the renewable energy sector.

He was the Head of Sales & Project Management for the Siemens Gamesa Offshore Business Unit from 2017 – 2020. He joined the former Siemens Wind Power in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for 10 factories in Denmark, USA, Canada, & China.

Prior to that, he served as Head of Siemens Offshore Grid Access Solutions from 2011 – 2014. His career at Siemens AG began in 2005.

Marc Becker is dedicated to safety across the entire wind industry, regardless of where or for whom people work. One of his core values is to only make decisions and accept actions which are safe for everyone involved. Marc makes safety his choice – the only choice – every day, and expects that all others do the same.

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Richard Luijendijk is Senior Vice President of Onshore at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy from January 1, 2023.

Before that time, he was the Head of Global Projects and the CEO of the Asia Pacific region for the onshore business for more than a year. In October 2022, he began to assist then global Siemens Gamesa CEO Jochen Eickholt in the daily management of the global onshore business. 

Born in Gouda, the Netherlands, Richard holds a Master of Science in aerospace engineering from the Technical University in Delft, the Netherlands. 

His professional career has covered postings worldwide and has been tied to the Siemens group since 2000, when he joined Siemens Nederland N.V., as senior manager in Sales & Development.

In March 2004, he moved to GE Wind Energy, as the sales manager for the Wind Energy business in Benelux.

In September 2005, he joined Siemens Wind Power and held several senior positions in onshore, offshore and service, based in Denmark.

Within Siemens Gamesa, Richard has covered different positions such as Head of Sales for the offshore business, CEO for the onshore business in the APAC region, and Head of Business Transformation, leading the LEAP strategy program.

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Carina Brehm was appointed Senior Vice President of Operations​ at Siemens Gamesa effective September 1, 2024. Carina joins from Siemens Energy’s Grid Technologies business where she drove the growth strategy as Vice President Strategy. In addition, she was responsible for quality and safety, as well as lead the sustainability efforts.

Carina started her career as an Inhouse Consultant in the automotive industry leading projects in strategy and operations.  After joining Siemens AG in 2014, Carina pursued her career as Factory Manager in Austria, where she designed and manufactured transformers for European and Chinese wind power OEMs.

Afterwards, Carina was responsible for a global transformer business, driving profitable growth and orchestrating a factory footprint in nine countries. In that role, she successfully conducted global technology transfers, developed the supply base, and drove process optimization in the network.

Carina holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Business from universities in Germany and The Netherlands. Her career spans positions in Germany, Austria, and India.

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Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen was appointed Senior Vice President of Technology at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in January 2023.

Previously, he headed the Technology Department of the Offshore Business Unit at Siemens Gamesa from 2017, where his responsibilities included the development of the latest generation of direct drive offshore turbines.

With 28 years of experience in R&D and engineering, including 20 years in the wind industry, he has a profound understanding of the technological development of this industry at all levels and across all market segments and technologies.

After his first positions at ABB and Dantrafo, he led and successfully grew international teams in all areas of turbine development as an executive during his career at Bonus A/S, Siemens Wind Power and finally Siemens Gamesa.

As Head of Technology at Siemens Wind Power from 2013, Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen was instrumental in launching the world's most technologically advanced offshore platforms to date. Together with his team, he also successfully introduced the Direct Drive platforms for onshore and brought them to technological maturity.

After a dynamic growth phase, he defined new processes and standards in close coordination with Procurement and Production to significantly improve efficiency and product quality. In his new role, his focus will again be on working closely with the COO and the business unit CEOs with the aim of closely integrating technology, operations and the business.

Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen studied Electrical Engineering at Aarhus University, is married and has four children.

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