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Lisa Ekstrand
VP Sustainability
Vestas • Studied at Lund University , Gotland University , Malmö University , the University of Westminster , and Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III
• Spent the last 12 years at Vestas , previously an Adviser to the European Union Parliament on Environment , Climate Change , and Health Policy
• A master of renewable energy transformation on all dots of the public-private continuum
" Eliminating waste from the turbine lifecycle is dependent on building a fully circular value chain " |
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Sustainable change , and particularly renewable energy transformation and adoption , is a delicate balance : a dance of regulation , government , market forces , incentives , and geopolitics .
Lisa Ekstrand is a dancing master .
She has worked at Vestas in Copenhagen , Denmark , for going on 13 years , starting as a Policy Adviser for Group Government Relations but working on policy and regulatory environments across the Nordics .
Prior to joining the firm , Ekstrand spent three years as an Advisor to the European Union and was part of the European Union Parliament ’ s negotiation team on the EU Climate Change Package and REACH .
She has served on the board of the Norwegian Wind Eneergy Association , the Swedish Wind Energy Association , and WindEurope .
Her colleagues have described her as " a true professional , trustworthy and with a high level of integrity ."
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