Czech utility CEZ has hired Jörg Kubitza, formerly head of strategy and business development at MHI Vestas, to lead the evolution of its growing Western European renewable energy business.

Kubitza, who joined CEZ on 1 January as head of strategy at its German unit, over the years has built up a vast expertise in renewables, and in particular in offshore wind, during his work for MHI Vestas and before that for Mitsubishi Power Systems.