Rieks was appointed after the previous boss, Anders Søe Jensen was dismissed in January as part of the reorganisation that Vestas announced on 12 January.

A Vestas spokeswoman says: “I can confirm that Hans Jörn Rieks is no longer with Vestas but was dismissed earlier this week. There is no new head of offshore in place yet.”

Rieks adds to a growing list of senior executives to be fired or leave the company over the last few weeks.

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