Helene Biström has been appointed as a senior vice president at Swedish utility Vattenfall and the new head of its wind business area.

Biström currently is executive vice president commercial at pulp and paper maker Billerud Korsnäs, and previously has been chief executive of Infranord and of Norrenergi. She takes up her position at Vattenfall at the latest on 1 September this year.

Biström is following up on Gunnar Groebler, who will leave the Swedish utility to become chief executive at German steelmaker Salzgitter.

“I am glad to welcome Helene Biström as the new SVP of Business Area Wind. With her extensive business experience from energy, infrastructure and pulp and paper industries she will be a very valuable colleague in the Executive Group Management team,” said Vattenfall CEO Anna Borg.

“Her operational experience in combination with her solid leadership capabilities will provide a good foundation for her and the very competent team already in place, to take Business Area Wind to the next level.”

Biström already has a long experience from Vattenfall, where among other things she was a member of executive group management between 2007 and 2010, responsible for the utility’s wind, nuclear and engineering businesses.

Biström is also a member of the board of directors at Boliden and has been chairman of the board of Sveaskog and Cramo and member of the boards of Statkraft, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Pöyry.

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Helene Biström named new head of wind business at Vattenfall