Strategic reorientation with a focus on energy and technology
Margarita Aleksieva will take over as Head of BKW's Energy Production division at the beginning of April. She will also be promoted to the Group Executive Board. The current Head of Wind & Solar at the Bern-based energy supplier will follow in the footsteps of Philipp Hänggi.
BKW is announcing a change in its Group Executive Board: On 1 April this year, Margarita Aleksieva will take over from Philipp Hänggi as Head of the Energy Production business area, the Bern-based energy supplier announced in a press release. At the same time, Aleksieva will join the BKW Group Executive Board. The designated Head of Business Area is currently Head of the Wind & Solar business unit at BKW.
“Renewable energy production is very close to my heart”, Aleksieva is quoted as saying in the press release. “I am therefore all the more pleased to be able to play an active role in shaping the energy transition on the BKW Group Executive Board.” Before joining BKW, Aleksieva held “various management positions at international energy companies”, including Alpiq, according to the press release.
Philipp Hänggi, who joined BKW in 2014, is stepping down from the Group Executive Board after six years as Head of Energy Production. According to the press release, he intends to focus on strategic tasks in the future, particularly in the areas of nuclear energy and radioactive waste disposal, and “increasingly devote himself to topics relating to artificial intelligence”. Hänggi was already involved in the design and utilisation of artificial intelligence at BKW during his time on the Group Executive Board.