Jesper has been appointed as CSO & Head of Business Development at Stiesdal Offshore. Prior to that, he was Head of Offshore BoP Innovations within Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Since 2012 responsible for future-oriented technologies for tomorrow's Offshore Wind Farms within Electrical as well as Civil balance of plant areas and offshore logistics solutions. Both Floating and Fixed bottom foundations were his responsibilities. Before that he was Head of Offshore Technologies within the Technology and Innovation area. He graduated as an Electrical Engineer from Aarhus Technical College in 1991. He joined Siemens Gamesa (Bonus Energy) as a Project Manager in 2001 and was appointed Senior Proposal Manager in 2005. As Offshore Sales Manager he has been responsible for negotiating contracts for large offshore wind farms, including Greater Gabbard. In 2008 he was appointed head of Offshore Technology and in 2009 he was appointed Director for Offshore Engineering.