FairWind has made three senior appointments across its blade and service operations in Europe to support growing business demand in the region.

Maicon Luis Pinheiro De Almeida, Flemming Jensen and Jose Luis Perales Banon

Flemming Jensen joins the business as Head of Blades for the Northern and Central European (NCE) region and José Luis Perales Bañón takes up the role of Head of Service in the Mediterranean (MED) region. Maicon Luis Pinheiro de Almeida has been appointed as Blades Manager in MED.

Flemming brings more than two decades of wind industry experience with a strong expertise in leading blade repair projects, including planning and execution. He spent more than 10 years at Vestas where he held several senior roles including Blades Specialist and Blade Manager. He joins from Vento Energy Service where he was most recently Head of Blade Department. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading FairWind’s blade offering across the NCE and UKIE (UK and Ireland) regions to focus on expanding service delivery in the region.

José Luis brings 20 years of global wind energy experience and joins from independent renewable energy company RES, where he served as Director of Operations Wind Southern Europe. Prior to this he spent more than a decade at Ingeteam in international service and coordination roles.

As Head of Service for the Mediterranean region, he will drive the full service portfolio from operations and maintenance to major component exchange and blade services. He will also oversees active FairWind projects already underway across Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.

Maicon joins from Aerones, where he held the role of Blade Repair and Operational Excellence Manager with a remit covering Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. He has more than 15 years of experience in wind turbine blade manufacturing and services, including seven years at Nordex where he held leadership roles within Blade Services with responsibility for operational execution, blade repair, and inspection activities across multiple markets.

In his new role as Blade Manager, he will actively build FairWind's blade repair capability across the MED region, with a key focus on Spain.

Stewart Mitchell, CEO at FairWind said: 
“These appointments bring real depth to our European operations and significantly enhance our blade capabilities across the region. Flemming, José Luis and Maicon Luis each bring extensive, hands-on experience in their field, which will be invaluable to FairWind as we continue to grow the business. Together they will be central to how we deliver high-quality services for customers across our key European region.

“Demand for operations and maintenance services across Europe continues to grow, and having the right expertise in place is essential to meeting that demand. These appointments reflect our commitment to building a team that can deliver for customers at the highest level across the continent.”

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