Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has appointed David Rodger as CEO. He will join AREG on October 1 following nine years with Shell.
Having previously spent four years with AREG as communications manager, David joined Vattenfall in 2009. He supported the development of the Clashindarroch onshore windfarm near Huntly, as well as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), of which AREG was a driving partner, before joining Shell in 2012. Earlier in his career, David spent more than 20 years working as a civil servant across employment, offshore safety and latterly with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). He holds an MSc in Management from Robert Gordon University.