Jaroslaw Smialek is the new head of WKN Poland

- An additional executive manager with a solid branch-oriented background

Husum - Since the beginning of 2013 the executive team of the Husum-based WKN AG has been bolstered by Jaroslaw Smialek. Before joining WKN Jaroslaw Smialek, born in 1970, was the Sales and Marketing Manager of Fuhrländer AG and the Head of Sales and Marketing Germany of the Siemens Wind Division. Today he supports WKN’s activities as the Head of Department Poland. Caring for Poland, Jaroslaw Smialek manages a market where WKN has been established for many years and where the company has already implemented several projects. WKN operates in Poland through the joint venture Sevivon and holds 80 percent of its share capital.

\"We are very pleased to have Jaroslaw Smialek, a wind expert with long-term experience, on board,\" WKN CEO Martinus Scherweit comments on the recent appointment. Jaroslaw Smialek has been active in the wind branch since 2000. He obtained the degree of Master of European Studies from the University of Leipzig and an MBA from the commercial college Handelshochschule Leipzig. Jaroslaw Smialek worked for various companies including Enron Wind, Siemens and General Electric/GE Wind Energy where he developed the sales and marketing activities in Eastern Europe. As a project manager he was responsible for the entry of Siemens Wind Power on the market in India.

The former WKN Head of Department Poland Stefan Ebeling has taken on a new position as Head of Project Development Review; with support from this new area the Husum company expects to monitor the quality of project development even more efficiently in the future.


WKN AG
WKN AG has planned, installed and operated turnkey wind farms and solar power systems in Germany since 1990. In addition, WKN AG is also internationally represented by subsidiaries in numerous European countries, South Africa and the US. Up to now, the company has initiated and realized projects with a total of more than 1,130 megawatts capacity.
The headquarters of the WKN-Group are located at the \"House of Future Energies\", an established center of excellence for renewable energy sources in Husum/Germany. 53.43 percent of WKN shares are privately owned by the company’s founder Volker Friedrichsen. About 17 percent are held by diverse private and institutional shareholders while 29.33 percent are in the hands of Siemens Project Ventures. The Chairman of the WKN Supervisory Board is Dr Klaus Rave.


Husum, February 12, 2013


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