Philippe Kavafyan started his career in 1990 with EDF International before joining General Electric in 1993. He
held positions in Manufacturing and Technology in GE Medical Systems, moving to sales in 1997 within GE
Oil & Gas. He joined GE Energy Services in 2001 before integrating the wind business acquired by GE in
2002. Philippe remained in GE Renewables until 2008, when he joined AREVA and led the Key Account
Management program. From 2011 to 2017, he worked for AREVA Renewables in France and Germany and
ended up chairing the Board of Adwen Offshore. In 2018, Philippe joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and
was nominated CEO of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind in Denmark. He restored the offshore wind OEM
profitability and led the joint venture until Vestas bought it back, at the end of 2020. In 2021, Philippe joined
the Board of Maersk Supply Service until November, when he moved to Oslo and was nominated CEO for
Aker Offshore Wind. In August 2022, Philippe joined Aker Horizons as an Executive Director.
Graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris, Philippe was first elected President of
the Offshore Wind Committee of the French Renewable Association in 2013, then President of the industrial
Wind Committee in 2016. In September 2020, he was elected Chair of the WindEurope Board.
Philippe Kavafyan is 55 years old, married, and has two children.