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Niklas Persson

Niklas Persson is an Executive Vice President and the CEO of the Grid Integration Business Unit at Hitachi Energy, the innovation and market leader in grid integration technologies.

These include HVDC, grid connections, power quality solutions, smart charging infrastructure for buses and commercial vehicles, power grid consulting, power semiconductors, and service, all of which are key to the global energy transition.

Niklas joined Hitachi Energy’s predecessor in 1997. He has held several senior managerial roles with global responsibilities within the company’s power grid businesses, including head of HVDC, and before that, in the High Voltage Products and Transformers Business Units. He was appointed Managing Director of Grid Integration in 2019 and is a board member of several companies in the power industry.

Niklas has a degree in mechanical engineering from Örebro University, Sweden, and several diplomas in leadership, management and operational excellence.

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