GEV’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Martin Carolan added: “The appointment of Per is a major accomplishment for GEV given his track-record and global experience. It is also recognition of the ambitious program we have underway to deliver compressed hydrogen solutions globally. The 20 years of technical experience in marine design, construction and delivery of tankers will be invaluable as we embark upon the next 12-24 months of development of our shipping program with detailed design, class approvals and working with yards for newbuilds. Per also has extensive experience in developing business cases that include storage and port solutions that will assist our development and delivery of compressed hydrogen projects.”

“GEV’s growth means we not only need transformational engineering leadership, but also a highly capable and respected leader who can attract and develop world-class talent to our team.”

Per Roed commented on his appointment: “Hydrogen has the potential to be the clean energy of the future. For this reason, I am very excited to join GEV to take the opportunity to develop and deliver innovative compressed hydrogen projects. I look forward to introducing my network of industry stakeholders to GEV’s efficient hydrogen production and shipping solutions, which have the potential to facilitate a measurable switch to hydrogen in the global energy mix. GEV can offer this through efficient hydrogen production and shipping solutions.”