Rard Rijcken

Rard is Head of Business Unit Energy Related Services at Vattenfall. He joined Vattenfall (Nuon at that time) in 2005 and has been involved and responsible for amongst others a number of acquisitions and divestments, the unbundling of Nuon in both a strong grid company and a commercial company (2008), the set up of a renewable investment fund Yellow & Blue (2008) and the partnership between Nuon and Vattenfall (2009). Prior to this position, Rard was Head of CEO Office where he has headed the strategic review process for the Vattenfall Group, including the set up of a business led organisation (2010). Rard has worked for the European Commission and various law firms in Brussels, London and Amsterdam. He studied at the University of Groningen.