Since February 1, 2024, Dr. Cord Landsmann is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Energy Solutions Company, a PIF Portfolio Company, which is the mandated champion for green hydrogen in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he was CEO at thyssenkrupp Uhde, the chemical engineering and plant construction arm of thyssenkrupp AG. He formerly also had held responsibilities for several multi-billion-€ businesses and projects in the energy, renewables and utilities sector.

Dr. Landsmann brings his technical and commercial experience in global-scale project development and execution, project finance and negotiation of complex commercial contracts now into the field of sector coupling and energy transition. As an internationally experienced senior executive, he successfully implemented new business models, combining financial and operational expertise on corporate level (in CEO, CFO, and COO roles) with start-up-mentality.

Among others, Dr. Landsmann was founding member of E.ON’s renewables business that started from scratch to become one of the world’s leading players in the field. He also managed the turnaround and re-positioning of Uniper Engineering to a customer centric and commercially viable business. In his last role he successfully re-positioned thyssenkrupp Uhde as a main contributor and facilitator for the energy transition.

Dr. Landsmann has a PhD from the University of Münster, Germany in Business Administration and General Management