David Hardy joined Ørsted – a leading global clean energy company – in March 2020 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ørsted Offshore North America in October 2020. In November 2022, with the integration of Ørsted’s offshore and onshore business units, Hardy became the Executive Vice President and CEO of the Ørsted Americas region, overseeing integrated clean energy solutions that include offshore wind, land-based wind, solar projects, storage, green fuels and other areas of the green energy transition. He is now the first American to head an Ørsted global region. As CEO, he is focused on successfully advancing Ørsted’s position as a trusted partner to customers, and as a leading green energy solutions provider that is lifting up communities through job creation and economic opportunity in nearly every state across the U.S. Under Hardy’s leadership, Ørsted has grown to include 10 gigawatts of projects in operation and under development and over 650 employees nationwide. Today, the company is the leader in offshore wind energy and has one of the fastest-growing onshore renewable energy portfolios in the industry. Prior to joining Ørsted, Hardy held senior executive roles for wind energy companies GE, Senvion and Vestas, working both in the U.S. and abroad. He is a proud U.S. Navy veteran, having served for more than eight years in the submarine community in different roles. Hardy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University, and an MBA in Finance and Management from the Stern School of Business at NYU.