X-Yachts Headquarter in Denmark

Owner of X-Yachts

Ib Kunøe

Ib Kunøe

Majority shareholder of X-Yachts & Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Owner and Chairman on the board of a number of companies e.g. Atea and Columbus Partner International A/S. Very passionate and experienced offshore racing and cruising sailor, now enjoys cruising on his new X4³.

CEO of X-Yachts

Kræn Nielsen

Kræn Nielsen

CEO, Shareholder and Sales & Marketing Director

Kræn was previously the CEO of Kompan Denmark and Norway. Kræn has a commercial background and experience with production and optimization of production – and is furthermore a very experienced and competent sailor.

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Production

Lars Bjerrum Juhl

Lars Bjerrum Juhl

COO

Lars is the COO of X-Yachts and has a background with production optimization and quality systems. Lars is responsible for the production flow in Poland. He is also a keen X-Cruising sailor.

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Design & Engineering

Thomas Mielec

Thomas Mielec

Director of Design & Engineering

Thomas has previously been employed at X-Yachts from 1997 to
2007 as naval architect and from 2003 also as Head of Engineering.
In September 2018 he returned to X-Yachts. Thomas is both a keen racing and cruising sailor.

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Thorkil Munk-Hansen

Thorkil Munk-Hansen

Chief Designer

Thorkil is a former Chief Designer at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. He has a background as a carpenter, naval architect and industrial designer and has been a very passionate sailor since childhood. For Thorkil, it is crucial that every single detail on board works nice in port as well as at sea.

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Sales

Torsten Bastiansen

Torsten Bastiansen

Export Sales & Project Coordinator

Torsten is a qualified engineer and project manager of our larger yachts. He advises clients and dealers worldwide. Torsten has sailed and raced almost his entire life, and crewed or skippered multiple X-Yachts to championship titles. On behalf of X-Yachts, Torsten maintains close contact to WS, ORC and other rating rules organizations.

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Martin Lindbæk

Martin Lindbæk

International Sales / X-Power

Martin has a strong technical background. Together with Torben Kornum, He will primarily be building up the dealer network of our X-Power boats. Martin is a passionate sailor and has a varied maritime background within sales, marketing and after sales.

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Ruben R. Rimfors

Ruben R. Rimfors

Sales

Ruben is part of our experienced sales team, advising clients and dealers national and internationally. He got a strong background in international sales and business administration, with more than two decades as co-owner in a distribution company within the watersport industry. He is an experienced racer, helmed and crewed many various X-Yachts throughout. He is also a keen family X-Cruising sailor.

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Torben Kornum

Torben Kornum

Global Market Development

Torben is in charge of the global X-Yachts market and dealer network with reference to CEO Kræn Brinck Nielsen.Torben entered the X-Yachts organization in 2020 with a strong background in product and market development after more than 30 years in the international windsurfing industry, and before that – 10 years as a professional windsurfer. He has owned four X-Yachts and crewed and helmed many regattas in a variety of boats and classes. From 2022 he is the happy owner of a brand new X4.3 that is fully equipped for adventurous cruising in Scandinavia.

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Birger Hansen

Birger Hansen

Sales of pre-owned boats

Birger Hansen is one of the three founders of X-Yachts. In fact the production of the first X-Yachts happened in his barn! He is a composite expert and a true legend within the industry. Birger is also a highly experienced cruising sailor. For the past few years, Birger has been working on refurbishing historic and legendary X-Yachts.

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Purchase

Pernille Lykkeskov

Pernille Lykkeskov

Strategic Purchase

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Marketing

Lærke Haldrup Hauschildt

Lærke Haldrup Hauschildt

Digital Marketing

Laerke is responsible for digital marketing and social media. She is supporting and educating dealers around the world in their marketing projects. She is also coordinating various events and photoshoots.

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Technical, Warranty, Service, Quality & Rigging

Dan Pedersen

Dan Pedersen

Quality Control

Dan is a qualified electrician and head of X-Yachts quality control. He is a World class sailor with many world championships in his name. Dan enjoys racing as well as family cruising. Having worked at X-Yachts since 1992, he is one of the most knowledgeable staff at the yard.

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Nils W. Jensen

Nils W. Jensen

Service & After Sales Manager

Nils is X-Yachts After Sales Manager and handle Worldwide After Sales issues. He has a high focus on customer satisfaction. His background is mechanical-, electrical- and Sales in the boating industry and Global After Sales, Spare part- and Service sales in process industry. Since childhood he has been sailing both motor- and sail boats

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Flemming Nielsen

Flemming Nielsen

Spare parts / After sales

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