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X-Yachts Headquarter in Denmark
Owner of X-Yachts
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
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.
Production
Ivan Hansen
COO
Ivan has many years of international experience with production optimization, previously as COO for Lindab Haderslev. Ivan is responsible for the operation in Poland.
Development & Production Support
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.
Sales
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Purchase
Marketing
Lærke Haldrup Hauschildt
Responsible for Marketing
On maternity leave from September 2024 – August 2025
Technical, Warranty, Service, Quality & Rigging
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.
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
