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X-Yachts Headquarter, key staff
The Board
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 Colombus Partner International A/S. Very passionate and experienced offshore racing and cruising sailor, now enjoys cruising on his new X4⁶.
Kræn Nielsen
CEO 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.
Niels Jeppesen
Board member
Founder of X-Yachts with brother Lars and friend Birger Hansen in 1979. Niels now works as a board member for X-Yachts.
Design & Engineering
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.
Thorkil Munk-Hansen
Chief Designer
Thorkil is back in our design team after 11 successful years as 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.
Kristoffer Jensen
Development Manager for X-Power
Kristoffer was employed in X-Yachts from May 2019.
Kristoffer’s original background is in boat building after which he
educated to become an architect. Kristoffer has been designing and developing the first powerboat in X-Yachts’ history, the X-Power 33C.
Sales
Torsten Bastiansen
Export Sales & Project Coordinator
Qualified engineer and co-ordinator of large yachts. He advises clients and dealers worldwide. German Champion in his previous X-35 and X-Yachts’ class rules specialist. Now, Torsten is the owner of an X-41.
Andreas Olesen
Nordic & International Sales
Andreas is responsible for Nordic and International Sales advising clients and dealers. Andreas started his career in X-Yachts as social media consultant — an area for which he is still responsible. Since his permanent employment by the end of 2019, Andreas has also played an important daily part in the sales department.
Andreas is a keen cruising and racing sailor.
Martin Lindbæk
International Sales / X-Power
Martin joined the X-Yachts team in January 2021. Together with Torben Kornum, Martin will primarily be building up sales of our X-Power boats and to some degree also work with sail boats. Martin is a passionate sailor and has a varied maritime background within sales, marketing and after sales.
Torben Kornum
Market Development Manager
Torben Kornum is a former professional windsurfer and has built up his own company, Neilpryde Scandinavia which he has owned for many years. In the Autumn of 2020, Torben started working for X-Yachts being a brilliant ambassador for our yachts so it seemed a natural choice to invite Torben for a formal cooperation. Torben has been the proud owner of 3 X-Yachts till now.
Birger Hansen
Sales of pre-owned boats
Highly experienced cruising sailor and one of the original founders of X-Yachts
Production
Purchasing
Lars Strandby
Procurement Logistics Manager
Lars joined the X-Yachts team in February 2021. He has previously worked with purchasing, logistics and administration, thus well-equipped to the X-Yachts journey. Lars is a keen sailor in his spare time.
Technical, Warranty & Service
Bjarke Gam Svare
Service Manager
Bjarke joined the X-Yachts team in January 2021. He has previously worked as service manager responsible for customer service, working in a service department and with after sales.
Bjarke knows quite a lot about sailing yachts being a sailor himself and owning his own boat.
Dan Pedersen
Quality Control
World class sailor with many championships in his name. He has worked at X-Yachts since 1992. Qualified electrician and head of quality control. Enjoys racing as well as family cruising.
Flemming Nielsen
Spare parts & After sales
Flemming Nielsen has been employed in X-Yachts since 1986 and knows all there is worth knowing about spare parts and current and previous X models.
If you need proper service finding the exact spare part for your boat, Flemming is the perfect guy to contact.
Finance
Inger Borregaard Barsballe
Head of Finance
Inger is the head of the financial department. Inger is an educated accountant with many years of experience field. With her sailing experience not reaching too far beyond owning half a small motorboat and kayaking in Greenland.