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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
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.
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
