Ocean Sun AS appointed Ivar Blekastad as its new Chief Operating Office starting 3rd of October 2022. Mr. Blekastad has more than 15 years of experience from the PV industry and in-depth knowledge of the entire value chain. He has spent the last 10 years of his career at Norwegian Crystals, serving in a variety of roles including COO, CCO and CPO.

Before that, Blekastad worked for four years at Rec Solar as a VP of Operations and seven years at Hydro as a plant manager. Mr. Blekastad holds an MSc in Reliability and Risk Analysis from the University of Stavanger. Ocean Sun's current COO, Nenad Keseric, will leave the company at the end of September.