Long gone are the days when a skilled engineer with entrepreneurial spirit could step straight into the world of wind energy and leave his mark. "As the industry matures and leads offshore, we will see the emergence of leaders who take the role of 'conductor of the orchestra'," says Per Krogsgaard, a director at independent wind-industry research firm BTM Consult, a part of Navigant Consulting. The 'orchestra' to which he refers will be a group of talented people who embrace the three skill centres: technology, finance and policy. The man who tops Windpower Monthly's Top 20, Iberdrola chief executive Ignacio Sanchez Galan, typifies this role, embodying the leadership qualities that run through our list of the most influential people in wind power, overleaf.
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