Christoph Knop

Head of Floating Offshore Wind Development at EnBW AG | Co-Chair of WFO´s Interface Risk Sub-Committee for Floating Offshore Wind | PMP by PMI | Industrial Engineering (M.Sc.)

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

Passionate about Renewable Energies | Heading EnBW´s Commercial Scale Floating Offshore Wind Development Portfolio | Former Chief Development Officer of GW scale Castle Wind Floating Offshore Wind Project off the coast of California | Co-execution Offshore Wind market entry in the U.S. and France | Support of M&A activities and execution of Due Diligence processes | Identification of promising global Offshore Wind markets and investment projects in the early development stage

Experience

  • Co-Chair of Interface Risk Sub-Committee for Floating Offshore Wind at WORLD FORUM OFFSHORE WIND (WFO)
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • EnBW (Full-time · 9 yrs 2 mos)
    • Head of Floating Offshore Wind Development
      Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

    • Chief Development Officer at Castle Wind LLC (1 GW Floating Offshore Wind - CA, US)
      Jan 2019 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      https://castlewind.com/

    • Project Manager Portfolio Development Offshore Wind / Project Lead at Castle Wind LLC
      Jun 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      - Identification of promising global Offshore Wind markets and investment projects in the early development stage - Project Manager Castle Wind Offshore development project (1 GW) off the coast of Central California - Co-execution of EnBW´s market entry in the U.S. Offshore Wind Business and establishment of branch offices in Boston and Jersey City - Close advisory with M&A team and execution of Due Diligence processes Project Management main tasks cover: - Preparation and management of PM Plan with particular focus on WBS, project schedule and budget as well as development of project team - Provision of required input and coordination with engineering teams for CAPEX calculations, feasibility studies and FEED activities - Provision of required input and coordination with commercial and legal teams for contract negotiations, financing concept, risk mitigation, consenting and business case activities - Assessment of auction processes, management of bid preparation and committee work to gain approval for bid submission - Liaison and coordination with multiple consultants and contractors delivering survey and study activities - Cooperation with local stakeholder management team on consenting processes and strategies as well as provision of required input data

  • Senior Project Advisor at Castle Wind LLC (1 GW Floating Offshore Wind - CA, US) at Castle Wind
    Mar 2022 - Aug 2022 · 6 mos

    https://castlewind.com/

  • Ferrostaal GmbH (Essen)
    • Commercial Project Manager
      Jul 2016 - May 2017 · 11 mos

      Project development and management of global large-scale investment projects in the petrochemical downstream business: - Commercial project and business case planning - Assessment of local regulatory environment - Proposal preparation for tender processes - Interface management with engineering team - Preparation of submissions to facilitate the internal committee decision-making process

    • Junior Project Developer / Sales Manager
      Oct 2015 - Jun 2016 · 9 mos

      Project development and sales function for global large-scale investment projects in the petrochemical downstream business: - Preparation of project specific business cases - Preparation of PM plan including collection of requirements, definition of scope, creation of WBS, development of schedule, determination of budget and risk assessment - Execution of stakeholder management activities - Interface management with engineering team

    • Future Executive Program / Management Trainee
      Apr 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Business areas: • Ferrostaal Industrial Projects - Project Development unit ::: 6 months • PT Ferrostaal Indonesia - Project Development unit ::: 4 months • Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions - Company formation unit ::: 4 months • CCC Machinery – Export Finance unit ::: 4 months

  • Master's degree candidate at Siemens
    Sep 2012 - Mar 2013 · 7 mos

    Master´s Thesis: "Optimization and implementation of a new claim process for the purchasing of gas turbine blades at Siemens"