Solar A/S Appoints Jakob Thyregod as Corporate HR Director
March 06, 2014 at 06:32 am EST
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Solar A/S announced that Jakob Thyregod has been appointed Corporate HR Director of the company. He will take up the position on April 1, 2014 when he will also join its management team. Jakob Thyregod is currently Senior HR Director with Danfoss A/S. Jakob Thyregod began his career with the Danish Defence Command, where he worked his way up to a position as an officer in the Danish army special forces before leaving.
He has since held positions that include Regional HR Director at Danfoss and HR Director at Svendborg Brakes.
Solar A/S is a Denmark-based company engaged in the distribution of electrical, heating, plumbing and ventilation components. The Companyâs sales are divided into industry segment and contractor segment. The Company offers, among others, lightning, boilers and radiators, water heaters, heat pumps, switches and socket outlets, detection and push buttons, fans and air handling units, solar heating units, fire alarm systems, contactors, and cables for building, marine and offshore, and telecommunications industries. The products are distributed through a network of centrally located branches, drive-ins supporting the central warehouses and through an online channel. Apart from this, it sells accessories for consumer electronics through Aurora Group A/S. Solar A/S operates a number of subsidiaries in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Austria. It operates, among others, through MAG45, an integrated supply company.