Northland Power‘s Chief Executive Officer John Brace will retire on August 4, 2018, after 30 years with the company. Mike Crawley, currently Northland’s executive vice president, development, has been appointed to the role of chief executive officer, effective August 4. Brace will continue to serve as a director of Northland.

Brace joined Northland in 1988, shortly after the company was founded. He was appointed CEO in 2005. Under his leadership, the company has grown to its current enterprise value of $12 billion.

Crawley has been with Northland since 2015. He has led the company’s project-development team to notable successes, including Northland’s investment in the 252-MW, €1.3-billion Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm and the allocation of 300 MW to Northland’s Hai Long 2 offshore wind project under Taiwan’s Feed-In-Tariff program.

“We would like to thank John for his invaluable leadership and immense contributions to the success of Northland,” said Northland Chair James Temerty, C.M. “We have achieved some truly great things together. We look forward to his continued involvement in the future success of the company from his position on the Board.”