TPI Composites (TPI) has announced that Jayshree Desai has joined its board of directors. Ms. Desai brings over 20 years of extensive wind energy experience to TPI. Since 2010, Ms. Desai has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Clean Line Energy Partners, a developer of transmission line infrastructure projects that deliver wind energy to communities and cities.
From 2002 to 2010, Ms. Desai served as the Chief Financial Officer of EDP Renewables North America. Ms. Desai began her career as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company and also held various positions in the corporate development department of Enron Corporation. Ms. Desai currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of the Wind Energy Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to raising public awareness of wind as a clean, domestic energy source. Ms. Desai holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.