Jens-Peter Saul has joined Copenhagen-based engineering firm Ramboll A/S as CEO. Most recently, he had been CEO of Siemens Wind Power, a unit of the German conglomerate. Saul also served as managing director of Siemens Energy in the U.K. and northern and western Europe. As Ramboll CEO, Saul succeeds Flemming Pederson, who becomes a consultant to the company, the largest engineering firm in the northern Europe region. It ranks at No. 26 on ENR's list of the Top 200 International Design Firms, with $701 million in 2010 revenue. Pedersen had been CEO of Ramboll since 1992.
Charles D. Linn has been named director of communications of the School of Architecture, Planning and Design at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He is formerly deputy editor of Architectural Record magazine, which, like ENR, is a unit of the McGraw-Hill Cos. Later this year, the Images Publishing Group will publish his book on advanced building facades.