Morten Riis, CEO at IRD.

As of December 1st 2005, Morten Riis is appointed Managing Director, CEO.

Morten has a background in Engineering as well as Business Economics (HD-A). He joined the company September 1st, 2005 after more than ten years at the global engineering group ABB and the last four years at Oracle, the worlds second largest software company.

The Founder of IRD, J.S. Lundsgaard, was until December 1st, 2005 acting as Managing Director, but will now concentrate on the Research & Development in the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Technical University of Denmark wins Shell World Champion Eco-marathon with fuel cell technology from IRD.A general movement toward fuel cell technology was apparent at the Shell Eco marathon.Six of the 200 vehicles entered this year used fuel cells, up from one two years ago and three in 2004. 

The Technical University of Denmark team won the Urban Concept class for four-wheeled, upright vehicles with 671 km/l, more than double last year’s mark set by a gasoline entry.

The Technical University of Denmark's car was powered by PEM fuel cell technology developed by IRD.