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Education
1978 Degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl. Ing.), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Professional experience
January 2006 Head of Division Power Products
Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd., Switzerland
2003 - 2005 Chairman of the Management Board - ABB AG, Mannheim, Germany
Country Manager - ABB AG, Mannheim, Germany
April - Oct. 2002 Head of Automation Technology Products Division - ABB Ltd., Switzerland
Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd., Switzerland
2000 - 2002 Head of Business Area Drives & Power Electronics - ABB Automation Technology
Products Management Ltd., Switzerland
1998 - 2000 Business Unit Manager for ABB’s global Electrical LV Motors and Electrical Machines
business (Business Area Automation Power Products) - ABB Automation Group Ltd.,
Switzerland
1994 - 1998 Business Unit Manager for ABB’s global Electrical Machines business (Business Area
Automation and Drives) - ABB Industrial and Building Systems Management Ltd.,
Switzerland
1991 - 1994 Business Unit Manager for ABB’s global Electrical Machines business - ABB Drives -
Antriebe GmbH, Germany
1989 - 1991 General Manager, Electrical Machines - ABB Drives AG, Switzerland
1979 - 1988 Various positions in engineering and commissioning management, interrupted by ETH
Zurich - BBC Brown Boveri AG, Switzerland
1980 - 1981 Research Assistant at the Institute for Electrical Machines (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland
Board memberships
Chaiman of the Board, ABB Germany
Board Member, ABB India | 