Personal data

Date of birth: 11 April 1961, Pfronten, Germany
Nationality: German citizen and Swiss citizen

Education

Studied mechanical engineering at Munich Technical University (D); studied business administration at the Universities of Munich (D) and Mannheim (D); graduated with Diploma in Business Administration

Employment Background

Since 2008	Head of GF AgieCharmilles, Member of the Executive Committee
2005 - 2008	Head of the newly created Technology Unit Milling and of Marketing and Sales Support for the entire Agie Charmilles Group
2000 - 2004	Head of the Mikron division and member of Group Management of the Agie Charmilles Group
1996 - 2000	Chairman of the Standard Milling Machines business unit and Member of Group Management of the Mikron Technology Group based in Biel (CH)
1995 - 1996	Managing Director of DONAU Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH, Langenau (D)
1992 - 1994	Managing Director (amministratore delegato) of MAHO Italia SPA, Tortona (I)
1991 - 1992	Deputy Managing Director (direttore generale) of MAHO Italia SPA, Tortona (I)
1989 - 1991	Assistant to the Management Board (commercial affairs) of MAHO AG, Pfronten (D)
1988 - 1989	Consolidation Accountant at Schlumberger Technical Services Inc., London (GB)

Mandates

President of Swissmem's "Machine tools and manufacturing technology" group and President of CECIMO, the European Committee for Cooperation of the Machine Tool Industries.