Personal data

Date of birth: June 15, 1948, Pfungen (ZH), Switzerland
Nationality: Swiss citizen

Educational

ETH Zurich, Degree in electrical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.), doctoral dissertation and award of PhD. (Dr.sc.techn.)

Employment Background

Since 2008	Delegate of the CEO for Corporate Projects, Member of the Executive Committee
2003 - 2008	President and CEO of GF AgieCharmilles, Member of the Executive Committee
1994 - 2003	President and CEO of Piping Systems Group, Member of the Executive Committee
1993 - 1994	Managing Director, Charmilles Technologies SA, Geneva
1992 - 1993	President and CEO of the Georg Fischer subsidiary Signet Scientific Co., El Monte, CA (USA)
1990 - 1992	Head of "Central Logistics” of Georg Fischer Piping Systems Ltd
1988 - 1990	Head of Development at ASCOM RADIOCOM AG
1984 - 1988	Head of "Wireless Telecommunications Development" at BBC
1982 - 1984	Head of "Mobile Radio Development" department at BBC
1980 - 1982	Technical Assistant in communication engineering at BBC
1976 - 1980	Research assistant at the Institute for Communications Technology, ETH Zurich
1974 - 1976	Research Assistant at the Institute for High Frequency Technology, ETH Zurich, stage at Philips Research Laboratory in Eindhoven (NL)