Chief Executive Officer, Oerlikon Group since January 16, 2014. Prior to that, various positions at ABB including: 2010-13, Member of Group Executive Committee; 2012-13, Head Power Systems Division; 2010-12, Head, Marketing and
Customer Solutions; 2007-09 President China and President Region North Asia; 2002-06 Global Head, Transformers business. Holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and a PhD in Material Science, ETH Zurich. Member of the
Board of Trustees of the ETH Foundation.