Personal data
	Year of birth	1951
	Nationality	Germany
	Education	Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Engler-Bunte-Institute, Germany
		Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany
	Career
	since 2008	Voith Ltd, Heidenheim, Germany CEO
	since 2003	India-Economic Committee Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, Berlin, Germany Chairman
	since 2002	Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland Member of the Board of Directors
	since 2001	Voith Ltd, Heidenheim, Germany Member of the Corporate Management Board, Chairman and CEO of Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation
	1999 – 2001	The Energy Consulting Group Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland Founder and Partner
	1996 – 1998	ABB Power Generation Segment Zurich, Switzerland Member of the Management Board
	1996 – 1998	Steam Turbines and Steam Power Plants, Zurich, Switzerland Business Area Manager
	1994 – 1998	ABB Power Generation Ltd, Mannheim, Germany Member of the Management Board
	1989 – 1993	ABB Power Generation Ltd, Mannheim, Germany Head of the Business-Unit Gas Turbines and Combined-Cycle Plants
	1981 – 1989	Lurgi Corporation, Germany and USA Various assignments, International Power Plant Division

	Binding Interests
	Supervisory Board Member SGL Carbon