Personal data
	Year of birth	1964
	Nationality	Switzerland
	Education	Harvard Advanced Management Program (2004), Boston, MA, USA
		Dr. sc. techn. ETH (PhD in Engineering), Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
	Career
	since 2008	Venetos Management AG, Zurich, Switzerland CEO
	since 2008	Renova Management AG, Zurich, Switzerland Head of Industrial Investments
	since 2007	Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland Member of the Board of Directors
	2001 - 2007	Satisloh (division of Schweiter Technologies), Baar, Switzerland Division CEO
	1997 - 2001	Otto Suhner AG, Brugg, Switzerland Managing Director
	1995 - 1997	Rieter India, New Delhi, India Managing Director
	1990 - 1995	Rieter Textile, Winterthur, Switzerland Marketing planner, project manager, and development engineer