Personal data
	Year of birth	1965
	Nationality	Netherlands
	Education	Master of Science in Civil Engineering, TU-Delft, Netherlands
		Master of Business Administration (MBA), IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
		Stanford Executive Program, Palo Alto, CA, USA
	Career
	since 2007	Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland CEO
	2003 – 2007	Sulzer Pumps Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland Division President
	2000 – 2003	Sulzer Turbo Services, Winterthur, Switzerland Division President
	1998 – 2000	Sulzer Turbo Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland General Manager Customer Support Services
	1996 – 1998	Sulzer International Ltd (China Operation), P.R. China Chief Representative, General Manager of the Beijing Representative Office, General Manager Compressors, China
	1994 – 1996	Sulzer Management Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland Strategic Development Manager
	1992 – 1993	John Brown Engineers and Constructors (an AkerKvaerner company), Netherlands, and R.J. Brown and Associates, Singapore Project Engineer and Manager
	1990 – 1992	R.J. Brown and Associates (Far East), Singapore Project and Design Engineer
	1987 – 1990	Allseas Engineering, Delft, Netherlands Oil and Gas Construction Engineer