Born: 18.08.1967 in Visp
Nationality: Swiss

Family status: Married, 2 children (Carmen, Tobias)

School/University:
2000 – 2002: Executive MBA
1989 – 1992: Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Diploma in Engineering Sciences
1984 – 1988: Vocational Technical High School Schaffhausen
1980 – 1984: Schaffhausen Middle School

Foreign languages: English, French

Professional career:
4/05-12/07:
PALFINGER AG, Austria, Managing Director of Global Manufacturing, all manufacturing plants worldwide

2000 – 2005:
KEYSTONE EUROPE AMSTED INDUSTRIES, USA 
   - Managing Director, production plant France
   - Technical Sales, Marketing and Project Management for developing a new generation of products

1996 – 2000:
SCHWAB Vekehrstechnik AG (Railway Transportation), Schaffhausen, Switzerland
   - Director of Development

Joined the Palfinger Group: 01.05.2005