Meyer Burger nominates Michael Escher as Chief Sales Officer and Member of the Executive Board With the newly created position of Chief Sales Officer, Meyer Burger Technology AG is strengthening the operational management of the group and has nominated Michael Escher to become CSO of the company with effect from 1 May 2014.
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the Group Executive Board is being augmented through the newly created position of Chief Sales Officer (CSO). Michael Escher will strengthen the existing management team consisting of Peter Pauli, Michel Hirschi, Sylvère Leu and Bernhard Gerber. As CSO, Michael Escher will have particular responsibility for implementation of the commercial strategy, business growth and increasing market shares.
“The appointment of Michael Escher to this newly created position in the Executive Board demonstrates our determination to systematically pursue our strategy and to position and assert ourselves as a leading supplier of integrated solutions in the global market for photovoltaics”, says Peter Pauli, CEO of Meyer Burger Technology AG. “With his extensive international experience in the area of sales and marketing in different technologies and industries, Michael Escher is an ideal addition to our Executive Management.”
Brief portrait of Michael Escher:
Year of birth
1971
Nationality
Swiss
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in finance & controlling
Executive MBA, London Business School, majoring in marketing & strategy
Master of Science, University College London
Marketing & Sales Excellence Academy, INSEAD Paris
1996 – 2004
Lonza: Senior Business Analysis Manager, Manager Cost Accounting
Head of Global Supply Chain & Strategic Sourcing,
Director Business Technology Development
2004 -present
Syngenta Basel: Head of Corporate Strategic Planning, Global Business Manager
Head of Seed Care Europe, Africa and Middle East
Syngenta Germany: Managing Director Germany / Austria Syngenta Agro GmbH
For further information, please contact
Werner Buchholz
Head of Corporate Communications
Phone +41 (0)33 221 25 06
werner.buchholz@meyerburger.com
About Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
www.meyerburger.com
Meyer Burger is a leading global technology Group specialising in innovative systems and processes based on semiconductor technologies. The Group’s focus is on photovoltaics (solar industry) while its competencies and technologies also cover important areas of the semiconductor and the optoelectronic industries as well as other selected high-end markets based on semiconductor materials. The Group currently employs over 1,800 people across three continents. Over the past ten years, Meyer Burger has risen to the forefront of the photovoltaic market and established itself as an international premium brand by offering superior precision products and innovative technologies.
The Group’s offering in systems, product equipment and services along the photovoltaic value chain includes the manufacturing processes for wafers, solar cells, solar modules and solar systems. Meyer Burger provides substantial added value to its customers and clearly differentiates itself from its competitors by focusing on the entire value chain.
The Group’s comprehensive product portfolio is complemented by a worldwide service network with spare parts, consumables, process know-how, customer support, after-sales services, training and other services. Meyer Burger Group is represented in Europe, Asia and North America in the respective key markets and has subsidiaries and own service centres in China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan and the USA. The Group is also working intensively to develop new markets such as South America, Africa and the Arab region. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).
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