The BKW AG Board of Directors has named Robert Itschner (55) as its next CEO. The qualified electrical engineer and internationally experienced industry manager will continue BKW's successful strategy and further strengthen the company as a sustainable energy and infrastructure service provider with outstanding technological expertise and customer focus. He will assume the post by 1 October 2022 at the latest.
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Long-time ABB executive Robert Itschner will succeed Suzanne Thoma as the Group CEO of BKW. The BKW Board of Directors is convinced that Robert Itschner is the right person to lead the implementation of its growth strategy in the energy and services business. "With his technological expertise and exceptional service and customer focus, he will be a great boon to the BKW Group as it pursues its strategic objectives," says Roger Baillod, Chairman of the BKW Board of Directors.
Robert Itschner currently serves as chairman of the executive board of ABB Switzerland, with some 4,000 employees. He previously held a number of different international leadership positions with the industrial firm. Among other posts, he was the director of the Power Conversion global business unit and director of marketing & sales for the Robotics & Motion division. Itschner, with his advanced degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, is looking forward to taking on the new challenge: "What BKW has managed to build in recent years is extremely impressive. I'm delighted to be joining BKW as a sustainable company with an exceptional technology and customer focus as it operates in a dynamic market environment," he says.
The 55-year-old Swiss native has a broad network of contacts in the Swiss industrial community. As a representative of Swissmem, he is also a member of the board of Economiesuisse and president of its Energy and Environment commission. Robert Itschner lives in the Zurich Oberland region, is married and has three grown children. He will take up his post with BKW by 1 October 2022 at the latest. The current CEO, Suzanne Thoma, will step down as of 30 June 2022. Roger Baillod, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, will lead the company on an interim basis until Robert Itschner takes over.
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BKW AG (BKW) is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the energy sector. It covers energy supply, from production and transmission to trading and distribution. The Company's production portfolio incorporates hydroelectric and nuclear power plants, gas-fired power plants and renewable energy facilities. Its subsidiaries include Aicher, De Martin, Zweng AG (ADZ), Arnold AG, engaged in the construction and maintenance of energy, telecommunications, transport and water infrastructure networks; Antec Group AG, engaged in building technology infrastructure services; BKW ISP AG, engaged in electrical installation, telematics and photovoltaics; Ingenieurgemeinschaft Bilek + Kirschner GmbH and Kraftwerks- und Anlagen Engineering GmbH, which focus on engineering services and consulting; IWAG Ingenieure AG (IWAG); Schmid Amrhein AG; Inag-Nievergelt AG (Inag), as well as Enerpeak AG, offering energy and safety engineering solutions for buildings, among others.
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