Remo Lütolf (industrial manager)

Remo Marc Lütolf
Born (1956-03-19) March 19, 1956
Meggen, Switzerland
OccupationsBusiness executive, academic administrator
Known forOn the Board of several major Swiss companies

Remo Marc Lütolf (born 19 March 1956, in Meggen) is a Swiss industrial manager and Vice-President of the University of Applied Sciences Council of Northwestern Switzerland.[1]

Early life and education

Remo Lütolf was born in Meggan, Switzerland in 1956. He studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich from 1975-1980 and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. He then obtained his doctorate in 1986, concluding his studies with a dissertation in biomedical engineering, supplemented in 2000 by an EMBA from IMD Lausanne.[2]

Career

Remo Lütolf began his professional career at Landis+Gyr in Zug and joined ABB Switzerland in 1999. Five years later he became head of the global business unit Power Electronics and Medium Voltage Drives and worked in Turgi/Baden as well as four years at ABB China in Shanghai with additional responsibility for the Automation Products Division in North Asia. [4] From 2013 to mid-2018 Remo Lütolf was head of ABB Switzerland and chairman of the executive board.[3] After one year as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Meyer Burger, he did not stand for a seat on the Board of Directors after a public debate with the largest shareholder, after the representative of the largest shareholder was to be elected to the Board against his opposition.[4][5]

Lütolf went on to hold responsibilities on the boards of directors of various Swiss companies. Since 2018, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of RUAG, a technology group based in Berne, Switzerland, which is mainly active in the aerospace, defence and security markets with both civil and governmental customers worldwide.[6] He has also been Chairman of Energie Wasser Luzern Holding AG since 2017,[7] Chairman of Erdgas Zentralschweiz AG since 2017,[8] and of Venture Incubator.[9] Since 2018, he has also been Chairman of Park Innovaare.[10]

Lütolf is also a board committee member of Swissmem, an association for SMEs and large companies in the Swiss mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and metalworking industries and related technology-oriented sectors.[11] He is also a board member of Economiesuisse, the largest organisation for the Swiss economy.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Remo Lütolf". FHNW. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Remo Lütolf, RUAG Holding AG, Chairman of the Board". www.bearingpoint.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Board of Directors | RUAG". www.ruag.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Meyer Burger gets new CEO, changes mind about Kerekes of Sentis". Renewablesnow.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Brändle und Lütolf verlassen Meyer Burger". www.energate-messenger.ch. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Remo Lütolf zum neuen Verwaltungsratspräsidenten von RUAG gewählt | RUAG". www.ruag.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  7. ↑ "Unternehmensstruktur". www.ewl-luzern.ch (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  8. ↑ "Remo Lütolf, RUAG Holding AG, Chairman of the Board". www.bearingpoint.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  9. ↑ "Venture Incubator AG - HZ". Handelszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  10. ↑ "Switzerland Innovation". Switzerland Innovation. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  11. ↑ "Präsident und Vorstände". Swissmem (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  12. ↑ "Lütolf, Remo | economiesuisse". www.economiesuisse.ch. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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