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INDUSTRYPEOPLE Airbus Group appoints new chief technology officer
New chief sales officer for the Mosolf Group
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New managing director of LKAB Wassara
Philippe Vedrenne appointed CEO of ENGIE Global Markets
irbus Group SE has appointed Paul Eremenko (36) as its chief technology officer. Eremenko is currently heading the group’s A3 Innovation Centre based in San Jose, California. He is an aeronautics and astronautics engineer and worked at Google, Motorola and DARPA, the Pentagon’s research agency. “We are operating in a fastchanging environment where speed, data, breakthrough technologies and connectivity are hugely relevant trends for the future of the aerospace industry,” said Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus Group. “Paul Eremenko has over the last year demonstrated a unique ability to stimulate through key projects the cross fertilisation between the Silicon Valley and our Group Research & Technology and innovation cultures.” Visit: www.airbusgroup.com
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eter Söderman has been appointed managing director for LKAB Wassara effective from 1 September 2016. LKAB Wassara is a wholly owned subsidiary to LKAB that delivers the unique water powered drilling system used in LKAB’s underground mines and sold externally across the world. Peter Söderman has been employed within LKAB since 1991 in different roles. Since 2007 he has been managing director of LKAB Berg & Betong, a group of companies consisting of LKAB Berg & Betong (full service solutions for the mining and construction industries), LKAB Kimit (explosive products) and LKAB Mekaniska (mechanical engineering). “I look forward to leading LKAB Wassara, it is a high tech organisation with competent co-workers and the water powered drilling systems are strategically very important for LKAB’s production,” says Peter Söderman. Visit: www.lkab.com
Stefan Scheiber is new CEO of Bühler
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tefan Scheiber (50) is now CEO of Bühler. He succeeds Calvin Grieder, who will focus on his role as chairman of the board. The appointment stands for continuity and accelerated change at Bühler. Mr Scheiber has been with Bühler since 1988. In the course of his 25-year career, he has led various sales and production organisations
he Mosolf Group has appointed Wolfgang Göbel (52) as its chief sales officer. The newly created position of a chief sales officer is designed to ensure the long-term success of the company, which is one of the leading system service providers for the automobile industry in Europe. The appointment also acknowledges the many years of service that Göbel has given to the Mosolf Group. Göbel will be responsible for all the sales activities and the long-term sales strategy of the group. At the same time, he will continue to exercise his previous positions within the company. They include his tasks as managing director of the Mosolf subsidiaries Mosolf Automotive Railway GmbH, Mosolf Benelux B.V.B.A. and SAT Sächsische Autotransport und Service GmbH. Visit: www.mosolf.de
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he board of directors of ENGIE Global Markets has appointed Philippe Vedrenne as chief executive officer. Philippe Vedrenne has been with the ENGIE Group since 1997 in various commercial positions. In the wake of the gas and power market liberalisation, he was instrumental in setting up Gaselys in 2001, the trading joint venture between Gaz de France and Société Générale, which later became GDF SUEZ Trading in 2011 and now ENGIE Global Markets since March 2016. Besides his role as CEO of ENGIE Global Markets, Philippe Vedrenne keeps his current position within ENGIE ‘Global Energy Management’ Business Unit, in charge of managing European gas midstream activities. Visit: www.engie.com
at all management levels in Kenya, South Africa, Germany and Switzerland. “With our portfolio of solutions and our global presence in over 140 countries, we are strongly positioned in the important growth markets of food and mobility,” says Stefan Scheiber. “The aim now is to transform this position into further profitable growth.” Visit: www.buhlergroup.com Industry Europe 21
