Executive Committee

Rudolf Hadorn

Chief Executive Officer

lic. oec. HSG
Swiss citizen, 1963

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Philippe Wirth

Chief Financial Officer

lic. oec. publ.
Swiss Citizen, 1972

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Binjiang Chen

General Manager Gurit Tooling

Ph.D. in Ceramic Science and Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA
M.S. in Materials Science, Changchun Inst. of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Changchun, China
US Citizen, 1961

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Emiliano Frulloni

Chief Technology Officer

PhD in Materials Science and Technology, University of Perugia; MBA Manchester Business School
Italian & British citizen, 1974

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Stefan Gautschi

General Manager Gurit Composite Materials

MBA University of Little Rock at Arkansas; BA Business Administration HWV, Zürich
Swiss citizen, 1968

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Hannes Haueis

Head of Group Human Resources

Degree in Electrical Engineering
Austrian citizen, 1962

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Michael Muser

General Manager Gurit Aero

Dipl.-Ing (aer), Technical University Stuttgart
German & US Citizen, 1973

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Frank V. Nielsen

General Manager Gurit Kitting

Aalborg University
Industrial Engineer, Composite Materials
Danish Citizen, 1965

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1989 – 2000	Management and Executive positions with GM in Europe
2000 – 2002	CEO, Krone GmbH, Berlin, Germany CFO, Krone Group
2002 – 2004	CFO, Ascom Group, Berne, Switzerland
2004 – 2007	CEO, Ascom Group, Berne, Switzerland
Since November 1, 2007	CEO, Gurit

2000 – 2017	Senior Finance Positions and Director of Global Business Transformation Program at Mettler, Toledo
2017 – 2019	Chief Financial Officer at Crealogix, Zurich Since October 21, 2019 Chief Financial Officer, Gurit

1998 – 2004	Various Management positions in USA and China at Philips Electronics
2004 – 2009	General Manager Metaldyne, Automotive Components Co. Ltd. Suzhou, China
2009 – 2011	General Manager and VP of Asia Pacific, VSG China, Dover Corp.
Since July 1, 2011	General Manager Gurit Tooling

2005	Development Engineer, Cytec Engineered Materials
2009	R&D Group Leader, Cytec Engineered Materials
2013	Global R&D Director Composite Product Development, Cytec
2015	Global R&D Director Composite Product Development, Solvay
Since November 1, 2018	Chief Technology Officer, Gurit

1995 – 2000	Functions in Finance + Marketing, Georg Fischer Piping Systems, Schaffhausen
1997 – 1998	CFO/Controller, Georg Fischer Sloane Inc., Little Rock, AR, USA
2001 – 2003	General Manager, Georg Fischer Piping Systems Shanghai Ltd, Shanghai, China
2004 – 2009	CFO / CIO, Georg Fischer Piping Systems, Schaffhausen
2009 – 2011	VP Operations, Georg Fischer Piping Systems, Schaffhausen
2011 – 2012	VP Global Business Unit Utility, Georg Fischer Piping Systems, Schaffhausen
Since February 1, 2013	General Manager, Gurit Composite Materials

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1997 – 2004	Head of Global Training & Development, Unaxis AG
2004 – 2009	VP Human Resources / Corporate People Development, OC Oerlikon
2009 – 2012	VP Human Resources / Learning & Development, SR Technics AG
2012 – 2014	VP Human Resources , Kaba Holding AG / Division ADS EMEA / AP
Since October 1, 2014	Head of Group Human Resources, Gurit

2001 – 2008	Management positions with EADS in Germany
2009 – 2017	Head of Business Unit with Ingersoll Machine Tools, USA
2018	Head of Production Organisation with Dornier Seawings, Germany
Since January 1, 2019	General Manager Gurit Aero

1985 – 1989	Industrial Engineer Composite Materials. Aalborg University.
1990 – 1995	Research Engineer. Vestas Windsystems A/S. Denmark.
1999 – 2000	COO Blades. Vestas Windsystems A/S. Denmark
2001 – 2008	VP Engineering. LM Windpower A/S. Denmark
2008 – 2014	CTO LM Windpower A/S. Holland
2014 – 2018	CEO JSB A/S Denmark
Since October 1, 2018	General Manager Gurit Kitting