2022-10-07
Change in the Voith Group Corporate Board of Management
- Dr. Tobias Keitel succeeds Uwe Wehnhardt as President & CEO of Voith Hydro and member of the Corporate Board of Management of the Voith Group
"We would like to thank Uwe Wehnhardt for his many years of commitment and his valuable contribution to our company. We wish him continued success in his new role,” said Prof. Siegfried Russwurm, Chairman of the Voith Shareholders' Committee and Supervisory Board. "At the same time, we are pleased that with Tobias Keitel we are able to appoint an internal successor to the Corporate Board of Management, who knows the hydropower business very well".
Dr. Tobias Keitel acquired a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the École Supérieure de Commerce in Paris and studied industrial engineering with a subsequent doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin. He worked among others for the Boston Consulting Group and the MAN Ferrostaal AG. In 2011, Tobias Keitel joined Voith Hydro as a project manager. He has since held various management positions and was appointed member of the Management Board of Voith Hydro in 2016. In his function, he is currently responsible for the areas of operations, project management, as well as service and sales.
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The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,000 employees, sales of € 4.3 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
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