Oerlikon Investor Presentation
Executive Committee
ærlikon
Dr. Roland Fischer
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Roland Fischer (German citizen) was
appointed Chief Executive Officer of Oerlikon
Group, effective March 1, 2016.
Prior to Oerlikon, Dr. Fischer held senior
management positions at Siemens AG, the most
recent as CEO of the Power and Gas Division
from 2013 to 2015. Between 2011 and 2012, he
served as CEO of the Fossil Power Generation
Division, and from 2008 to 2011, he was CEO of
the Business Unit Fossil Power Generation -
Products, Siemens, Germany. Dr. Roland
Fischer graduated from the University of
Stuttgart, Germany, with a degree in
Aeronautical Engineering, and holds a PhD
(Dr.-Ing.) in Aeronautical Engineering from
the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Philipp Müller
Chief Financial Officer
Philipp Müller (German citizen) was appointed
Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2020.
Mr. Müller has more than 15 years of financial
and strategic experience across multiple
industries. Most recently, he led the investor
relations functions at Baker Hughes in Houston,
Texas, U.S. Prior to that, he served as CFO of
GE's oil & gas drilling business from 2014 to
2016. Previously, Mr. Müller held various
financial leadership positions in GE's industrial
businesses. Prior to that, he spent five years on
GE's corporate audit staff, where he advanced to
executive audit manager at GE Healthcare. Mr.
Müller has extensive international experience,
having worked in over ten countries during his
career. He holds a Master's degree in Business
from the University of Mannheim, Germany.
October 2020
Dr. Helmut Rudigier
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Helmut Rudigier (Austrian citizen) was
appointed CTO of the Oerlikon Group, effective
November 1, 2017.
Dr. Rudigier joined Oerlikon Balzers in 1986 as
R&D Project Manager. Since then, he has built
his career within Oerlikon in diverse research
and management roles, including Manager R&D
Balzers Thin Films, Manager Production Site
Balzers, Manager R&D Division Optics, Business
Development Telecommunication (fiber optics),
CTO Oerlikon Balzers, and most recently as the
CTO of the Surface Solutions Segment. Dr.
Rudigier holds a PhD from the Institute of Solid
State Physics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
and has completed executive management
programs at the University of California, Los
Angeles, USA, and at IMD Lausanne,
Switzerland.
Anna Ryzhova
Chief HR Officer
Anna Ryzhova (Russian citizen) was appointed
Chief Human Resources Officer of the Oerlikon
Group, effective October 10, 2016.
Ms. Ryzhova has over 15 years of experience in
leading HR functions. Most recently, Anna
Ryzhova was Chief Human Resources Officer at
Renova Management AG, Zurich, Switzerland.
From 2010 to 2015, she served as HR and
Corporate Relations Director at the Renova
Group Corporate Center in Moscow, Russia.
Anna Ryzhova holds a Master's degree in
Economics from the National Research
University Higher School of Economics in
Moscow and an Executive MBA from IMD,
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