Matthias Rebellius becomes new CEO of Siemens Switzerland
The Managing Board of Siemens AG has appointed Matthias Rebellius (54) as the new CEO of Siemens Switzerland. He will succeed Siegfried Gerlach, who is retiring at the age of 65, at the beginning of April 2019.
In addition to CEO of the regional company Siemens Switzerland, Matthias Rebellius is also Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Smart Infrastructure (SI), the company's new operating company. From April 2019, SI's global headquarters in Zug will manage the company's 70,000 employees worldwide who work in building services and power distribution, according to the company.
Four years heading the Building Technologies Division
"Siemens has already been active in Switzerland for 125 years," says Matthias Rebellius. "Thanks to our broad portfolio and our expertise in digitalization, we will continue to play a formative role here in the decades to come. In addition, the fact that we manage Smart Infrastructure's global business from Zug is of course very positive for our country."
Rebellius has headed the globally active Siemens Building Technologies Division (BT) for the past four years. Under his leadership, the building technology activities have developed into one of the most important earnings drivers of Siemens AG, according to reports. Rebellius, who has a degree in engineering, had already worked in Switzerland for almost ten years. Rebellius then worked in the U.S. from 2012 to 2015, where he was responsible for BT's business in the Americas region as a whole.
Source: Siemens
