Changes to government board at MAN Energy Solutions see Dr. Gunnar Stiesch named CTO
In modifications to the manager board at MAN Energy Solutions SE, efficient January 1. Dr. Gunnar Stiesch is to move the expertise division, which was beforehand headed by CEO Dr. Uwe Lauber in a twin position. He will even be a part of the board as the brand new chief expertise officer. Previously, Stiesch, who has labored for the corporate in key R&D features for nearly 15 years, was the pinnacle of engine improvement.
Chief gross sales officer Wayne Jones OBE, is leaving the corporate to pursue new challenges and duty for gross sales will now be assumed by Lauber (who has headed gross sales prior to now) along with his position as chairman of the board of administration.
The firm says that, whereas the general measurement of the manager board stays unchanged, “the reassignment reflects the particular importance of the technology portfolio in the coming years for the development of the company into a solution provider for climate-friendly technologies.”
Stiesch, who holds a doctorate, with habilitation, from Leibniz University in Hannover, started his skilled profession in 2003 as a improvement engineer at MTU Friedrichshafen. In 2008, he took over as head of the event division within the four-stroke engine and exhaust aftertreatment division on the former MAN Diesel & Turbo earlier than turning into total head of the corporate’s engine improvement on the Augsburg and Copenhagen websites in 2017. He additionally holds a professorship at Leibniz University.
“MAN Energy Solutions has a clear strategy for the future that focuses on large-scale solutions for climate protection in shipping and industry,” stated Gunnar Kilian, chairman of the supervisory board of MAN Energy Solutions. “I am therefore delighted to have Dr. Gunnar Stiesch join the executive board as an experienced developer and manager who has already successfully driven forward the employment of climate-friendly technologies in the company in the past.”
“Wayne Jones has played a key role in shaping the company in difficult times and has successfully further developed its market position,” added Kilian. “MAN Energy Solutions is on the home stretch to a new peak in order intake in 2022 — for this, for the successful cooperation and his tireless efforts over many years, the supervisory board extends its express thanks to him. We wish Wayne Jones all the best and every success in his future endeavors.”
