Wärtsilä Names Håkan Agnevall as President and CEO
in April 2021, succeeding Jaakko Eskola, who will continue with the company as a senior advisor and executive until he retires on June 30, 2021, after 22 years with the group.Agnevall has been with the Volvo Group since 2013. In the decade prior to that he held various leadership positions in Bombardier and in ABB, gaining experience in sales, production, project management, research and development, as well as in lifecycle services globally."Håkan Agnevall, a highly appreciated leader, has a proven record of developing organizations and businesses with a strong focus on customers,
France Approves of Siemens/Alstom Tie-up if Jobs Spared
Christophe Castaner told journalists in response to a question about the tie-up. "There is no concern on the French side when big companies are working together if synergies do not come at the expense of jobs," he said. Siemens has held tie-up talks with both Alstom and Canadian group Bombardier and had been expected to pick a preferred partner for detailed negotiations within days, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. If the deal with Alstom goes through, Siemens would have a slight majority, 50 percent plus several shares, but Alstom's French CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarg
Wassmer Named CEO at Kelvion
of the executive board at Knorr-Bremse Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, the European Rail Equipment Subgroup of Knorr-Bremse. Before that, he was Executive Vice President of DEMAG Cranes AG as well as CEO of Gottwald Port Technology, President of MAG Industrial Automation Systems Europe and President of Bombardier Transportation´s Division Bogies. Throughout his career, Robert Wassmer held various international executive management positions. He has a PhD Degree in Engineering of the University Karlsruhe (TH). Additionally, Klaus-Peter Glöckner joined the Kelvion Management Board
