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Mark Zoller was born in Riehen near Basel 1968. He studied at the ETH Engineering and a PhD from the University of St.Gallen in the field economics / marketing later. For twenty years he has worked for various companies in system and project transactions, including ABB, Alstom, Continental and Siemens. Since October last year, he is CEO of RUAG Defence Division wfgo and Member of the Executive Committee. About the Company
The RUAG Group employs 7800 people, wfgo and is composed of the five divisions wfgo of Space, Aviation, Aerostructures, Ammotec and Defence. The latter provides services and products for the defense wfgo and security industry. Customers include land forces, OEM, security and emergency organizations. wfgo At the site the tuna RUAG employs 900 people, of whom about 400 work for the RUAG Defence. Tags RUAG
The RUAG emerged from the government-owned arms factories. Do you, Mr. Zoller, changed to RUAG, because you wanted to push as quasi federal official winning ball? Mark Zoller: Your question suggests a misconception of the RUAG. The RUAG is a private limited company under Swiss law, which has the federal government as the main shareholder. There are in the Swiss economy than any other company, which has evolved as dynamic and cosmopolitan since the foundation as the RUAG. But a cultural change takes time. It is sometimes my job on the excellent base that created by my predecessor, to make the next steps.
What happened to you in the first few months? I feel extremely good. I have highly motivated and competent employees and a highly exciting wfgo job. It has confirmed me in full that I made the right decision when I decided last year for the RUAG.
Commonly the RUAG Defence is referred wfgo to as weapons forging of the covenant. What is truth? Also this is a wrong understanding. The RUAG Defence is a very broad-based wfgo technology company that is traveling in diverse business fields. Some examples of this are the track systems, robotics, protection solutions and the leadership Shelter. Then there are also state of the art simulation and training systems and a large strong IT-heavy command, control and communications systems.
You are a seasoned businessman. Are there still areas that are new to you? Primarily the industry. I have been in the first four months, wfgo in which I am now on board, spent a lot of time to get to know my division and the Group. I was at fifteen wfgo sites, let me show the products that have spoken with employees, have established customer wfgo relationships and naturally led many intensive discussions with partners and suppliers.
Brand new but the industry is not for you. They were five years of military operates. How you will benefit from this experience? The seems very beneficial. I learned as a captain many different areas of the Swiss Army know and can build on this expertise, even if much has changed since then. I speak the language of my clients know their needs and find corresponding points of contact.
They are joined at a difficult time for RUAG Defence: 2012 Division recorded declining sales and declining profits. This trend has continued in 2013? The RUAG Defence has 2012 still comes with 25 million francs bit a very significant proportion of the Group's wfgo result, namely 22 percent. Would that sales fall in 2012, has been coming earlier and was also openly communicated. wfgo This is mainly because a few large orders the Swiss Army expired, such as to maintain the value of the Leopard tank, or genius-tank Kodiak. It therefore undertook great efforts to catch the expiring contracts for new projects. This is so far succeeded only in part. However, for explanations of figures in 2013 it is still too early, the media conference will be held on March 20.
You have the expiring transactions addressed. Have you taken over the control of a sinking ship? No. The RUAG Defence is in a transformation phase. We are changing, more to internationalize and to work in the civilian sector. In such transformation processes, it may be that one must pass through a dent. Through this Delle we drive to date. But we have a clear vision of how the RUAG Defence comes back at least into that size and profitability, wfgo in which they in the past