Werner Karlen

Werner Karlen is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Sauter Italia SpA and the Chief Executive Officer & Head-Operations at Fr.
Sauter AG.
He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director at Geberit AG and Geberit International AG.
Additionally, he serves as a Director at Frutiger Unternehmungen AG and Fr.
Sauter Holding AG.
In 2015, he became a Non-Executive Director at LS-Sauter Co., Ltd. In the past, Dr. Karlen held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Implenia AG in 2009.
He was also the Managing Director at ait-deutschland GmbH.
From 2002 to 2009, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Phoenix Mecano AG.
He was a Member-Supervisory Board at SnowCliff AG and the Chief Operating Officer at Biella-Neher Holding AG in 2002.
Prior to that, he worked as a Sales Engineer at ABB Power Generation AG.
From 1996 to 2000, he was a Project Manager at Mckinsey & Co., Inc. (Switzerland).
Dr. Karlen holds a doctorate degree from the University of St. Gallen and an undergraduate degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.