Group profile

Executive Management

Chief Executive Officer

Jean-Marc Théolier, French and US national

Jean-Marc Théolier, French and US national

  • Master in Business Administration at University Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble, France, and BS in Mechanical Engineering at INSA, Lyon, France
  • Design Engineer and Business Development Manager at Merlin- Gerin, France, from 1982 until 1990
  • Global Marketing Director and later Americas National Sales Manager at Crouzet in France and US, from 1990 until 2006
  • VP Sales then General Manager of Crydom Inc., San Diego, CA, and Dallas, TX, USA, from 2006 until 2015
  • Business Unit Director at Sensata Technologies and General Manager of BEI Kimco, San Diego, CA, USA, from 2015 until 2017
  • CEO at Pelco Inc., Fresno, CA, USA, from 2017 until 2019
  • Global Head of Sales and Marketing, Region Head Americas, Carlo Gavazzi Group from 2019 until 2022
  • CEO Carlo Gavazzi Group since July 2022

Chief Financial Officer

Tobias Bissig, Swiss National

Tobias Bissig, Swiss National

  • Master in Business Administration at University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
  • Various controller functions at ABB in Switzerland, the USA, Taiwan and the Middle East, from 2005 until 2011
  • Global Business Controller & Finance Manager at Education First Corporate Language Solutions, Lucerne, Switzerland, from 2011 until 2013
  • Various finance leadership positions at Schindler, from 2014 until 2019
  • Chief Financial Officer of Schindler UK & Ireland, from 2019 until 2022
  • Chief Financial Officer of Carlo Gavazzi Group, since November 2022

External Corporate Communications

Rolf Schläpfer

Rolf Schläpfer

  • Senior Partner of Hirzel.Neef.Schmid.Konsulenten AG, Zurich
  • External corporate communications of the Carlo Gavazzi Group, since January 1, 2011


Rolf Schläpfer is not a member of the executive management and is not an employee of the Group.