Urs Ryffel

Chief Operating Officer Fiber Optics

1967, Swiss, Master’s Degree in Engineering, ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich. INSEAD Executive Education, France. 1992 to 1999 at ABB Switzerland in Baden and Zurich, as project manager, manager of business development department of ABB Power Generation AG, and manager of global business unit Hydro Power Plant Service. 1999 to 2002 at ALSTOM as unit general manager, in Lisbon, Portugal, for hydro power segment Portugal, then in Paris, France, for hydro power plants and systems. Joined HUBER+SUHNER in 2002 as business unit manager Rollers, 2004 to 2007 division manager Cable Systems. From 2007 manager of Fiber Optics Division and member of Executive Group Management since January 2008.