Andreas Umbach, Chairman, is a Swiss and German citizen, born in 1963. Mr. Umbach has been the non-executive chairman of Landis+Gyr Group AG since the Company’s IPO in July 2017. From April 2017 until the IPO in July 2017 Mr. Umbach acted as executive chairman of the board of directors of Landis+Gyr AG, the operating subsidiary of the Company. Between 2002 and 2017 he served as President and CEO/COO of Landis+Gyr Group. Prior to serving as CEO, Mr. Umbach served as President of the Siemens Metering Division within the Power Transmission and Distribution Group and held other positions within Siemens. Mr. Umbach has been the chairman of the board of directors of SIG Group AG (SIX: SIGN) since its IPO in September 2018. Mr. Umbach also holds directorships at non-publicly listed companies. He has been the chairman of the supervisory board of Techem Energy Services GmbH since 2018 and the chairman of the board of directors of Rovensa SA since October 2020. Between 2012 and 2016 Mr. Umbach was a director at LichtBlick SE, between 2010 and April 2020 a director of Ascom Holding AG (SIX: ASCN) and a director of WWZ AG between 2013 and 2020. He has been the president of the Zug Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2016. Mr. Umbach holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science (Diplom-Ingenieur) in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.
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