Tridonic appoints new CEO
(Austria) – Hedwig Maes is appointed as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tridonic in September.
As of 1 September 2019 Maes will take over as CEO of Tridonic, part of the Zumtobel Group. He succeeds Guido van Tartwijk, who left the company at his own request at the end of last year. Maes will report directly to Alfred Felder, CEO Zumtobel Group.
Maes is a highly experienced Managing Director and Head of Sales who studied electrical engineering at Industriele Hogeschool Antwerpen-Mechelen (IHAM) and business administration at the UFSIA University in Antwerp. Maes has gained 32 years of professional experience in the areas of electronics, industrial automation and industry systems with companies such as General Electric and ABB. Most recently, he held the position of Vice President of Global Systems & Solutions at Rockwell Automation for ten years.
“We are very pleased to have won Hedwig Maes, a manager with international experience and extensive knowledge of strategic orientation in the product and system business, for the management of our components business,” said Alfred Felder, CEO Zumtobel Group. “I am convinced that with Hedwig Maes, CFO Thomas Erath and COO Alexander Jankovsky, we now have an excellent management team to lead Tridonic into the future.”