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MAN Energy Solutions to restructure executive board
MAN Energy Solutions has announced changes to its executive board, effective 1 January 2023
Dr Gunnar Stiesch will take over the technology department, which was previously headed by chief executive Uwe Lauber in a dual role, and will join the board as the new chief technology officer. Dr Stiesch, previously head of engine development at the company, has has worked for the company in R&D functions for almost 15 years.
Dr Stiesch began working as a development engineer at MTU Friedrichshafen in 2003. In 2008, he took over as head of the development department in the four-stroke engine and exhaust aftertreatment division at the former MAN Diesel & Turbo before becoming overall head of the company’s engine development at the Augsburg and Copenhagen sites in 2017. He also holds a professorship at Leibniz University in Hanover.
MAN said Uwe Lauber will assume responsibility for sales, which he has already headed in the past, in addition to his role as chairman of the board of management.
The German engine manufacturer said the reassignment in roles reflects “the particular importance of the technology portfolio in the coming years for the development of the company into a solution provider for climate-friendly technologies.” At the same time, the overall size of the executive board remains unchanged.
Chairman of the supervisory board of MAN Energy Solutions Gunnar Kilian said the company “has a clear strategy for the future” that focuses on large-scale ways to help with climate protection in shipping and industry.
The company’s current chief sales officer Wayne Jones is leaving to pursue new challenges after 17 years at MAN. Mr Jones was appointed to the role in 2016 and was thanked by Mr Kilian who remarked, “Wayne Jones has played a key role in shaping the company in difficult times and has successfully further developed its market position. MAN Energy Solutions is on the home stretch to a new peak in order intake in 2022, for this, for the successful co-operation and his tireless efforts over many years, the supervisory board extends its express thanks to him. We wish Wayne all the best and every success in his future endeavours.”
He added, “I am therefore delighted to have Dr Stiesch join the executive board as an experienced developer and manager who has already successfully driven forward the employment of climate-friendly technologies in the company in the past.”
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