(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Synova announced today that Dr. Stephan W. Mohren has joined the company effective April 1, 2012, to become the new CEO as a successor to the company´s founder and longterm CEO, Dr. Bernold Richerzhagen.
Bernold Richerzhagen will take up the position of President of the board and remain involved in the company’s strategy and technology roadmap.
Stephan Mohren, a senior technology and finance executive, is the former CEO & President of Steag HamaTech AG, and served on the boards of Steag Industrie AG and Nawotech GmbH. In addition, Stephan Mohren was a Venture Partner at Wellington Partners GmbH and an investment advisor to WestSteag Partners GmbH and Equita GmbH. Prior to joining Synova he ran his own business consulting and services company, se2quel Management GmbH. He holds an MBA from the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Saarbrücken.
“I appreciate the opportunity to withdraw from my consuming operational role which I held since the foundation of the company some 15 years ago”, comments Bernold Richerzhagen on the change of his role. “I am a true believer in Synova´s leading edge Laser Microjet technology and look forward to work with the Synova team to take the company to the next level”, says Stephan Mohren.
Since 1997 Synova SA has pioneered the Laser MicroJet technology, exploiting the synergy of laser power with water. Synova has a large R&D facility as well as a vast Application Laboratory at its head-quarters in Ecublens-Lausanne, Switzerland. Sales and service of the machines is done from various Micro Machining Centers (MMC) and sales & service points around the world. www.synova.ch
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