The Board of Directors of the BELIMO Holding AG has appointed Louis Scheidegger (53) as a member of the Group Executive Committee as of March 1, 2019. Louis Scheidegger joined Belimo's Engineering department as an Electrical Engineer in 1991 and was nominated Assistant to the Head of Operations afterwards. In 1998, he was promoted to Head of the Spring Return and Fire Protection Actuators department.
In September 2000, Louis Scheidegger was appointed Head of the newly created division Manufacturing, which at the time was part of the Technology business unit. Since then, he has shown a great deal of commitment in shaping and leading the areas of production, planning, and purchasing at Belimo globally.
Head of the Production Group division
Louis Scheidegger is responsible for more than 400 employees and the entire purchasing volumeAt the beginning of 2008, Louis Scheidegger took over the lead of the newly created Group division Production and has been a member of the extended Group Executive Committee since then. In his role as Head of the Group division Production, Louis Scheidegger is responsible for more than 400 employees and the entire purchasing volume.
After his studies in Electrical Engineering at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur, Louis Scheidegger completed his postgraduate degree and obtained the title of Operations Engineer STV at the KS Kaderschule AG in Zurich.
Additionally, in 2001/2002, he completed the International Senior Management Program at the St. Galler Business School and in 2015/2016, over a period of 18 months, the Asia Executive Certificate Program at University of St. Gallen alongside his professional commitments.