Zwanenburg, the Netherlands - January 19, 2016, Zwanenburg, the Netherlands - AEG Power Solutions appoints Christian Roth as COO, Keiran Coulton as VP & general manager global affiliates sales, and Roger de Vries as chief financial officer of the group.
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Dr. Roth joins AEG PS from MT Aerospace AG as member of the board and Aerotech Peissenberg GmbH & Co. KG. as CEO in charge of aviation products, antennas and mechatronics in seven international production locations.
Previously, he held for 8 years the position of Spokesman of the Management Board of Saarstahl AG/ Saarschmiede GmbH, in the steel industry, after 6 years of management roles at SGL Carbon Group.
He experienced 3 years in Chile, as project manager at Hoechst de Chile and Clariant Colorquimica de Chile, a spin-off of the Hoechst Group where he had started his career in Frankfurt.
Dr. Roth holds a degree in Geoscience from Würzburg University and a PHD in Logistics performed at the Fraunhofer Institut, Dortmund and Hoechst AG, Frankfurt.
Mr. Coulton joins from General Electric Group where he has been President of General Electric Power conversion for the past 5 years.
He came to GE from Rockwell automation, where he lastly was President of the Asia Pacific Region in charge of the whole of Rockwell Automations Asia businesses, after over 20 years as senior VP Global Sales and Marketing for the Group.
Mr. Coulton started his career as an Area Sales Engineer at MTE after 8 year of engineering service in the Royal Navy. He holds a degree of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the City College of Southampton (UK).
Mr. de Vries was formerly VP Reporting and Control of AEG Power Solutions. He had joined the company as Manager Group accounting in 2009 when it became public.
He came from SES New Skies Satellites where in his last role he had been Director Business reporting for the 5 previous years. His earlier experiences combine the position of Regional Finance Controller at Rockwell Automation in Brussel, and Director of Financial accounting of AT&T Unisource Communication Services (AUCS) / Amsterdam. ■