Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 3, 2000
ULF BERG is the Chief Executive Officer of the Carlo Gavazzi Group. Mr
Berg graduated as a mechanical engineer and PhD at the Technical
University of Copenhagen. He went to Switzerland in 1977 working for
BBC (now ABB) in turbine development and rationalisation. 1989, he moved
to North Brunswick, USA responsible for developing ABB's power plant
division ending with an annual turnover of $500 million. He
subsequently in 1993, moved to Mannheim (D) running ABB Germany's
international gas turbine business with a turnover of $700 million. In
May 1996, he was made head of ABB's worldwide business for industrial
power generating equipment, a business with a turnover of around $1.1
billion and 3, 000 employees. He was a member of the management board
of ABB Power Generation Group Ltd, Zurich. In April 1999, he was
appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Carlo Gavazzi Group, and
was promoted in April 2000 to Chief Executive Officer with overall
responsibility for the Group. Mr Berg is married and lives in
Switzerland Walchwil Canton Zug. Profile
today?
Mr. Berg: It was founded in the 30s and has grown up today to be a
280MUSD international group. It has notably grown
