Werner Karlen

Werner Karlen is currently Chief Executive Officer at Sauter Italia SpA and Chief Executive Officer & Head-Operations at Fr.
Sauter AG since 2015.
Since 2020, the role of Independent Non-Executive Director is held at both Geberit AG and Geberit International AG.
Director positions are held at Frutiger Unternehmungen AG and Fr.
Sauter Holding AG.
Since 2015, Non-Executive Director at LS-Sauter Co., Ltd. Former roles include Chief Executive Officer at Implenia AG in 2009, Managing Director at ait-deutschland GmbH, Chief Operating Officer at Phoenix Mecano AG from 2002 to 2009, Member of the Supervisory Board at SnowCliff AG, Chief Operating Officer at Biella-Neher Holding AG in 2002, Sales Engineer at ABB Power Generation AG, and Project Manager at Mckinsey & Co., Inc. (Switzerland) from 1996 to 2000.
Education includes a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen and undergraduate studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.