Christian Roth and Keiran Coulton join the group with in-depth experience in industrial and power supply businesses. Christian Roth brings 20 years of experience, built in various industries in Europe and South America. In this time, he developed an expertise in operations management, strategy development of large and mid-size business in an international context. As COO he will drive AEG Power Solutions worldwide operations activities as well as Research & Development and Application Engineering worldwide. In his role he reports to Jeffrey Casper, AEG PS CEO.
Keiran Coulton joins AEG PS from General Electric where he was responsible for the Power Conversion Industry division and achieved the repositioning of the business. A truly Global Senior leader, he lived and worked in Asia, the US and Europe. With over 25 years in various management positions at Rockwell automation and GE, Keiran Coulton brings a wealth of experience in developing and growing businesses through the implementation of best practice. As VP & General Manager Global Affiliates Sales, Keiran Coulton is in charge of all affiliates sales organizations of the Group.
Roger de Vries has accepted the role of CFO. Roger brings an in-depth experience in finance and management. Roger joined the company in 2009 as Manager Group accounting of AEG PS.
I am delighted that Christian Roth and Keiran Coulton have agreed to join AEG PS group. They bring a wealth of experience and perspective that will directly impact the key markets we serve in critical infrastructure. They are joining us at a very crucial step in the company turnaround process started 18 months ago," explains Jeffrey Casper, CEO.
"The development path we have entered now includes our transformation into a customer-centric, lean and flexible organization. Both are bringing us the required experience and the commitment to contribute to this evolution of our company. Im very pleased to have them part of our management team."
"As CFO, Roger the Vries combines financial and management expertise with an in-depth knowledge of our Group. He played an instrumental role in the repositioning of AEG PS and his competence and loyalty to our group naturally makes him perfectly qualified to step into the role of CFO.