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Introducing Markus Laesser – New CEO at the R&S Group

Sissach, Switzerland, January 2022 – Markus Laesser has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer of the R&S Group. He superseded Dirk Soete on this position.

Markus Laesser has many years of international experience working as CEO and in other executive positions in general management, sales, marketing, and IT for companies including IBM, Microsoft, T-Systems, Dätwyler, and Oerlikon.

He has steered multiple business areas throughout structured transformations and change processes into customer-focused organizations. Extensive experience in sales excellence and in the management of global organizations in production and distribution as well as ICT and services rounds off his profile.

As new Group CEO, Markus Laesser will lead R&S Group in developing the key markets of electrical infrastructure with a focus on delivering the most reliable and efficient products and services.

About R&S
The Swiss-based R&S Group is a leading provider of electrical infrastructure products in key markets around the globe. With manufacturing facilities and offices in Europe, South America and the Middle East, and a wide partner network globally, R&S offers distribution and power transformers, medium and high voltage switching devices as well as certain products for railway electrification and industrial electrical connectors.