Swisscleantech is confident
Swisscleantech elected a new president at its general assembly in Bern: Carsten Bopp, Group CEO of PINI Swiss Engineers AG, is positive about the future of the Swiss trade association. For a good two years now, swisscleantech has been recording a significant increase in membership.
swisscleantech was very successful in 2018. Since December alone, 30 new members have been gained. The number of members was increased to 260 in 2018.
In the current year, the aim is to achieve even stronger membership growth. Contributing to this development are the urgency of efficient climate protection and the new, attractive membership conditions approved by the General Assembly.
Carsten Bopp (48), the newly elected swisscleantech President, Group CEO of PINI Swiss Engineers AG and member of the Board of Directors of Cargo sous terrain AG, joined the swisscleantech Board in March 2018.
"In view of the global challenge of climate change, entrepreneurial innovation plays a central role. The necessary change can only succeed together with the business community, and this requires the right framework conditions. Since its foundation ten years ago, swisscleantech has been working to achieve this. The political developments of recent months show: Climate protection can only be successful if business and politics work together," says Carsten Bopp, the new swisscleantech president.
Reinforcement of the Board of Management
At the swisscleantech General Assembly, Carsten Bopp, Group CEO of PINI Swiss Engineers AG, was elected President. Under his leadership, swisscleantech will make a pointed stand for a climate-friendly economy and the framework conditions required for this, the press release states. Carsten Bopp will be supported by the swisscleantech board, which will be strengthened with high-profile personalities from the business world.
Carsten Bopp replaces Matthias Bölke at the helm of swisscleantech. Matthias Bölke has chaired the association since 2016 and is now devoting himself to his new tasks at the Schneider Electric Group outside Switzerland.
With Daniel Eugster (46) and Franziska Barmettler (36), two experienced personalities have been elected to the board. Daniel Eugster is managing director and owner of Haustechnik Eugster in Arbon and an FDP cantonal councilor in Thurgau. Franziska Barmettler is Sustainability Manager at IKEA Switzerland and previously worked for Migros Genossenschafts-Bund and swisscleantech.
The two board members Fabian Etter, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Elektro Etter AG, and Dr. Christina Würthner, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer at enersis, will in future be involved as Vice Presidents of swisscleantech.
Felix Gassmann, René Herzog, Lorenz Isler and Wolfgang Schwarzenbacher have left the Board of Directors. swisscleantech would like to thank them for their valuable commitment over many years, with which they have moved the association forward in these challenging times.
