Member since January 2000

Paul Zumbühl
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

(born 1957, Swiss)

Paul Zumbühl studied engineering sciences at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, and holds a degree as Dipl.-Ing. He also holds an MBA from the Joint University Programme of the universities of Boston, Berne and Shanghai. He participated in an AMP at the Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University, Evanston/Chicago, and holds a Swiss Federal Marketing Management Diploma (Eidg. Dipl.).

After working for Symalit AG as Sales Manager/Engineer, he held several management positions and was Managing Director of Sarna Group. From 1994 to 1999, he was the CEO of Mikron Plastics Technology and a member of the Executive Management Board of Mikron Group. In January 2000 he joined Interroll Group as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Paul Zumbühl is a Board member of the Schlatter Industries  AG as well as of Mikron Holding  AG (both Swiss companies).

Member since November 2018

Jens Strüwing
Executive Vice President Head of Products & Technology

(born 1969, German)

Jens Strüwing graduated in production technology (production systems and materials handling) from Karlsruhe University, Germany, (master’s degree, Dipl. Ing). In 2018 he joined Interroll Group as Executive Vice President Products & Technology and member of the Group Management. In his previous role as Director Global Operations at Mahle Aftermarket GmbH, he was responsible for Operations of 18 production and logistics sites globally as well as for Mahle Consulting. Previous to this, Strüwing was responsible for planning of logistical processes as well as standardization and automation of production processes at Mahle GmbH productline pistons and engine components. The engagement followed various senior management positions with focus on logistics and production at the Daimler Group and at Fairchild Dornier GmbH. 

Member since July 2020

Maurizio Catino
Executive Vice President Head of Global Sales & Solutions

(born 1977, Italian)

Catino graduated in Electronic engineering at the Politecnico of Turin in 2002. He looks back on several years of experience in the automotive business, starting in the FCA group where he was involved in different projects related to cost analysis and production optimization. Catino started his “sales career” afterwards in the automation business as global key account manager for big automotive end users for a Japanese company. In 2013, he joined Interroll and opened successfully the new Italian branch as General Manager followed by the position of Global Industry Manager for the automotive and tire market. From 2018, Catino held the position of Senior Director Global Sales & Services. In July 2020 he took over the role of Executive Vice President Global Sales & Service.

Member since January 2011

Jens Karolyi
Senior Vice President Corporate Marketing & People Development

(born 1970, German)

Jens Karolyi studied business administration at the Universities of Bamberg and Giessen, Germany. He started his career with Ericsson where he held various management positions in Marketing, Branding and Communications and was based in Stockholm, Zurich and Düsseldorf. In 2007 he was promoted to Vice President Marketing & Communications Northern Europe. In 2011 he joined Interroll Group as Vice President Corporate Marketing and member of the Interroll Group Management. In February 2015 he took over additional responsibilities as Senior Vice President Corporate Marketing & Culture, and in 2020 as Senior Vice President Corporate Marketing & People Development. He also heads the Interroll Academy.

Member since April 2020

Heinz Hössli
Chief Financial Officer

(born 1969, Swiss)

Heinz Hössli graduated as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from EXPERTsuisse, Zurich, Switzerland and holds a Global Executive MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in Durham, United States, with recognition as a Fuqua Scholar.

His previous roles included Chief Financial Officer/Vice President Advanced Materials (since 2012) at Bühler Group as well as Vice President Finance & Controlling Advanced Materials and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Business Area Die Casting (from 2009 to 2011). From 2002 to 2009, Mr. Hössli held a number of leadership roles as CFO of Bühler subsidiaries and spent 8 years in the United States and Mexico. Before joining Bühler in 1999 as Internal Group Auditor, he worked as Auditor for Ernst & Young, Zurich as well as a management member at various fiduciaries in Switzerland.

Member since July 2013

Dr. Ben Xia
Executive Vice President Head of Operations Asia

(born 1966, Chinese)

Dr. Ben Xia, graduated as B.Sc. in electrical engineering at the Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. Further on, he studied electrical machinery at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Russia, and holds a PhD degree in electrical engineering (Dr.-Ing.). He also passed the Advanced Management Programme for Senior Executives at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, China. After working for Pirelli Cables Asia-Pacific as Marketing Manager, he held positions as General Manager of Shanghai Citel Electronics Co. Ltd. and Managing Director of Vanderlande Industries North Asia. In 2013 he joined Interroll Group as Executive Vice President Asia and member of Interroll Group Management.

Member since March 2018

Richard Keely
Executive Vice President Head of Operations Americas

(born 1972, American)

Richard Keely has more than 20 years of experience in the production environment and in strategy consulting. He has been with the company since 2006 and served as Vice President Manufacturing/General Manager for Interroll Wilmington until 2011 and as Senior Vice President Operations for the Americas region since 2011. Previously, Keely held senior positions in consulting and production.