Dr.-Ing. Holger Fastabend

Managing Director - CEO / CTO

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

Result driven and committed Manager with Sales, Engineering & Operations Experience in international B2B context (Industry - espec. Automotive, Infrastructure - espec. Utilities & Operators). Proven record of success in various management positions, coordination functions and Leader of Change projects. Solid educational background, already a broad range of method & tools learned and applied. However high willingness to learn systematically, eager to learn further approaches, or to deploy disruptive methods. Strong to cascade and align international teams around objectives - working with high clarity and transparency.

Experience

  • Managing Director - CEO / CTO at Gebauer & Griller

  • Member of the Board (Geschäftsführer - additional role) at Nexans Deutschland GmbH

  • Vice President Low High Voltage & Submarine Medium Voltage at Nexans Deutschland GmbH

    Responsibilty for P&L of all Project Business in the Segment Industrial Responsibility of Hannover plant and coordination of 11 further plants in the segment globally.

  • Managing Director - CEO, CRO and CTO at Gebauer & Griller

  • Vice President Industrial Operations Marketline Utilities & Operators and Europe at Nexans S.A.

    Management of 13 plants (Plant Management Teams) in France, Belgium, Norway, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Greece with about 600 M€ of sales. Responsibility for development of people, industrial footprint and operational performance to be successful on the respective markets of utilities & operators (energy cables, accessories, optical fibre cables, accessories, respective cabinets,...). Coordination of Industrial Operations in Europe and member of the Executive Committee. Ensure Geographical consistency, common methodology & tool between the marketlines (Industry, Utilities & Operators, Distributors & Installers) in Europe with 45 plants, about 10.000 employees and about 2 B€. Coordination of Investment policy, Industrial Projects and Industrial Footprint Optimization.

  • Managing Director - Chief Sales & Technology Officer at Gebauer & Griller

  • Business Unit Manager Infrastructure Energy Networks at Nexans Deutschland GmbH

    Responsibility for P&L (Sales & Plant) with 460 employees, 10 departments and about 150 M€ of sales. Operational Management of Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, Design/Calculation, Supply Chain, Production, Testing, Controlling and Human Resources.

  • Global Segment Developer Low/Medium Voltage Networks (additional role) at Nexans S.A.

    Coordination of 25 plants in the segment in respect of qualifications, development of products & services and capacity management,

  • Vice President Industrial Operations Market Line Industry Europe at Nexans

    Management of 13 Plants (Plant Management Teams) in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with 2.300 Employees and about 400 M€ of sales. Responsibility for development of people, industrial footprint and operational performance to be successful on the respective markets like aerospace, medical, rolling stock, shipboard, automation, renewable energies.