Stephan Wartmann

CEO BRUGG Group

Brugg, Aargau, Switzerland

About

After studying engineering at ETH Zurich, Stephan Wartmann worked as a project manager in the USA and as a start-up manager in Japan. He completed his EMBA at the University of St. Gallen and in California before he globalized the Geobrugg Group as CEO from 2003-2013 with production sites on all continents. He has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2014 and CEO of the BRUGG Group since 2019, which generates sales of 650 MCHF with 2100 employees. The main areas of the BRUGG Group are district heating technology, process control technology for supply (e.g. water, waste water, gas, electricity), special cables for e-mobility and wind power, lightweight construction and cable architecture, elevator and lifting equipment, transport railways and protection systems against natural hazards. The company has 20 production sites and 20 sales organizations in the world's most important industrialized countries. Stephan Wartmann is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pestalozzi Group, Board of Directors of the SEFAR Group, Wälli AG Ingenieure, Swiss Light Source Techno Trans AG (PSI/ETH) and Wartmann Immobilien AG.

Experience

  • BRUGG Group AG (12 yrs 6 mos)
    • CEO
      Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

      2200 Employees, 700 Mio. Euro Sales (2025) www.brugg.com

    • CEO BRUGG Ropes Technology and Member of Group Executive Committee
      Jan 2014 - Dec 2018 · 5 yrs

      700 Employees, 230 Mio. CHF Sales (2018) www.geobrugg.com; www.fatzer.com; www.brugglifting.com Production Plants in Australia, 2 in China, Japan, Poland, Russia, 4 in Switzerland, 2 in USA Sales Subsidiaries in Austria, Brasil, Chile, Croatia, India, Italy, Marocco, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UAE

  • Verwaltungsrat / Member of the Board of Directors at Sefar Group
    2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    3000 Employees, 400 MCHF Sales www.sefar.com www.monosuisse.com Die Produkte der Sefar werden in vielen Branchen eingesetzt, von Elektronik über Grafik, Architektur, Medizin, Automobil, Lebensmittel und Pharma bis zu Luft- und Raumfahrt, Bergbau und Raffinerie sowie für Smart Fabrics aus elektrisch leitfähigen Geweben. Sefar betreibt Webereien in der Schweiz, in Rumänien und Thailand. Die eigene Garnproduktion (Monosuisse) hat Standorte in der Schweiz, in Polen, Rumänien, Mexiko und Deutschland.

  • Pestalozzi AG (16 yrs 6 mos)
    • Chairman of the Board of Directors / Verwaltungsratspräsident
      2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Sales: 235 MCHF www.pestalozzi.com

    • Verwaltungsrat / Member of the Board of Directors
      2010 - 2022 · 12 yrs

      www.pestalozzi.com

  • Verwaltungsrat / Member of the Board of Directors at Wälli AG Ingenieure
    2012 - Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

    www.waelli.ch

  • VR / Member of the Board of Directors at Wartmann Immobilien AG
    2007 - Present · 19 yrs 6 mos

    www.wartmannimmo.ch