Dr. Markus Tacke was appointed a Member of the Executive Committee as of January 1, 2021 and CEO of the Surface Solutions Division, effective October 1, 2020. Dr. Tacke has over 25 years of leadership experience in the renewable energy and gas turbine industries and is highly recognized for his ability to reposition and develop businesses. Before joining Oerlikon, he was CEO of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. from 2017 to 2020, where he carved out the Wind Division from Siemens and merged it with Gamesa S.A. Prior to that, Dr. Tacke held a number of leadership positions within Siemens’ energy businesses, the last of which was CEO of their Wind Power and Renewables Division. Besides the operational responsibility, Dr. Tacke was involved or managed numerous acquisitions, for example, Westinghouse, Alstom Industrial, KKK and Bonus. Dr. Tacke holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, a Master’s degree in Engineering from Cornell University, New York, USA, and a PhD from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Tacke held the position of Chairman of Wind Europe from 2014 to 2016 and Chairman of VDMA Power Systems from 2016 to 2020.