Philipp Berner to become new CEO of RUAG Aviation

As the post-merger integration of RUAG Space is now at an advanced stage, Dr Peter Guggenbach has decided to hand over part of his dual mandate as CEO of RUAG Aviation and RUAG Space to Philipp Berner, who is currently Head of the Military Aviation Business Unit and a member of management of RUAG Aviation. Dr Guggenbach's main focus is on ensuring that RUAG's strategically important Space division is positioned successfully on the international space market.

Philipp Berner is an economist who studied at the University of St. Gallen. He has been a member of management of RUAG Aerospace for seven years, and has worked at RUAG Aviation since 2009. In 2006, he became Head of the Military Aviation Business Unit (main customer: Swiss Air Force) with around 1400 employees in Switzerland, Germany and the USA. He has expanded the unit's international business in selected markets abroad and established a global sales organisation. Philipp Berner began his career as director of a company for lightweight structures and mechanisms for the aerospace industry.