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“We partner with the world’s best suppliers and the Toshiba procurement team, to optimize value for our customers, foster- ing a collaborative, innovative and sustainable procurement process across the Landis+Gyr Group, based on Monozukuri: excellent products at competitive cost, and made with passion.” Dieter Hecht, Executive Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer state-of-the-art Smart Metering system that meets German data protection requirements, which demand the highest levels of end-consumer protection and se- curity. This achievement was underscored by the ISO 27001 certification received by Landis+Gyr’s pro- duction facility in Corinth, Greece, and its three sites in the UK in March 2014, which attest to the Group’s adherence to the highest levels of information secu- rity management as specified by recognized global standards in developing and manufacturing its Smart Metering products and solutions. Realignment of Executive Team At the beginning of 2014, Landis+Gyr realigned execu- tive responsibilities and created new roles to spur the growth of business worldwide and adapt the organiza- tion to new customer requirements. Effective as of January 1, 2014, Richard Mora left his previous job as key success factor for the Group’s leadership position Executive Vice President Americas and was promoted in energy meters, one of Richard Mora’s first priorities to the newly created position of Chief Operating Offi- has been to review the best organizational structure cer based in Zug, Switzerland. Today, all regions and approach to coordinate global R&D efforts for report to Richard Mora and he also coordinates R&D Smart Grid, Smart Metering, related software and and quality efforts. While the regional organization is a network communications technologies. His successor as Executive Vice President for the Americas region is Prasanna Venkatesan, who was most recently Landis+Gyr’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for the systems and services business in North America. In addition, Roger Amhof, who joined Landis+Gyr from Ernst & Young in April 2014, was named Chief Strategy Officer, the second new Zug- based executive position. Roger Amhof has been a trusted advisor of Landis+Gyr’s for many years. In his new role he is responsible for expanding corporate and business growth strategies, including interna- tional partnerships, ventures and innovative models for new business opportunities around the world. 11 |