The Board of Directors of Ascom Holding Ltd has appointed a financial manager with extensive experience as its new Chief Financial Officer. Thomas Casata will take up his position as Ascom CFO on 15 July 2004, moving from his post as CFO of ESEC, a leading company in the semiconductor equipment industry.
He succeeds Rudolf Hadorn, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ascom on 1 June 2004.
Ascom has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors of Ascom Holding Ltd has appointed as its new CFO a financial manager with many years of experience as CFO of a company listed on the stock exchange. He will take up his position on 15 July 2004, taking over fully from Rudolf Hadorn, the current acting CFO (interim).
Thomas Casata has many years of experience as CFO of the ESEC Group in Cham, Switzerland, where he was responsible for finance in a highly cyclical market. He also has know-how in the field of purchasing, which he acquired during his time as Head of Purchasing at Bally. Prior to this he was with the Boston Consulting Group in Germany.
| About
Thomas Casata |
| Date of birth |
16 March 1965 |
| 1985-1990 |
Degree in Technical
Business Administration from the University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1991-1994 |
Boston Consulting
Group, Munich, Germany: Consultant/Project Manager |
| 1994-1998 |
Bally, Switzerland:
Head of Purchasing |
| 1998-2004 |
ESEC Group,
Cham, Switzerland: CFO |
About Ascom
Ascom is an international solution supplier with comprehensive technology know-how. With its wealth of experience in implementing complex projects for discerning customers, the company has established itself in key markets in the fields of Transport Revenue (revenue collection, toll collection and parking systems), Security Solutions (applications for security, communications, automation and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security institutions and the army), Network Integration (network solutions in the data/voice convergence market) and Wireless Solutions (high quality on-site communications solutions). Ascom's offerings range from analysis and consulting to system design and system integration, project management, engineering and implementation, right through to maintenance and support. The company has subsidiaries in 23 countries and a workforce of some 5,000 employees world-wide. Ascom registered shares (ASCN) are quoted on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich.
