Profile of Anton Schrofner

Personal information
 
Name: Anton Schrofner
Date and place of birth: August 23, 1963, in Salzburg, Austria
Marital status: Married, two children


Education
1978 – 1984 Higher Technical Institute Salzburg, Machine/Industrial
Engineering
Degree in Engineering (Dipl. Ing. [HTL])
1997 – 2001 Business studies part time at the Vienna University of Economics and
Business (ÖCI) and the University of Innsbruck (MCI) – focus on:
International Management
Degree in Business (Dipl.-Betriebswirt)


Career
10/1984 – 08/1993 Various positions in his parents’ company
Schrofner Fülltechnik GmbH, Salzburg, Austria
Head of Machining, Head of Production Planning, Head of Technology
08/1993 – 12/1994 Tecan Group AG, Männedorf, Switzerland
Project Head R&D, Industrialization
12/1994 – 02/1996 Tecan Group AG, Männedorf, Switzerland
Head of Logistics & Manufacturing
02/1996 – 01/2001 Tecan Group AG, Männedorf, Switzerland
Head of the Detection Business Unit, Managing Director
Member of the Executive Committee
01/2001 – 11/2003 Tecan Group AG, Männedorf, Switzerland
Head of Tecan Instruments, Head of the Robotics & Liquid
Handling Business Unit, Managing Director
Member of the Executive Committee
11/2003 – 04/2007 Phonak AG (now: Sonova Holding AG), Stäfa, Switzerland
Executive Vice President Operations & Supply Chain, COO
05/2007 – 04/2009 Forteq Group AG, Nidau, Switzerland
COO, turnaround and restructuring mandate
05/2009 – 08/2010 Panwerk GmbH, Grödig, Austria, Service provider for product innovations
and shareholdings, Managing Partner
since 09/2010 Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Member of the Executive Board Production, Logistics and IT