AeroVisto Group, leading interior specialist for the aviation industry announced today the appointment of a new member of the Board of Directors of AeroVisto Interior Services AG, as of 1 April 2020 Stefan Buri (44) joins AeroVisto to strengthen its leadership for the next phase of market expansion.
Stefan Buri, Swiss, holds a master’s degree in “Industrial Management & Engineering” from ETH Zurich and began his career in 2002 at Nestle Nespresso SA, in production. In 2003 he joined the specialty chemicals company Clariant International AG, where he held various positions in Audit and Finance, with broad international exposure and growing responsibilities. From 2010 to 2014 he held an international assignment for Clariant in the role as “Sales Region Americas”, located in Brazil. In 2014 he joined Dutch-based Stahl Holdings BV, an automotive interior surfaces expert and world-market leader in its field. In the role as “Global Marketing Director Mobility”, he has built and led Stahl’s approach towards mobility end-markets. His emphasize was on the global Automotive OEM community in particular, until 2020.
Hermann Bauer, chairman at AeroVisto Interior Services AG: “Stefan, with his 18 years of relevant international experience represents an ideal addition to our Group. We have worked with him as a business partner for more than 2 years now, with his joining to AeroVisto, we respond to our dynamic business expansion and in line with our future ambitions. With his knowledge, experiences and network in Automotive and Material Science, he will be capable to add a very important, new perspective to the global Aviation industry. AeroVisto Group’s mission is to deliver Best in Customer Experience. With the announcement today, we are strengthening our core to exactly deliver on that”.
Carsten Matthiesen, vice chairman at AeroVisto Interior Services AG: “This represents a logic next step in our company’s long-term strategy. We want to strengthen our innovation leadership, continue our international expansion and accelerate value-creation. Existing and new clients in Business Aviation and Commercial Aviation will benefit from our value-adding solutions and strengthened core of the AeroVisto Group. Stefan’s new role for AeroVisto will be “Head of Corporate Development, Innovation and Marketing”. He will be member of the Board of Directors of AeroVisto Interior Services AG, whose members assume collectively the Board of Management. In his new function, Stefan will lead and execute the Group’s tasks in:
Stefan Buri, new board member at AeroVisto Interior Services AG: “I am honored and humbled joining the AeroVisto Group today, a leading interior specialist for the aviation industry. I am confident that with my know-how, experiences and broad network in Material Science and Automotive I will be in the position to contribute and add value to our aviation clients. Actually, we collectively realized that combining different perspectives, know-how and talent can lead to something great. My entry at AeroVisto comes at unprecedented times for the global aviation industry. Equally true is the fact, that the traditional automotive industry stands at the verge of major disruption. It’s no secret that New Mobility players in the automotive space, are increasingly looking into the aviation industry to find inspiration for setting-up their autonomous vehicle fleet operations. Requirements on interiors are about to change, provided the similarities in use-case with the aviation industry. We will be seeing an increasing degree of cross-pollination and practice sharing between Automotive and Aviation industries in the future. AeroVisto, as a leading aviation interior specialist, is ideally positioned for that”.
For more information, please visit www.aerovisto.com.
Stefan Buri, Swiss, holds a master’s degree in “Industrial Management & Engineering” from ETH Zurich and began his career in 2002 at Nestle Nespresso SA, in production. In 2003 he joined the specialty chemicals company Clariant International AG, where he held various positions in Audit and Finance, with broad international exposure and growing responsibilities. From 2010 to 2014 he held an international assignment for Clariant in the role as “Sales Region Americas”, located in Brazil. In 2014 he joined Dutch-based Stahl Holdings BV, an automotive interior surfaces expert and world-market leader in its field. In the role as “Global Marketing Director Mobility”, he has built and led Stahl’s approach towards mobility end-markets. His emphasize was on the global Automotive OEM community in particular, until 2020.
Hermann Bauer, chairman at AeroVisto Interior Services AG: “Stefan, with his 18 years of relevant international experience represents an ideal addition to our Group. We have worked with him as a business partner for more than 2 years now, with his joining to AeroVisto, we respond to our dynamic business expansion and in line with our future ambitions. With his knowledge, experiences and network in Automotive and Material Science, he will be capable to add a very important, new perspective to the global Aviation industry. AeroVisto Group’s mission is to deliver Best in Customer Experience. With the announcement today, we are strengthening our core to exactly deliver on that”.
Carsten Matthiesen, vice chairman at AeroVisto Interior Services AG: “This represents a logic next step in our company’s long-term strategy. We want to strengthen our innovation leadership, continue our international expansion and accelerate value-creation. Existing and new clients in Business Aviation and Commercial Aviation will benefit from our value-adding solutions and strengthened core of the AeroVisto Group. Stefan’s new role for AeroVisto will be “Head of Corporate Development, Innovation and Marketing”. He will be member of the Board of Directors of AeroVisto Interior Services AG, whose members assume collectively the Board of Management. In his new function, Stefan will lead and execute the Group’s tasks in:
- Marketing & Communications
- Strategic sales
- Business development
- Key Account management
- Innovation & Technology-implementation
Stefan Buri, new board member at AeroVisto Interior Services AG: “I am honored and humbled joining the AeroVisto Group today, a leading interior specialist for the aviation industry. I am confident that with my know-how, experiences and broad network in Material Science and Automotive I will be in the position to contribute and add value to our aviation clients. Actually, we collectively realized that combining different perspectives, know-how and talent can lead to something great. My entry at AeroVisto comes at unprecedented times for the global aviation industry. Equally true is the fact, that the traditional automotive industry stands at the verge of major disruption. It’s no secret that New Mobility players in the automotive space, are increasingly looking into the aviation industry to find inspiration for setting-up their autonomous vehicle fleet operations. Requirements on interiors are about to change, provided the similarities in use-case with the aviation industry. We will be seeing an increasing degree of cross-pollination and practice sharing between Automotive and Aviation industries in the future. AeroVisto, as a leading aviation interior specialist, is ideally positioned for that”.
For more information, please visit www.aerovisto.com.
