Christian Straubhaar be the Senior Vice President Sales at Rieter Machines & Systems in Winterthur from January 2021. He will succeed Reto Thom who will retire.
A Masters in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology n Zurich, Straubhaar has over 20 years of experience in the textile industry. He was the Group Sales & Marketing Director at Itema for the world-wide sales of machines and spare parts. Prior to this, he held various positions in operations and as Business Unit Head in Itema and other global textile companies.
Straubhaar has a solid track record in identifying new market potentials and growing the business for the company. He also has a longstanding experience in selling to both large and small customers and developing key accounts within India.
Reto Thom successfully led the sales department at Rieter Machines & Systems for many years and made an enormous contribution to the success of the company.
