François Gabella has been appointed the new CEO of LEM Holding SA. He will take over from Paul Van Iseghem who will retire by the end of this year. Paul Van Iseghem, CEO of LEM, will be 65 next year. He has decided to retire by the end of 2010.
François Gabella will join the company on July 1, 2010, taking over the function as of this date. Until the year end, Paul Van Iseghem will support the Board of Directors and the new CEO for a smooth transition of the executive management responsibilities. Born 1958, Swiss national François Gabella graduated from EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne with an engineering degree in microtechnics and holds an executive MBA from IMD, International Institute for Management Development.
François Gabella has a broad industrial background, has worked in Switzerland, the United States, Germany and France for companies such as Schlumberger, ABB and AREVA, where he has held global responsibilities. In his last position, François Gabella was CEO of TESA SA in Switzerland, a world leader in measuring instruments.
