Schneider Electric South Africa, a specialist in energy management, is pleased to announce that Bernhard Klöss has joined the company as director of its Industry Business in southern Africa.
Klöss has held executive posts for the past six years, and also has more than 20 years of experience in the engineering, and oil and gas industries.
He therefore brings to the company extensive leadership experience as well as expertise in corporate account management, channel management, operations management, marketing and sales, general industries, and project and product business.
As the director for Industry Business, Klöss will be responsible for the marketing, sales and execution of Schneider Electric’s comprehensive range of industrial products and solutions.
His career began as a national product engineer for low voltage switchgear at Siemens in 1994. He later joined Asea Brown Boveri Pty (Ltd) as a proposals engineer in its composite plants division before returning to Siemens as the national product manager for low voltage switchgear.
Illustrating his business acumen, Klöss worked his way up through the ranks at Siemens, holding the posts of national sales manager for the automation and drives division, global corporate account manager for SABMiller, country divisional director for Siemen’s oil and gas business in South Africa, and finally regional head of sales for South East Africa in the energy, oil and gas sector, and the business unit manager for oil and gas compression and solutions.
Klöss’ experience is complemented by academic qualifications in national electrical engineering, focusing specifically on heavy current from the Vaal University of Technology (previously Vaal Triangle Technikon), a diploma in business management from Damelin College where he majored in marketing, finance, human resources and accounting, a GIMT strategic leadership diploma from Henley Management College, and a Henley diploma in business management also from Henley Management College. ö
