Group profile

Executive Management

Chief Executive Officer

Jean-Marc Théolier, French and US national

Jean-Marc Théolier, French and US national

  • Master in Business Administration at University Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble, France, and BS in Mechanical Engineering at INSA, Lyon, France
  • Design Engineer and Business Development Manager at Merlin- Gerin, France, from 1982 until 1990
  • Global Marketing Director and later Americas National Sales Manager at Crouzet in France and US, from 1990 until 2006
  • VP Sales then General Manager of Crydom Inc., San Diego, CA, and Dallas, TX, USA, from 2006 until 2015
  • Business Unit Director at Sensata Technologies and General Manager of BEI Kimco, San Diego, CA, USA, from 2015 until 2017
  • CEO at Pelco Inc., Fresno, CA, USA, from 2017 until 2019
  • Global Head of Sales and Marketing, Region Head Americas, Carlo Gavazzi Group from 2019 until 2022
  • CEO Carlo Gavazzi Group since July 2022

Chief Financial Officer ad interim

Yolanta de Cacqueray, Polish and French national

Yolanta de Cacqueray, Polish and French national

  • Graduated as Master of Sciences and Engineering at Polytechnical School, Wroclaw, Poland, and as MBA at HEC Paris, France
  • Developed her professional career during 15 years in Nestlé
  • Deputy Zone Director for Europe, Nestlé Waters from 2000 until 2002
  • Director International Finance at France Telecom from 2002 until 2005
  • Deputy CFO and CFO at Firmenich, Losinger Marazzi, Beldona and other companies from 2005 until 2016
  • CFO of Landis & Gyr Switzerland AG from 2016 until 2022
  • Director Accounting, Reporting and Treasury at Smartenergy Group since 2022
  • Bearer shareholders‘ representative of Carlo Gavazzi Holding AG since 2022
  • Interim Chief Financial Officer of Carlo Gavazzi Group, since December 2024

External Corporate Communications

Rolf Schläpfer

Rolf Schläpfer

  • Senior Partner of Hirzel.Neef.Schmid.Konsulenten AG, Zurich
  • External corporate communications of the Carlo Gavazzi Group, since January 1, 2011


Rolf Schläpfer is not a member of the executive management and is not an employee of the Group.