Dr. Andreas Widl has been CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT since 1 April 2015.
Dr. Widl holds a doctoral degree in physics from the Technical University of Munich. Before he joined SAMSON, Dr. Widl had served in executive positions at the Mannesmann group and GE Capital. Within In the Swiss Oerlikon group he was responsible for restructuring several business units, he was appointed Asia CEO & President and served as CEO at Leybold Vacuum for over four years.