Oct 10, 2022
Torqeedo GmbH, the market leader for marine electric drives, has appointed Fabian Bez as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO). Mr Bez assumed day-to-day leadership of the company effective 1 October 2022. Mr Bez will be joined by Heiko Vietmeier, who will serve as Torqeedo’s chief financial officer (CFO) starting 1 November.
The new management team will replace Dr Markus Müller, CTO and CSO of Torqeedo’s parent company DEUTZ AG, and Dr Alf Harkort, who served as interim managing directors for the company during the executive search process.
Mr Bez has many years of expertise in strategic corporate development, including building up the electrification and battery production areas as vice president e-solution and services at Webasto SE. As divisional CEO of Webasto Thermo and Comfort SE, he was also responsible for the end customer business and the leisure and marine segments. Most recently, Bez worked as an independent management consultant in the field of alternative drives and renewable energies.
Mr Vietmeier most recently served as the CFO for Defontaine Group in France, a world-class manufacturer of slewing bearings for wind turbines, transportation, forestry, machine tools, and marine and medical applications. He holds a degree in business, accounting and management from RWTH Aachen University, a master’s degree in international business from Toulouse Business School, and is a chartered accountant.
Dr Müller remarked: “The DEUTZ Management Board welcomes Fabian Bez and Heiko Vietmeier as the new management team for Torqeedo. We are confident they will leverage their extensive leadership experience to drive Torqeedo forward sustainably.”
“We would like to thank Dr Alf Harkort for his substantive contributions to Torqeedo and his impressive successes during the transition. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours,” stated Dr Müller.
“There couldn’t be a better time to join Torqeedo,” said Fabian Bez. “I am looking forward to further developing this fast-growing company as we build the emission-free future of the marine industry.”
New leadership takes the helm at Torqeedo
Corporate Profile - Dometic Outdoor Global Marine Division
Dometic Outdoor Global Marine Division is one organization that has set the bar high globally on quality standards in all aspects of its operation. From its human resources practices to its product development and manufacturing standards, the company strives for 110% in all it does. Dometic’s Vancouver, British Columbia design and manufacturing facility is the largest marine focused company in Canada. Its global standards are admirable, and our entire industry can learn from its leadership and positive practices.
In 1962, Dometic (then under the name Teleflex) developed, launched, and marketed a mechanical steering system and with its success came the first hydraulic steering in 1983 and No FeedBack Steering in ’91.
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Monaco Energy Boats Could Be Heading to Canada
The 10th edition of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge (MEBC) has wrapped up at the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) and it gives a compelling look at the future of electric boating.
The MEBC was started in 2014 as a competition between university teams who built and raced boats powered only by solar power and batteries. To encourage more participation from institutions that may not have naval architecture or boat construction expertise, the YCM introduced the Energy Class competition. The club supplies the student teams with the same one-design catamaran hull, and each team adds their own cockpit and propulsion system that can be powered by any renewable alternative energy sources, not just solar.
When your radar misses the target, you need a better mount
Questus Marine patented, Self-Leveling Radar Mounts automatically keep radar antennas level with the horizon, eliminating target loss.
Regardless of the angle of heel, with a Questus mount, a radar antenna will pick up targets to either side of a vessel, rather than aiming to the sky and water (for planes and fish). The Questus Marine Self-Leveling Radar Mount can be installed in three basic configurations: backstay mount, mast mount or Stern Pole mount.
