Since his appointment as CEO of SFC Energy in 2006, Dr. Peter Podesser has steered the company’s growth from a Munich-based fuel cell technology start-up to a global leader in hydrogen and methanol fuel cells.
Prior to joining SFC Energy, Dr. Podesser was working in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry as President of Oerlikon Wafer Processing (today OC Oerlikon) in the U.S. and in Switzerland, and as CEO & President of EV Group in Austria. Prior to that, as CEO Asia Pacific, he was responsible for building up the China and Asia business of RHI AG (today RHI Magnesita), in China and Singapore.
Peter graduated at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, with study visits in France, Spain and Brazil. He holds an MBA and a PhD. Dr. Podesser is further a Board Member of the Fuel Cell Working Group of the German Engineering Federation.