Recipient of Goldenes Verdienstabzeichen der Republik Oesterreich Award (Austria’s Highest National Honour) Josef M Ullmer, Managing Director & CEO, ANDRITZ HYDRO LTD., India; has had a distinguished career working in Electronics, where his career of more than three decades has spanned from leading a number of major strategic initiatives of ELIN and VATECH contributing substantially to the Export Success of the Austrian Industry for various thermal power plants, gas combined cycle power plants, hydro power plants and conventional and GIS substations in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Dedicated to enhance and grow the business in the Asian region, Josef M Ullmer in his current profile is running ANDRITZ HYDRO operation in Indonesia, and leads the Market Development Team for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. As for ELIN and VATECH, he is deeply involved in the Global Management Team for ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH, and to his credit has designed the ANDRITZ HYDRO Vision 2012 for SEA and Asia, which is currently under implementation. The latest global strategic initiative lead by Josef is the implementation of Low Cost High Skill Site Services for ANDRITZ HYDRO building on the global Site Service Experience of PT ANDRITZ HYDRO as well as ANDRITZ HYDRO’s venture into the OCEAN Energy field with the takeover of Hammerfest Storm, a technology leader in the field of Tidal Current Generation.
Recipient of Austria’s Highest National Honour (Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria) – Goldenes Verdienstabzeichen der Republik Oesterreich Award (2011) and ASEAN Development Citra Award (2001) for Best Practice Management of Joint Venture Companies in ASEAN; Josef M Ullmer is indeed a force to reckon with and an inspiration for everyone around him.
