Sika Group has announced that Ivo Schadler will be joining its management, and will assume responsibility for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. He succeeds Paul Schuler, who was appointed CEO in May. Both commenced their new roles on 1 July 2017.
Ivo Schadler started his career at Sika in 1997. He held a number of management positions at the Swiss national subsidiary before becoming General Manager for the UK and Ireland in 2012. In this role he drove forward the subsidiaries’ growth and profitability, and also successfully completed the acquisition and integration of Everbuild Building Products Ltd.
In 2015 he was appointed Area Manager Europe South, and Head EMEA Target Market Refurbishment. His area of responsibility included sales activities in the Major EU countries, managing a turnover of around CHF1 billion.
Ivo Schadler is a qualified materials science engineer and also holds an MBA.
