Voith Hydro has named Jan Lüder as its new President and CEO, effective April 1, 2025. He will also join the Corporate Board of Management of the Voith Group. Lüder succeeds Dr. Tobias Keitel, who is leaving the company.
Lüder joins Voith Hydro from Sulzer AG in Switzerland, where he served as Division President Flow and was a member of the Executive Committee. From 2015 to 2022, he held leadership roles at thyssenkrupp, including CEO of the Mining Technologies division and CEO of Industrial Solutions Asia Pacific. Before that, he spent nearly 20 years at Siemens AG in various international management positions across Asia and Europe. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.
“By appointing Jan Lüder, we have secured a leader for Voith who brings proven expertise in project and plant operations, along with extensive international management experience from renowned industrial firms. He is poised to strategically position the Group Division Hydro for economic success and capitalize on the growth opportunities presented by the global energy transition,” said Prof. Siegfried Russwurm, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee and the Supervisory Board of Voith.
