{"id":7907,"date":"2020-01-29T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relaunch.the-rsgroup.com\/?p=7907"},"modified":"2026-10-08T03:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T03:21:37","slug":"dirk-soete-to-lead-the-rs-group-to-be-a-leading-provider-of-electrical-infrastructure-products-in-key-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rs-ele.tc-r.de\/de\/dirk-soete-to-lead-the-rs-group-to-be-a-leading-provider-of-electrical-infrastructure-products-in-key-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Soete to Lead the R&#038;S Group to be a Leading Provider of Electrical Infrastructure Products in Key Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7907\" class=\"elementor elementor-7907\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597bca6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"597bca6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e6c8dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e6c8dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baad3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baad3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #5587c8;\">Sissach, Switzerland, January 2020 \u2013<\/span> Dirk Soete (54) has taken the position of CEO of the R&amp;S Group on January 1st, 2020. He superseded Mike Lauper (60) who will remain in the company as a consultant.<\/p>\n<p>Dirk Soete has broad international experience, having lived and worked in multiple countries and locations such as Germany, USA, Philippines and China. He brings to the group a vast experience &#8211; both operational and managerial &#8211; in the electrical industry especially in the transformers business. Having started as an electrical designer in 1992, Dirk Soete then moved over via sales and business development to P&amp;L responsibility for complete global transformer operations.<\/p>\n<p>As new Group CEO, Dirk Soete will take the responsibility to lead the Group to its vision of being a leading provider of electrical infrastructure products in key markets around the world. He will also further bring together the subsidiary companies to exploit valuable group synergies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #5587c8;\">About R&amp;S<\/span><br \/>\nThe Swiss-based R&amp;S Group is a leading provider of electrical infrastructure products in key markets around the globe. With manufacturing facilities and offices in Europe, South America and the Middle East, and a wide partner network globally, R&amp;S offers distribution and power transformers, medium and high voltage switching devices as well as certain products for railway electrification and industrial electrical connectors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc01148 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc01148\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053cf8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"053cf8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5831a04 rs-slider elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5831a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:900,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show_tablet&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image gallery\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 sur 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rs-ele.tc-r.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dirk-soete-ceo-rs.jpg\" alt=\"Dirk_2\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aebf73b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aebf73b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sissach, Switzerland, January 2020 \u2013 Dirk Soete (54) has taken the position of CEO of the R&amp;S Group on January 1st, 2020. 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