Schmuel Holles now partner at AWK Group
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The management and IT consulting company AWK Group has welcomed Schmuel Holles to its team of partners as per 1 January 2022. A widely recognised expert in the energy industry, Holles will continue to develop the Utilities practice as a partner.
Schmuel Holles has been with AWK Group in various roles for over 20 years. He was - and still is - instrumental in the development and expansion of the Utilities practice. As an expert for strategy, processes and ICT along the energy value chain, he has guided energy suppliers for many years on their transformational path and in keeping with the digitalisation in the entire industry.
After starting as a consultant, Schmuel Holles soon focused on energy suppliers as a strategy, process and ICT consultant. Most recently, as Head of Utilities, Schmuel Holles managed the entire segment, managing key accounts and supervising the acquisition and further development of the team. Before joining AWK, he worked as an engineer for Ascom Business Systems and Cellcom Israel Schmuel Holles holds a degree in electrical engineering from the ETH and an MBA.
The energy landscape is in the throes of a disruptive shift involving increasing decentralisation, decarbonisation and digitalisation. The transformation of power utilities is in full swing. AWK accompanies them on this path with pertinent experience and expertise and offers support in strategic, operational and technical matters.
AWK Group has built up a strong position in Switzerland in this field in the past, which it intends to further expand under the new management structure with Schmuel Holles as a partner. Schmuel Holles' team supports energy suppliers in their challenges with a high quality of management and ICT consulting, particularly with regard to the major issues they are currently facing; these include the integration of renewable energies into the energy system, measures to ensure the security of supply, or the implementation of the proposed deregulation of the energy market.
The internationalisation of business activities as pursued by AWK makes it possible to contribute international expertise to the energy sector in particular, for a utilities sector that is increasingly closely connected in Switzerland too.
Oliver Vaterlaus, CEO of AWK Group comments: "AWK owes much of its excellent reputation in the energy sector to Schmuel Holles. He has built a strong, active community. There is scarcely an expert out there who knows the Swiss energy supply industry better than he does. The supply of energy is becoming one of the mega issues of our time. It is here we want to grow, and Schmuel will add even more weight and momentum to the Utilities practice as a new partner."
Brief bio Schmuel Holles
Schmuel Holles is a recognised expert in strategy development, process management and ICT consulting. His many years of management experience and a high level of technical and methodological proficiency are backed by sound expertise along the entire energy value chain. This has not only given him first-hand knowledge of industry-specific challenges, trends and developments, but he has also been at the forefront of digitalisation and strategic transformation for numerous Swiss energy providers.
Schmuel Holles has been with AWK Group in various roles for more than 20 years and was instrumental in setting up and developing the Utilities division. Since 2009, Schmuel Holles has been Head of Utilities for the entire segment, managing key accounts and supervising the acquisition and further development of the Utilities team. Before joining AWK, he worked for Ascom Business Systems and Cellcom Israel in various engineering positions. Schmuel Holles holds a degree in electrical engineering from the ETH and an MBA.
About AWK Group
AWK Group, with offices in Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lausanne, is part of an independent international management and technology consulting group. Together with Ginkgo Management Consulting and Quint Group, we serve our clients in Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, the Netherlands, China, and Singapore with more than 800 employees.
Our services range from the development of digital business models to data analytics, cyber security, and IT advisory to the management of complex transformation projects.
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