Background
Kissling, Willy Rudolf was born on May 26, 1944 in Dulliken, Switzerland. Son of Victor and Elisabeth (Henzirohs) Kissling.
Kissling, Willy Rudolf was born on May 26, 1944 in Dulliken, Switzerland. Son of Victor and Elisabeth (Henzirohs) Kissling.
License rer. policy, University Berne, 1970. Doctor rer. policy, University Berne, 1977. Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School, 1978.
Assistant to chief executive officer Eternit AG, Niederurnen, Switzerland, 1970—1971. Managing director Techite GmbH, Hochheim, Germany, 1971. Project consultant Eternit AG, Niederurnen, 1972—1974.
Group executive secretary Doctor Max Schmidheiny, Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 1974—1978. Joint managing director Unotec AG (formerly Intergips AG), Glarus, 1979—1981. President, chief executive officer, 1981—1988.
Captain Swiss Army, 1973.
President Landis & Gyr Holdings AG, Zug, Switzerland, since 1987. Chairman Rigips GmbH, Bodenwerder, Germany, 1981, Gips-Union AG, Zurich, 1981, Rigips Austria GmbH, Bad Aussee, Austria, 1980, Rigips Benelux B.V., Vianen, Netherlands, 1981, Rigips Italia S.a.r.l., Milan. Member of Harvard (Zurich).
Married Sylvia Gabriele Rissling, March 27, 1975. Children: Anja Catherina, Sonja Alexa.