Dr. Elena Cortona
Vice President of the Board of Directors, Chair of Sustainability Committee
(born 1970, Swiss and Italian, independent)
Dr. Elena Cortona has extensive experience in market transformation based on the development and digitalization of products and work processes. She holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Turin in Italy and a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Since June 2021, she has been Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and member of the Group Executive Committee of the Belimo Group. From 2017 until April 2021, she was Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Transformation in the CTO Division of the Schindler Group with headquarters in Ebikon, Switzerland, having already held various management positions with the group since 2001. Since October 2022, Dr. Elena Cortona is a member of the Innovation Council of Innosuisse, the innovation agency of the Swiss Confederation. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2019 and is currently Chair of the Sustainability Committee. She holds no other external Board of Directors’ mandates.