Carine Glas
Carine Glas (Schneider Electric)
President
Thomas Brenner
Thomas Brenner (Siemens)
Vice President

Steering Committee

  • President: Carine Glas (Schneider Electric)
  • Vice President: Thomas Brenner (Siemens)
  • General Secretary: Markus Winzenick (ZVEI)
  • Alexander Benedict (Benedict)
  • Kai Garrels (ABB)
  • Matthias Marxen (EATON)
  • Davide Colombo (Legrand)

Plenary Committee

  • All Associations and Manufacturers members of Capiel
  • General Secretary: Markus Winzenick (ZVEI)

Roadmap, Convenors

Digitalization & IoT

  • PG4 Digitalization of Buildings (Joint group Capiel/Cecapi) / Convenor: Philippe Vollet (Schneider Electric)
    • Task Force 1 Power measurement, Leader: Franck Gruffaz (Schneider Electric)
    • Task Force 2 New Energy Landscape/DC, Leader: Jean Wild (Schneider Electric)
  • PG8 Digitalization of Industry / Convenor: Kai Garrels (ABB)
  • Cybersecurity by Philippe Vollet (Schneider Electric) & Kai Garrels (ABB)

Product and Systems

  • PG1 Ecodesign – Energy-Related Products (ErP), Convenor: Andreas Bäumler (Siemens)
  • Sustainable Products (Joint Group Capiel/Cecapi), Convenor: Wim de Kesel (Legrand)
  • Construction Product Regulation (CPR), Hélène Menou (Legrand)
  • PG5 Low voltage switchgear and controlgear - safety aspects, Convenor: Anette Wester-Odbratt (ABB)
  • PG9 New Legislative Framework, Convenor: David Main-Reade (Rockwell)
  • Communication Network Task Force, Convenor: Philippe Juhel (Schneider Electric)

Communication

  • PG6 Communication, interim Convenor: Philippe Vollet (Schneider Electric)
  • Market Statistics, by Marzia Colonna (ANIE)

Structure

The organisation of CAPIEL will consist of:

  • The Plenary Committee
  • The Steering Committee
  • The project groups or task forces

Project Groups or specific Task Forces are to be set up by the Plenary Committee, if and when appropriate. They work within a framework defined by the Plenary Committee under the operational supervision of the Steering committee.

The President & Vice President
The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by the Plenary Committee for a period of three years amongst the Manufacturer’s representatives. The President and the Vice-President shall be eligible for one further consecutive period of one year.

The Secretary General
The Secretary General is a permanent member of one of the trade associations which is a member of CAPIEL. They are appointed and removed by the Plenary Committee.

Statutes & compliance charter

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