Andreas Schwer (born 1966) is a German manager. He was CEO of the state arms and military manufacturer SAMI of

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

from 2018 to 2020.

Professional career

Andreas Schwer studied

aerospace engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

from 1987 to 1992. In 1995 he earned a Ph. D. in this subject with a research project at

ESA The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 23-member international organization devoted to space exploration. With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 2,547 people globally as of 2023, ESA was founded in 1975 in the context of European ...

from 2003 to 2004. From 1999 to 2000 he completed his master's in

systems engineering Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their Enterprise life cycle, life cycles. At its core, systems engineering uti ...

at the

Universiteit Delft The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, and natural sciences. It is considered one o ...

while already working for Airbus. Schwer initially worked for Airbus in the armaments and aerospace division from 1995 to 2005 and in the helicopter division from 2005 to 2008. From 2008 to 2012 he was CTO und Executive Vice-president at American crane manufacturer

The Manitowoc Company The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer which produces cranes and previously produced commercial refrigeration and marine equipment. It was founded in 1902 and, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets ...

and became

managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

of Mantitowoc Germany in 2011. From 2012 to 2017 he was with

Rheinmetall Rheinmetall AG () is a German automotive and arms manufacturer, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was promoted to the DAX, Germany's leading stock market index, in March 2023. It is the largest German and fifth largest Europe ...

and board-member of the combat system division of Rheinmetall International. He supported the export of combat tanks to Turkey. The German government stopped and banned all arms exports to the regime in

Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...

in 2018 because of the murder of journalist

Jamal Khashoggi Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi (13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, Saudi dissidents, dissident, author, columnist for ''Middle East Eye'' and ''The Washington Post'', and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab New ...

. Nevertheless, Schwer could switch to

Saudi Arabian Military Industries Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), (Arabic:الشركة السعودية للصناعات العسكرية), is a state-owned defense company based in Saudi Arabia. Activities SAMI was established to provide defense products and servic ...

at the beginning of 2018. Under the co-responsibility of Schwer SAMI aims to take over for a billion US dollars the

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

n armaments company Denel; including its shares in a joint venture with Rheinmetall. Rheinmetall production facilities in South Africa and Italy continue to supply SAMI with ammunition. According to German magazine Stern this deal amounts to more than 100 million euros per year. The hiring of Schwer as a top manager by SAMI was part of a "small request" (Kleine Anfrage) of the member of Bundestag

Sevim Dağdelen Sevim Dağdelen (born 4 September 1975) is a German politician and a member of the Bundestag. She was elected for Left Party () and switched in October 2023 to Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. Early years Born in Duisburg to Kurdish Alevi immigra ...

, Christine Buchholz,

Klaus Ernst Klaus Ernst (born 1 November 1954) is a German politician and was a leading member of the Labour and Social Justice Party, later The Left and switched to BSW in October 2023. He is political economist has served as a member of The Left in ...

, Heike Hänsel, Andrej Hunko, Zaklin Nastic, Eva-Maria Schreiber, Kirsten Tackmann, Kathrin Vogler, Hubertus Zdebel and the parliamentary party

Die Linke Die Linke (; ), also known as the Left Party ( ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The ...

entitled "The Promised Export Stop of German Armaments to Saudi Arabia and the Role of Rheinmetall" in January 2019. Schwer is

chairman The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ...

of the Australian metal 3D-printer manufacturer Titomic since July 2020. Dr Schwer was appointed Group CEO o
EOS (Electro Optic Systems)
in August 2022.

Private life

Andreas Schwer lived in

Meersburg Meersburg () is a town in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany. It is on Lake Constance. It is known for its medieval city. The lower town ("Unterstadt") and upper town ("Oberstadt") are reserved for pedestrians only, and connected by t ...

on Bodensee until 2017. In Meersburg he was involved in as an organist in the Catholic parish of Mariä Heimsuchung.

External links

Andreas Schwer
at

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References

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