Thomas Melczer

Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Melczer has 30 years of global experience in the industrial power sector.  In July 2007 he became CEO of SPower Holding GmbH, a provider and integrator of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) products, diesel generators, solar systems and batteries for global markets.  Prior to this he was Managing Director of Masterguard GmbH, a specialist provider of UPS products and services for critical power protection worldwide.  Masterguard was a subsidiary of Siemens until 1998, when he led the demerger of Masterguard into an independent entity.  After bringing Masterguard into profitability Thomas Melczer headed the negotiations which led to its acquisition in 2000 by AIM-quoted Chloride Group plc.  Since then Thomas also served as Vice President of International Sales for the enlarged group’s UPS Systems Division, in addition to continuing as Managing Director of Masterguard until June 2007.

Thomas spent the first 20 years of his career at Siemens AG, starting as a business trainee and rising to Managing Director of Siemens’ Component Power Supply Division in Leipzig.  Prior to this he was Director of Finance for the Telecommunication Cable and Network Systems divisions in Munich and held various managerial and finance positions for Siemens in the US, Mexico and North Africa.