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Minkels appoints Christiaan van Terheijden as its new CEO
February 2015 by Marc Jacob
Minkels, a worldwide supplier of data centre solutions and part of the quoted company Legrand (Euronext Paris: LR), has appointed Christiaan van Terheijden (38) as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Christiaan van Terheijden has the task of strengthening the global positioning of the Minkels brand by rolling out the business in new export countries. Mr van Terheijden has also been appointed with the aim of consolidating the existing business and creating further synergy between Minkels and Legrand.
Minkels specialises in data centres, a manufacturer that has accumulated many years of knowledge within the international data centre sector, offering modular and integrated total solutions for the development of corporate and commercial data centres. The Legrand parent organisation is a worldwide specialist in electrical intelligence and digital infrastructures for buildings.
Christiaan van Terheijden has been brought in to strengthen the global position of the Minkels brand in the data centre market, to consolidate existing business and to create further synergy between Minkels and Legrand.
Mr van Terheijden’s previous roles include a variety of international functions at the parent company Legrand. His most recent function was as the Commercial Director for Legrand Group in Austria and Germany, where he managed four branches and the Vienna head office. Before that he was Export Manager for many years, both for the Legrand Group and for the cable management specialist Van Geel, which like Minkels was also acquired by Legrand a few years ago.
