Dr. Roland Münch was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1959. After obtaining his high school certificate in 1979 he studied electric engineering at the Fridericiana University in Karlsruhe, finishing in 1986 with a degree in engineering. He then took up a post as a scientific researcher at the "Institut für Allgemeine Elektro-technik und Hochspannungstechnik" (Institute for General Electric Engineering and High Voltage Technology) at RWTH Aachen, gaining a doctorate in 1990. After various positions within the ABB Group he joined Voith in 2002 as a Mem-ber of the Board of the Voith Paper Holding where he was in charge of integrating the paper technology divisions of Jagenberg AG that Voith had acquired ear-lier. After successful completion of this integration he had been responsible for the Automation Business Division in Voith Paper from 1 October 2002. Since 2006, Dr. Münch had been a Deputy Member of the Management Board of Voith AG.

Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation is a Group Division of Voith and - with a workforce of around 3,000 employees and an order intake of more than 1 billion Euros in the past business year – Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation belongs to the world-wide leading companies for hydro power equipment.

Voith is setting standards in the markets paper, energy, mobility and service. Founded on 1 January 1867, and nowadays with approximately 37,000 employees, a turnover of 4.2 billion Euros and more than 270 locations worldwide, Voith is one of Europe’s large family-owned companies.

Voith is an official partner of the initiative “Germany - Land of Ideas.”