Interview with Mr Lars Martinsson, Vice President for Alstom Grid Power Transformers business
TM: Mr Martinsson, Alstom has stood out this year due to more than one out of the ordinary news, starting with successful testing of HVDC...
byTransformers Magazine
TM: Mr Martinsson, Alstom has stood out this year due to more than one out of the ordinary news, starting with successful testing of HVDC transformers. We are very pleased you have accepted our request for the interview and look forward to finding out more about you and power transformer business management.
You are known as Vice President for Alstom Grid Power Transformer business. Can you give us a little background about yourself?
LM: I studied electrical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, my home country, where I got the MSc certificate. My professional career started in 1992 working for ABB. I held various senior positions such as technical manager ABB Transformers in Ludvika, managing director of ABB Transformers UK, managing director of ABB Transformers Ludvika, global head of Large Power Transformers business, and subsequently became the head of Power Products Division in Sweden. And prior to my actual position at Alstom Grid, I was the CEO of Pharmadule, a supplier of advanced modular production facilities for the pharmaceutical and biotech
industries.
TM: What do your responsibilities as Vice President for Alstom Grid Power Transformer business include?
LM: Leading the power transformers and bushings business globally, including strategy, business development, manufacturing and sales at a worldwide level.
TM: What are your greatest challenges as a Vice President in a large company?
LM: I think it’s all about people – having the right people at the right places around the world in order to be close to our customers and to get an efficient business flow. Our objective is to ensure the correct understanding
of market needs, and develop our business to be in line with them.
About the company
TM: Before we go to the hottest part of the interview, please, tell us a few words about Alstom Grid Power Transformers. What is the global position in this business?
LM: We are one of the leaders in this market with leading technology and a global coverage.
TM: How many manufacturing and engineering sites do you have worldwide?
LM: Our industrial footprint includes eleven manufacturing units all aligned with the same technical concept, manufacturing processes and quality assurance. We also have one global R&D centre and various technology centres for different products distributed in various units.
TM: How does the business serve different markets (company and territorial organisation) and makes it stand out?
LM: We are close to our customers with a regional sales organisation supported by the technical know-how of our factories.
TM: What is your secret to achieving customer satisfaction?
LM: It is not really a secret. What’s important is to ensure a high level of technical competence, with the ability to support the customer in choosing the best solutions while managing complex requirements.
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