Chinese market lifts Schindler to success

Local talent to play key role in sustaining growth, says Thomas Oetterli, China head of Swiss elevator-maker

Thomas Oetterli, CEO of Schindler Group China, began his career with the leading Swiss elevator and escalator company in 1994 as an accountant.

"Usually accountants are very quiet and very serious," he said. But apparently, Oetterli is a cheerful and humorous person with an extremely amiable and down-to-earth disposition.