Renzo Coccioni is Industry & Government Relations Director at Schneider Electric’s Energy
Division. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich (ETH). Renzo started his career 1980 at Sprecher & Schuh / Sprecher
Energie in Oberentfelden, Switzerland, where he held various positions in the development of
SF6 high voltage circuit breakers and medium voltage switchgear. He was Unit Managing
Director of Alstom / Areva T&D in Linz, Austria, before moving to central business functions to
lead marketing of medium voltage products. He participates in several task forces focused on
Smart Grids, REACh, Smart Cities, and SF6 in T&D Europe /...
Renzo Coccioni is Industry & Government Relations Director at Schneider Electric’s Energy
Division. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich (ETH). Renzo started his career 1980 at Sprecher & Schuh / Sprecher
Energie in Oberentfelden, Switzerland, where he held various positions in the development of
SF6 high voltage circuit breakers and medium voltage switchgear. He was Unit Managing
Director of Alstom / Areva T&D in Linz, Austria, before moving to central business functions to
lead marketing of medium voltage products. He participates in several task forces focused on
Smart Grids, REACh, Smart Cities, and SF6 in T&D Europe / ORGALIME / ZVEI and at the
European Commission level.
