JÜRGEN SCHUOL

chair, industry

Head of Sustainability, Voith Hydro

Dr Jürgen Schuol has been the Head of Sustainability at Voith Hydro since 2014. Prior to that, he was the Manager Environmental Engineering at Voith Hydro in Heidenheim (Germany) since 2008.

He has worked with various business associations like the International Hydropower Association (IHA) as well as VGB PowerTech Hydro and served as Secretary-General of the Hydro Equipment Association (HEA).

He was a member of the IHA Protocol Reference Group that supported the hydro sector representatives in the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum and joined the Council chamber “Hydropower consultants, contractors or equipment suppliers” from the very beginning.

Dr Schuol graduated in Environmental Engineering as well as in Water Resources Engineering and Management from the University of Stuttgart (Germany) in 2003 and received his doctoral degree in Environmental Sciences from the ETH Zürich (Switzerland) in 2007.