Norbert Rolf Wirsching

Electronics Company Executive (Retired)

Norbert Wirsching

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

1937

Born in Rotenfels, Rastatt, Germany to Victor and Anna (Gieringer) Wirsching.

1953:

Started apprenticeship as a Tool and Die maker at Mercedes-Benz AG in Stuttgart, Germany, graduating in 1957.

1958

Recruited by Radio Electronics Headquarters Incorporated in Manila, Philippines, to set up a Tool and Die division.

1962

Elected President of the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers (ASTME), Manila, Philippines, Chapter 165, through 1964.

1963

Completed a course on Executive Decision Making, an IBM “Computer Game” at the University Ateneo de Manila, Philippines.

1964

Received the Award of Merit from the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers, Manila, Philippines.

1967

Was recruited to serve as General Manager of Transworld Electronic Limited in Hong Kong and New York.

1974

Became the Chief Operating Officer of Capetronic Group Limited and Chairman in 1981, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and New York, N.Y.

1982

Became the director of BSR PLC, in London, England, through 1986. BSR PLC owned Capetronic Group Limited.

1986

Sold his investment in the Capetronic Group Limited to Polly Peck International PLC in London, England.

1989

Orchestrated the acquisition of a 51% stake in Sansui, a Japanese Electronics company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1989

Appointed Director/CEO of the US $1 billion turnover of the Electronics Division, Polly Peck International PLC in London through 1991.

1991

Quoted in multiple books by Tim Hindle, including “Asil Nadir, Fugitive From Injustice? “

1991

Received the S. David Feir Humanitarian Award from the Anti-Defamation League.

1992

Was quoted in “Asil Nadir and the Rise and Fall of Polly Peck,” by David Barchard of the Financial Times.

1992

Became the Managing Director of the Capetronic Group of Companies, for numerous countries worldwide, through 1994.

1994

Formed N.R. Wirsching Enterprise, Consultant to international public companies, through 2018, and negotiated successful acquisitions.

1996

Was quoted in “Who Killed Polly Peck?: The Corporate Assassination of Asil Nadir” by Elizabeth Forsyth.

1999

Was quoted in “The Turquoise conspiracy: Asil Nadir, the Collapse of Polly Peck, and the Persecution of a Family” by Bilge Nevzat.

2006

Became an Independent Director of Emerson Radio Corporation in the USA through 2008.

 

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