Mario De Marco has been appointed Chief Sales Officer (CSO) International at Rittal with effect from July 2025. The company has reintroduced this position to the management team in order to better serve its international customers and meet their local requirements.
The world’s leading system provider of hardware, software and automation is thus aligning its organisation to focus on customer proximity in increasingly differentiated markets. Mario De Marco is an experienced expert from within the company who has been driving forward international customer business for more than two decades.
“Rittal supports customers in their digital transformation for future growth, thereby effectively strengthening their competitiveness. As the new CSO, Mario De Marco will ensure that the company, together with its international sales companies, can continue to fulfil this task close to its customers and markets, even in times of increasing deglobalisation,” says Prof. Dr. Niko Mohr, member of the Executive Board of the Friedhelm Loh Group and CEO of Rittal International and Rittal Software Systems. ‘Mr De Marco is an experienced sales expert with a keen sense for international customers and markets. He played a significant role in establishing our international sales structures.’
As Head of International Market Management and International Subsidiary Management, he has already successfully and reputedly acted as an interface between the international sales companies, customers and headquarters. In his 23 years at Rittal, Mario De Marco has held various management positions in export and sales, driving forward the development of international markets, establishing dealer structures and helping to set up several subsidiaries.
“I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to contribute to Rittal in this expanded role. Business and markets are changing rapidly. We need to be highly agile in order to continue offering our customers solutions that effectively drive them forward,‘ says Mario De Marco, CSO Rittal International. ’Despite all the dynamics of geopolitics, the global economy and technology, there is one constant that applies everywhere in the world: in sales and management, it’s all about listening carefully and connecting the right people.”
