Philip Hofer has over 26 years of experience in all fields of the lift industry including having received his MSc in Lift Engineering at the University of Northampton. He has worked at Schindler lifts for the past 25 years being involved in installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, Product safety, Ride Quality Engineering and new product development during 12 years within the R&D organisation.

Previously he was Project Manager for new Installation methods for High Rise lifts in Shanghai. Currently he is the Head of Field Engineering at the Jardine Schindler group in Hong Kong.