Sylvère Leu was born and educated in Switzerland, and graduated from ETH Polytechnic with a degree in Electronic Engineering. After joining BBC (ABB) in engineering nuclear power plants he studied industrial design and business administration at the university of St.Gallen (HSG).

At Hilti AG Principality of Liechtenstein he managed production processes. Beside his job he worked as an associate lecturer at university of HSG for several years in the field of industrial production. As a Swiss pioneer, Sylvère Leu started to work in photovoltaics 20 years ago. He constructed an industrial relevant laminator and sun simulator in his own company.

At the end of 2005 he was charged to build up an integrated 250 MWp photovoltaic facility including wafer -, cell and module manufacturing at Frankfurt (Oder). In 2008 Sylvere Leu joined 3S Industries AG as COO and was responsible for the development, production and
engineering for Encapsulation machines (3S Swiss Solar Systems AG), SunSimulators (Pasan) and Stringers (Somont) for photovoltaic industry.

In 2009 he managed the fusion between Meyer Burger Technology and 3S Industries AG and becomes CIO of the whole group.