Board of Directors

The duties and responsibilities of the Board of Directors of Georg Fischer AG are defined by the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Articles of Association and the Corporation's organizational and company regulations. As at 23 March 2011, the Board of Directors was made up of ten persons.

Board Members

Andreas Koopmann, Chairman Board of Directors

Andreas Koopmann
Chairman of the Board, 1951 (Switzerland)
Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
MBA from IMD Lausanne (Switzerland)

Board Member since 2010, Chairman since 2012
Termination of current term: 2014
Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

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Gerold Bührer, Board of Directors

Gerold Bührer
Vice Chairman of the Board, 1948 (Switzerland)
Lic. oec. publ. University of Zurich (Switzerland)

Board member since 2001, Vice Chairman of the Board since 2012
Termination of current term: 2015
Member of the Audit Committee

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Roman Boutellier, Board of Directors

Roman Boutellier
Member of the Board of Directors, 1950 (Switzerland)
Dr. sc. math. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Board member since 1999
Termination of current term: 2016
Member of the Nomination Committee

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Ulrich Graf, Board of Directors

Ulrich Graf
Member of the Board of Directors, 1945 (Switzerland)
Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Board member since 1998
Termination of current term: 2014
Chairman of the Compensation Committee

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Rudolf Huber, Board of Directors

Rudolf Huber
Member of the Board of Directors, 1955 (Switzerland)
Dr. oec. publ. University of Zurich

Board member since 2006
Termination of current term: 2015
Chairman of the Audit Committee

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Roger Michaelis, Board of Directors

Roger Michaelis
Member of the Board of Directors, 1959 (Brazil and Germany)
Studied business administration at the University of São Paulo, Post-graduate degree in management and strategy at Krupp Foundation, Munich and Babson College, USA

Board member since 2012
Termination of current term: 2016
Member of the Nomination Committee

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Jasmin Staiblin, Board of Directors

Jasmin Staiblin
Member of the Board of Directors, 1970 (Germany)
Double degree in electrical engineering and physics from the Technical University, Karlsruhe (Germany), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)

Board member since 2011
Termination of current term: 2015
Member of the Nomination Committee

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Kurt E. Stirnemann, Board of Directors

Kurt E. Stirnemann
Member of the Board of Directors, 1943 (Switzerland)
Dr. sc. techn. ETH Zürich (Switzerland)

Board member since 2003
Termination of current term: 2014
Member of the Audit Committee

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Isabelle Welton, Board of Directors

Isabelle Welton
Member of the Board of Directors, 1963 (Switzerland)
Graduated in law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich (Switzerland)

Board member since 2012
Termination of current term: 2015
Member of the Compensation Committee

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Zhiqiang Zhang, Board of Directors

Zhiqiang Zhang
Board member, 1961 (China)
Bachelor of Sciences from Northern Jiatong University, Beijing (China);
MBA from Queen's University, Kingston (Canada)

Board member since 2005
Termination of current term: 2016
Member of the Compensation Committee

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Name

Born in

Position

Year of election

Term ends

Andreas Koopmann

1951

Chairman
President Nomination Committee

2010

2014

Gerold Bührer

1948

Vice Chairman
Member of the Audit Committee

2001

2015

Roman Boutellier

1950

Member of the Nomination Committee

1999

2016

Ulrich Graf

1945

President of the Compensation Committee

1998

2014

Rudolf Huber

1955

President of the Audit Committee

2006

2015

Roger Michaelis1959 20122016

Jasmin Staiblin

1970

Member of the Nomination Committee

2011

2015

Kurt E. Stirnemann

1943

Member of the Audit Committee

2003

2014

Isabelle Welton1963Member of the Compensation Committee
20122015

Zhiqiang Zhang

1961

Member of the Compensation Committee

2005

2016

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