1951 (Switzerland)
Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
MBA from IMD Lausanne (Switzerland)
Board member since 2010;
Chairman of the Board since 2012
1951 (Switzerland)
Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
MBA from IMD Lausanne (Switzerland)
Board member since 2010;
Chairman of the Board since 2012
Termination of current term: 2014
Professional background, career: Various functions in Swiss industrial companies (1979 – 1982); Vice President of Engineering and Production, Bobst Group, Roseland, USA (1982 – 1989); various senior positions in the Bobst Group in Lausanne (1989 – 1995), as CEO (1995 – 2009); Chairman of Alstom (Switzerland) AG (2010 – 2012).
Further professional activities and functions: First Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé AG, member of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group AG.
Committees: Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
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
Professional background, career: Various positions at the
Union Bank of Switzerland (now UBS) (1973 – 1990), ultimately as
a member of the executive management of the bank’s investment
company; member of the Executive Committee of Georg Fischer Ltd (1991
– 2000); member of the Swiss Parliament (1991 – 2007);
President of economiesuisse (2007 – 2012).
Further professional activities and functions: Member of
the Bank Council of the Swiss National Bank, Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Swiss Life, member of the Boards of Bank Sal.
Oppenheim & Cie. (Switzerland) Ltd, Cellere AG and Züblin
Immobilien Holding AG.
Committees: Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
1950 (Switzerland)
Dr. sc. math. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Board member since 1999
Termination of current term: 2013
Professional background, career: Kern AG (1981 –
1987); member of the executive management of Leica AG (1987 –
1993); Professor of Business Management at the University of St Gallen
(1993 – 1998); CEO and Delegate to the Board of Directors of SIG
Holding AG (1999 – 2004); Professor of Innovation and Technology
Management at the ETH in Zurich (since 2004) and Vice President Human
Resources and Infrastructure ETH Zurich (since 2008).
Further professional activities and functions: Member of
the Board of Directors of Ammann Group Holding AG; member of the Bank
Council of the Cantonal Bank of Appenzell; member of the Board of
Trustees of Vontobel Foundation.
Committees: Member of the Nomination Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
1945 (Switzerland)
Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Board member since 1998
Termination of current term: 2014
Professional background, career: Various positions at the
Kaba Group (1976 – 2006), ultimately as President and CEO and
Delegate to the Board of Directors of Kaba Holding AG (1990 – 2006).
Further professional activities and functions: Chairman of
the Boards of Directors of Kaba Holding AG, Dätwyler Holding AG,
Griesser Holding AG and of Fr. Sauter AG; member of the Board of
Directors of Feller AG, member of the Supervisory Board of Dekra e.V.
and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of REGA.
Committees: Chairman of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
1955 (Switzerland)
Dr. oec. publ. University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Board member since 2006
Termination of current term: 2015
Professional background, career: Various positions in the
financial sector of industrial firms in Switzerland (1985 –
1992); CFO of Geberit AG (1992 – 2004); business consultant
(since 2005); part-time lecturer at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft
in Lucerne and lecturer at the University of St. Gallen.
Further professional activities and functions: Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Looser Holding AG, member of the Board of
Directors of Swiss Prime Site AG and of the unlisted companies
Hoerbiger Holding AG, Wicor Holding AG and Zhoulang Textile Machining
Co. Ltd, Jintan; President of the CFO Forum Switzerland.
Committees: Chairman of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
1959 (Brazil and Germany)
Studied business administration at the University of São Paulo, post-graduate degree in management and strategy at Krupp Foundation, Munich (Germany) and Babson College (USA)
Board member since 2012
Termination of current term: 2013
Professional background, career: Various positions at
Osram Group since 1988, ultimately as CEO at Osram Brazil and Head of
Human Resources in Latin America; before CFO at Osram subsidiaries in
India and Brazil (until 2012); partner and director of Verocap
Consulting, São Paulo (Brazil).
Further professional activities and functions: -
Committees: -
Corporate Governance: Independent member
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
Professional background, career: Various positions at ABB,
including in Switzerland, Sweden and Australia (1997 – 2006);
Country Manager of ABB Switzerland (2006 – 2012); CEO of Alpiq
AG (as of 1 January 2013).
Further professional activities and functions: Member of
the Board of Directors of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc and the Neue
Aargauer Bank (Subsidiary of the CS Group); member of the ETH Board.
Committees: Member of the Nomination Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
1943 (Switzerland)
Dr. sc. techn. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Board member since 2003
Termination of current term: 2014
Professional background, career: Assistant (1969
–1971) and lecturer (1973 – 1977) at the ETH in Zurich;
various positions at Rieter (1977 – 1990), ultimately as
Managing Director of Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG and as deputy member of
the Executive Committee of Rieter Holding AG; President and CEO of
Agie AG (1990 – 1996); member of the Executive Committee of
Georg Fischer as well as CEO and Delegate to the Board of Directors of
the Agie Charmilles Group (1996 – 2003); President and CEO of
Georg Fischer Ltd and Delegate to the Board (2003 – 2008).
Further professional activities and functions: Member of
the Board of Directors of Feintool AG.
Committees: Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
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
Professional background, career: Career start as Product
Manager at Citibank in USA and Japan; Communications Manager for
Zurich Financial Services (1996 – 2001); Head Corporate
Communication EFG Private Bank (2001 – 2003); various positions
at IBM Switzerland, ultimately as CEO and General Manager of IBM
Switzerland (2003 – 2012) finally as Vice President Brand
Systems of IBM Europe (until end of 2012); Group Chief Marketing
Officer Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (as of 2013).
Further professional activities and functions: Member of
the Regional Economic Advisory Council of the Swiss National Bank.
Committees: Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent 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: 2013
Professional background, career: Various positions in
Siemens (1987 – 2007), including President of Siemens VDO
Automotive China (1999 – 2005); President of Nokia Siemens
Networks Greater China Region (2005 – 2012); since 2012
President of Greater China Region and member of extended Group
Executive Management of Sandvik AB.
Further professional activities and functions: -
Committees: Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance: Independent member
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