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. In accordance with the new statutory provisions which came into force on 1 January 2014, the term of office of a member of the Board of Directors lasts until the next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting has been concluded and is thus limited to one year. As of 22 April 2021, the Board of Directors is composed of 7 members. An additional member will be proposed for election on 20 April 2022.
Committees
Audit Committee |
Compensation Committee |
Nomination and Sustainability Committee |
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| Hubert Achermann, Chairman |
Eveline Saupper, Chairwoman | Yves Serra, Chairman |
| Peter Hackel |
Riet Cadonau | Hubert Achermann |
| Jasmin Staiblin | Hubert Achermann | Roger Michaelis |
Engineering degree from École Centrale de Paris (France); MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Board Member since 2019, Vice Chairman 2019–2020, Chairman since 2020
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Chairman of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Non-executive Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020: 7/7 Nomination and Sustainability Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Deputy Commercial Attaché at the French Embassy in Manila (Philippines) (1977–1979); Customer Service Engineer for Alstom in France and South Africa (1979–1982); various positions at Sulzer in France and Japan (1982–1992); various positions at GF (1992–2019), Managing Director of Charmilles Technologies Japan and Regional Head of Sales Asia (1992–1998), Head of Charmilles (1998–2003), Head of GF Piping Systems (2003–2008), President and CEO of Georg Fischer Ltd (2008–2019)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
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Further professional activities and functions
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Stäubli Holding AG; Member of the Board of BNP Paribas Switzerland (both Switzerland)
Dr. iur, attorney, graduated in Law at the University of Bern (Switzerland)
Board Member since 2014, Vice Chairman and Independent Lead Director since 2020
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Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020:
- 7/7 Nomination and Sustainability Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
- 5/5 Audit Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Legal advisor at FIDES Treuhandgesellschaft in Zurich (1982–1987), Head of the company’s Lucerne office (1987–1994), Partner and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the newly created KPMG Schweiz (1992–1994), Member of the four-person Executive Board, responsible for tax and law (1994–2004), CEO of KPMG Schweiz and performed several key roles for KPMG International (2004–2012), first Lead Director of KPMG International and Member of the KPMG Global Board (2009–2012)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
Member of the Board and Head Audit Committee of UBS Switzerland AG (Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
Member of the Foundation Board of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Switzerland)
Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics of the University of Basel (Switzerland); Master of Arts in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Zurich (Switzerland); INSEAD Advanced Management Program AMP (France)
Board Member since 2016
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Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020: 5/5 Compensation Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Various positions at IBM Switzerland (1990–2001), ultimately Member of the Executive Board and Director of Global Services; various positions as Member of the Executive Board of Ascom Group (2001–2005, from 2007–2011 as CEO); in between due to an Ascom divestment, Managing Director and Senior Vice President at ACS Inc. (later Xerox); CEO of Kaba Group, today dormakaba Group (2011–2018), Chairman and CEO of dormakaba Group (since 2018)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
Member of the Board of Directors at Zehnder Group (Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
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Dr. sc. nat. ETH; Master and PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich (Switzerland); degree in Business Administration at the Open University of Hagen (Germany)
Board Member since 2020
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Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020: 5/5 Audit Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Various management positions at McKinsey and Geistlich Biomaterials (Switzerland); various management positions at Straumann AG, ultimately as Head of Group Controlling and Member of Executive Management Group Straumann AG (2004–2011); CFO of the global segment Oerlikon Drive Systems (2011–2013); CFO of Straumann AG with responsibility for Finance, Investor Relations, IT and Purchasing (since 2014)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
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Further professional activities and functions
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Studied Business Administration at the University of São Paulo (Brazil), post-graduate degree in Management and Strategy at Krupp Foundation Munich (Germany) and Babson College (USA)
Board Member since 2012
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Member of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020: 7/7 Nomination and Sustainability Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Various positions at Osram Group (1988–2012), ultimately as CEO at Osram Brazil and Head of Human Resources of Osram in Latin America (2004–2012); prior to this CFO at Osram subsidiaries in India and Brazil; Partner and Director of Verocap Consulting, São Paulo, (Brazil) (since 2012)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
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Further professional activities and functions
Managing Director and owner of Verocap Consulting; Corporate CFO and Head of Corporate HR of Bentonit União Group Ltd. São Paulo; Chairman of the Advisory Board of Mast Group Ltd. Sao Paulo (all Brazil)
Dr. iur, attorney and certified Tax Expert, graduated in Law at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Board Member since 2015
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Chairwoman of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020: 5/5 Compensation Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Legal and Tax Advisor at Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG Fides) (1983–1985); Attorney at Baker & McKenzie (1985–1992); Employee (1992–1994), Partner (1994–2014) and of counsel at Homburger AG (2014–2017)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
Member of the Board of Directors of Flughafen Zurich AG and Clariant AG (both Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
Member of the Board of Directors of Stäubli Holding AG; Member of the Board of Trustees of UZH Foundation (both Switzerland)
Double degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the Technical University Karlsruhe (Germany) and Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm (Sweden)
Board Member since 2011
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Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent Member
- Board meeting attendance in 2020: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2020: 5/5 Compensation Committee (attendance rate: 100%)
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 Holding AG (2013–2018)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland) and NXP Semiconductors N. V. (Netherlands)
Further professional activities and functions
Member of the Board of Directors of Ammann Group Holding AG (Switzerland), Chair of the Board of Directors of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG
Bachelors, Politics and Economics, at the Waseda University, Japan
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Professional background, career
COO and a board member of Recruit Holdings. Held leadership positions in Japan, the UK and the US within Recruit, encompassing sales, R&D, Risk Management, HR, Finance as well as general management and currently chairs the sustainability committee of the group.
Further professional activities and functions
Director of the Board of Glassdoor, Inc.
Director of the Board of RGF OHR USA, Inc.
Downloads
- Constitution of the Board of Directors (PDF/ 250 KB)
- Articles of Association (PDF/ 1 MB)
- Organization and Business Rules (PDF/ 649 KB)
- Code of Conduct (PDF/ 600 KB)
- Compensation Committee Charter (PDF/ 232 KB)
- Nomination and Sustainability Committee Charter (PDF/ 1 MB)
- Audit Committee Charter (PDF/ 672 KB)
- Tax Policy (PDF/ 289 KB)