Yves Serra 2021
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 20 April 2022, the Board of Directors is composed of 8 members.
Committees
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Nomination and Sustainability Committee
Audit Committee |
Compensation Committee |
Nomination and Sustainability Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert Achermann, Chairman |
Eveline Saupper, Chairwoman | Yves Serra, Chairman |
| Peter Hackel |
Riet Cadonau | Hubert Achermann |
| Jasmin Staiblin | Roger Michaelis | Ayano Senaha |
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: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022: Nomination and Sustainability Committee: 4/4 (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); Advisor Sustainability Committee of Recruit Holdings and of Asset Management One, Tokyo (both Japan)
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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Committees
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022:
- Audit Committee: 4/4 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Compensation Committee (until April 2022): 2/4 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Nomination and Sustainability Committee: 4/4 (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
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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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Committees
Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022: Compensation Committee: 4/4 (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 (2018-2021), Chairman (as of 2021)
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
Member of the Board of Directors at Zehnder Group (Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
Chairman Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Zurich (Switzerland)
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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Committees
Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022: Audit Committee: 4/4 (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 Group (2014–2022); CFO of Syntegon (since 2023)
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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Committees
Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022:
Compensation Committee (since April 2022): 2/4 (attendance rate: 100%);
Nomination and Sustainability Committee (until April 2022): 2/4 (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; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of the German Hospital Oswaldo Cruz São 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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Committees
Chairwoman of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022: Compensation Committee: 4/4 (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, Clariant AG and Forbo Holding AG (all 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)
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B.A. in Economics, at the Waseda University, Japan
Board Member since 2022
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Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022 (since April 2022): 6/6 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022: Nomination and Sustainability Committee (since April 2022): 2/4 (attendance rate: 100%)
Professional background, career
Since 2006, various management positions at Recruit Holdings and its group companies, including in London (UK), Austin (USA) and Tokyo (Japan). Since 2018, she has been COO as Managing Corporate Executive Officer responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs, Finance, Risk Management and Corporate Planning. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Recruit Holdings, where she chairs the Sustainability Committee.
Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
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Further professional activities and functions
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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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Committees
Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
- Membership: Independent member
- Board meeting attendance in 2022: 8/8 (attendance rate: 100%)
- Committee meeting attendance in 2022: Audit Committee: 4/4 (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
Board member of Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland) and NXP Semiconductors N. V. (Netherlands)
Further professional activities and functions
Chair of the Board of Directors of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG (Germany)