Composition of the Board of Directors as at 31.12.2013
Peter Hasler Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1946, Switzerland, member since 2010, Dr. jur. Committees: Organization, Nomination & Remuneration; Audit, Risk & Compliance; Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions Professional background: Directorships and foundation mandates; Member of various federal commissions; Vice-Chairman of the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva); Director of the Swiss Employers Union; Director of Association of Swiss Engineering Employers ASM; Secretary of ASM; Corporate lawyer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein AG (FFA); Assistant at the Zurich Guardianship Authority Key posts: Zurich University Hospital (Chairman of the Board); Reka Swiss Travel Fund (Chairman of the Cooperative Society); SIZ AG, Schweizerisches Informatikzertifikat (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
Dominique Freymond Member of the Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman |
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1954, Switzerland, member since 2002, lic. ès sciences naturelles Committees: Organization, Nomination & Remuneration (Chair) Professional background: mas management & advisory services ltd (co-owner and partner); Groupe TKS-Teknosoft SA (CEO); Unisys Central Europe (Vice-President and Country Manager Switzerland); Canton Vaud (State Chancellor); Unisys Switzerland and Austria (Member of the Executive Board, Head of Customer Service); IBM Switzerland and IBM Europe (positions in sales, marketing and management) Key posts: Corti AG (Member of the Board of Directors); mas ltd and mas investments ltd (Member of the Board of Directors); SolvAxis SA (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Reliva AG (Member of the Board of Directors); Swiss Institute for Board Members sivg (Vice-President) |
Andreas Schläpfer Member of the Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman |
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1947, Switzerland, member since 2009, lic. oec. Univ. of St. Gallen Committees: Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions (Chair) Professional background: Nestlé (General Manager in France, Russia, Thailand/Indochina, Zimbabwe, and Global Business Head/Senior Vice-President for Children's Food); International Trade Centre UNCTAD / GATT (Marketing Consultant) Key posts: None |
Nicola Thibaudeau Member of the Board of Directors |
Member of the Board of Directors, 1960, Switzerland/Canada, member since 2006, Dipl. Ing. Mech. École Polytechnique de Montréal Committees: Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions Professional background: MPS Micro Precision Systems AG (CEO, Delegate of the Board of Directors); Independent consultant; Mecanex SA (owner, CEO); Cicorel SA (business manager); IBM Canada (research assistant) Key posts: CSS Kranken-Versicherung AG (Member of the Board of Directors); CSS Personalstiftung (member); MPS Micro Precision Systems Ltd (Delegate of the Board of Directors); MPS Décolletage SA, Court (Chair of the Board of Directors); SLS-TT AG, Paul Scherrer Institute Würenlingen (member); MPS Precimed Ltd, Corgémont (Chair of the Board of Directors); Board of the University of Neuchâtel (member) |
Susanne Blank Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources Representative |
Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources representative, 1972, Switzerland, member since 2008, lic. rer. pol. Committees: Audit, Risk & Compliance Professional background: seco, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Chief Editor for "Die Volkswirtschaft"; Travail.Suisse umbrella organization for employees (Head of Economic Policy and Member of the Executive Board); Federal Statistical Office (Audits of Swiss Consumer Price Index) Key posts: Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund – Suva (Member of the Board of Directors); ewb, Energie Wasser Bern (Member of the Board of Directors) |
Marco Durrer Member of the Board of Directors |
Member of the Board of Directors, 1952, Switzerland, member since 2009, Dr. ès sc. pol. (Relations internationales), MALD, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA Committees: Organization, Nomination & Remuneration Professional background: Directorships; Valiant Privatbank AG, Berne (CEO and member of Executive Management Valiant Holding AG); Lombard, Odier, Darier, Hentsch & Cie, Geneva/Zurich (Group Management, Branch Manager Zurich); Deutsche Bank (Switzerland) SA, Geneva (Head of Sales and Trading); Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Lausanne / New York / Zurich (Assistant to Josef Ackermann / Investment Banking) Key posts: PostFinance Ltd (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors); Picard Angst Asset Management Ltd (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors); Piguet Galland & Cie SA (Member of the Board of Directors); DGM Immobilien AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors); COMUNUS SICAV, Montreux (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
Adriano P. Vassalli Member of the Board of Directors |
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Philippe Milliet Member of the Board of Directors |
Member of the Board of Directors, 1963, Switzerland, member since 2010, degree in pharmacy, University of Lausanne; MBA, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne Committees: Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions Professional background: Bobst Group (Member of Group Executive Committee, Head of Business Unit Sheet-Fed); Galenica Ltd (Head of Health Division, Member of the Corporate Executive Committee); Unicible (CEO); Galenica Ltd (responsible for distribution centres, responsible for operations and CEO of Galexis Ltd); Pharmatic Ltd (analyst/programmer and project manager); McKinsey (associate, project manager); Galenica Holding AG (analyst/programmer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Corporate Executive Committee) Key posts: None |
Michel Gobet Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources Representative |
Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources representative, 1954, Switzerland, member since 2010, lic. phil. hist. Committees: Organization, Nomination & Remuneration Professional background: Swiss communication workers union (Central Secretary); PTT-Union (Central Secretary and Vice-Secretary General); Archaeological Service of the Canton of Fribourg (Head of Archaeological Sites) Key posts: Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors); UNI Global Union (Treasurer, Member of World Executive Committee, Member of European ICTS Steering Committee); gdz (Member of the Board of Directors) |
Kerstin Büchel General Secretary |
General Secretary, 1970, Switzerland/Germany/Sweden, member since 2009, lic. rer. pol. Professional background: Valiant Privatbank AG (Head of Market Development and Sales Services); UBS AG Switzerland, Basel and Zurich, and UBS AG Italy, Rome (Junior Key People, product management, client advisory services, events, business development and strategic marketing, asset and liability management, international client reporting) Key posts: None |