Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has a responsibility to the Federal Council to guarantee the uniform manage­ment of Swiss Post and its subsidiaries. The holding company represents the entire Group to the owner and is responsible for ensuring that Swiss Post fulfils the universal service obligation. The Board of Directors is responsible for implementing the strategic goals, for submitting reports to the Federal Council on their attainment and for providing the latter with the information it needs for verification purposes. The Board of Directors is also governed by the rights and duties set out in the provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations on the subject of corporate law.

Urs Schwaller

Chairman of the Board of Directors, member since 2016, Switzerland, 1952, Dr iur., lawyer

Committees: Organisation, Nomination & Remuneration; Audit, Risk & Compliance; Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions; ad hoc “PostBus”

Professional background: self-employed lawyer; Council of Europe (permanent member); Council of States for the Canton of Fribourg (President of CVP / EVP); Cantonal Council of Fribourg (State Councillor – Director of Internal Affairs and of Finance); Senior Civil Servant of the Sense District; Director of the Cantonal Police Department; member of various federal commissions and foundations

Key posts: Groupe Mutuel Holding SA (Member of the Board of Directors); JPF Holding S.A. (Member of the Board of Directors); Liebherr Machines Bulle S.A. (Member of the Board of Directors); UCB Farchim SA (Member of the Board of Directors)

Thomas Bucher

Member of the Board of Directors, member since 2019, Switzerland, 1966, lic. oec. University of St. Gallen

Committees: Audit, Risk & Compliance

Professional background: ALPIQ Holding Ltd (CFO, Member of Executive Board), Gategroup (CFO, Member of Executive Management Board), Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Regional CFO, Head of Business Support Center EMEA and Divisional CFO, Head of Business Support Center CEMEA)

Key posts: ALPIQ Holding Ltd (CFO, Member of Executive Board), Tareno Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors)

Michel Gobet

Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources representative, member since 2010, Switzerland, 1954, lic. phil. hist. † 2020

Committees: Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions; ad hoc “PostBus”

Professional background: syndicom, media and communications trade union (Central Secretary); PTT-Union (Central Secretary and Vice-Secretary General); Archaeological Service of the Canton of Fribourg (Head of Archaeological Sites)

Key posts: UNI Global Union (Treasurer, Member of World Executive Committee)

Peter Hug

Member of the Board of Directors, member since 2018, Vice-Chairman, since 2018, Switzerland, 1958, Dr rer. pol.

Committees: Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions (Chair); ad hoc “PostBus” (Chair)

Professional background: F. Hoffmann-La Roche (Head Commercial Operations EEMEA, Head of Pharma Medicines Western Europe, Head Pharma Partnering, Managing Director, Pharma, Spain, Head of Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics, Germany, General Manager, Pharma & Country President, Uruguay, Pharma Division Director, Roche SA, Greece)

Key posts: ADC Therapeutics SA (Member of the Board of Directors)

Ronny Kaufmann

Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources representative, member since 2018, Switzerland, 1975, lic. rer. publ. University of St. Gallen

Committees: Organisation, Nomination & Remuneration

Professional background: Swisspower Ltd (CEO), Swiss Post (Head of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility), Mediapolis AG für Wirtschaft und Kommunikation (Co-Owner and Partner)

Key posts: Swisspower Ltd (CEO); Nordur Power SNG AG (Member of the Board of Directors)

Bernadette Koch

Member of the Board of Directors, member since 2018, Switzerland, 1968, Certified public accountant, business economist, Higher School of Economics and Administration

Committees: Audit, Risk & Compliance (Chair)

Professional background: Ernst & Young AG (People Partner, Member of the Management Committee of Assurance Switzerland, Partner / Head of the Public Sector market area; Auditor)

Key posts: PostFinance Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Organization, Nomination & Remuneration Committee); Energie Oberkirch AG (Member of the Board of Directors), Geberit AG (Member of the Board of Directors), Mobimo Holding AG (Member of the Board of Directors); EXPERTsuisse (Member of the Professional Ethics Committee)

Denise Koopmans

Member of the Board of Directors, member since 2019, Netherlands, 1962, Master of Law

Committees: Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions

Professional background: Wolters Kluwer (Managing Director Legal & Regulatory Division), LexisNexis Business Information Solutions (CEO), Altran Group (various management roles)

Key posts: Coöperatie VGZ (Netherlands, Member of the Supervisory Board), Janssen de Jong Groep (Netherlands, Member of the Supervisory Board), Wenk AG (Member of the Board of Directors), Sanoma Corporation (Finland, Member of the Board of Directors), Swiss Data Alliance (Member of the Expert Committee)

Nadja Lang

Member of the Board of Directors, member since 2014, Switzerland, 1973, degree in business economics UAS

Committees: Organisation, Nomination & Remuneration (Chair); ad hoc “PostBus”

Professional background: Max Havelaar Foundation Switzerland (Managing Director); Fairtrade International (Chair of the Global Account Management Steering Committee, Member of the Finance Committee), Max Havelaar Foundation Switzerland (Commercial Director and Deputy Managing Director); General Mills Europe Sarl (European Marketing Manager); The Coca-Cola Company (various [management] positions in brand management and the Innovation department)

Key posts: Metron AG (Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors); Energie 360 Grad AG (Member of the Board of Directors); Cooperative of ZFV companies (Chair of the Board of Directors), Institute of Supply Chain Management, University of St. Gallen (Member of the Executive Committee); Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur (Member of the Advisory Board)

Philippe Milliet

Member of the Board of Directors, member since 2010, Vice-Chairman, since 2018, Switzerland, 1963, degree in pharmacy, MBA

Committees: Audit, Risk & Compliance

Professional background: Bobst Group (Member of Group Executive Committee, Head of Business Unit Sheet-fed); Galenica AG (Head of Health Division, Member of the Corporate Executive Committee); Unicible (CEO); Galenica AG (responsible for distribution centers, responsible for operations and CEO of Galexis AG); Pharmatic AG (analyst / programmer and project manager); McKinsey (associate, engagement manager); Galenica Holding AG (analyst / programmer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Corporate Executive Committee)

Key posts: BOBST GROUP (Member of Group Executive Committee, Head of Business Unit Sheet-fed), Banque SYZ SA (Member of the Board of Directors); Financière SYZ SA (Member of the Board of Directors)

Roger Schoch

General Secretary, member since 2018, Switzerland, 1971, Lawyer, Executive M.B.L. HSG

Professional background: Alpiq Holding Ltd (General Secretary), Swiss Federal Railways SBB (Chief Compliance Officer, Deputy Head of the Group Legal Service, Secretary of the Board of Directors)

Key posts: none