Members of the Executive Committee

Yves Serra
Chief Executive Officer
1953 (France/Switzerland)
Engineering degree from École Centrale de Paris (France) and MSc in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Member of the Executive Committee since 2003, CEO since 2008
Professional background, career
Deputy Commercial Attaché at the French Embassy in Manila (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 (since 1991), Managing Director of Charmilles Technologies Japan and Regional Head of Sales Asia (1992–1997), Head of Charmilles (1998–2002), Head of GF Piping Systems (2003–2008); President and CEO of Georg Fischer Ltd (since 2008)
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Further professional activities and functions
Member of the Board of Directors of Stäubli Holding AG; member of the Board of Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce and member of the Chapter Board “Doing Business in USA” of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce (Switzerland)

Andreas Müller
CFO
1970 (Germany)
Graduate in Business
Administration (Dipl.-Betriebswirt FH), University of Applied Sciences (HTWG),
Konstanz (Germany)
Member of the Executive Committee since 2017
Professional background, career
Various positions for GF (since 1995), including Head of Controlling of GF Piping Systems Schaffhausen (1998–2000), Head of Operations GF Piping System companies in Australia (2000–2002), Head of Controlling
Business Unit Industry & Utility GF Piping Systems Schaffhausen (2002–2008); CFO of GF Automotive (2008–2016); CFO of Georg Fischer Ltd (since 2017)
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Joost Geginat
Head of GF Piping Systems
1966 (Germany/Switzerland)
Studies of Business Management at the University of Cologne (Germany) and at École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in Paris (France); Degree Dipl. Kaufmann and CEMS Master
Member of the Executive Committee since 2016
Professional background, career
Various managing functions at Roland
Berger Strategy Consultants in Germany, Switzerland and Asia (1995–2014);
Senior Managing Director and Partner at AlixPartners in Switzerland (2014–2016); Head of GF Piping Systems (since 2016)
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Carlos Vasto
Head of GF Casting Solutions
1963 (Brazil/Italy)
University Degree Metallurgical Engineer Mackenzie University, São Paulo (Brazil); Bachelor of Business Administration GSBA Graduate school of Business Administration, Zurich (Switzerland)
Member of the Executive Committee since 2018
Professional background, career
Various positions at GF Casting Solutions (1987–2000); Head of Production former site of GF Casting Solutions, Lincoln (Great Britain) (2000–2003); Managing Director GF Casting Solutions, Lincoln (Great Britain) (2003–2005); Executive Vice President Acotecnica SA (Brazil) (2005–2010), Managing Director Intra do Brazil (2011–2015); General Manager GF Linamar (USA) (2015–2018); Head of GF Casting Solutions (since September 2018)
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Pascal Boillat
Head of GF Machining Solutions
1955 (Switzerland)
Studies of Electrical Engineering at Engineering School in Bienne (Switzerland); Dipl.-El.-Ing. ETS
Member of the Executive Committee since 2013
Professional background, career
Electrical Engineer and responsible for the software department at Wahli Frères in Bévilard (1977–1984); various positions at General Electric Switzerland and GE Fanuc Switzerland (1984–2000), ultimately as Country Manager Switzerland; Vice President (2000–2002), President & CEO of GE Fanuc Europe (Luxembourg) (2002–2010); at GF Agie Charmilles as Head of Operations (2010–2012); Head of GF Machining Solutions (since 2013)
Other activities of governing bodies in listed corporations
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Further professional activities and functions
Member of the working group Machine Tools and Machining of Swissmem (Switzerland); Delegate of Swissmem to CECIMO
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