Members of the Board of Directors
As of 31 December 2019
Committees
Audit Committee
Hubert Achermann, Chairman
Roger Michaelis
Yves Serra
Compensation Committee
Eveline Saupper, Chairwoman
Roman Boutellier
Jasmin Staiblin
Nomination Committee
Andreas Koopmann, Chairman
Riet Cadonau
Zhiqiang Zhang
Andreas Koopmann
Chairman of the Board of Directors
1951 (Switzerland)
Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH Zurich (Switzerland), MBA from IMD Lausanne (Switzerland)
Board Member since 2010, Chairman since 2012
Committees
Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
Professional background, career
Various positions in Swiss industrial companies (1979–1982); Vice President of Engineering and Production, Bobst Group, Roseland (USA) (1982–1989); various senior positions in the Bobst Group (Switzerland) (1989–2009), ultimately as CEO (1995–2009); Chairman of Alstom (Switzerland) AG (2010–2012)
Other activities of governing bodies in listed corporations
Member of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group AG (until April 2019) (Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of CSD Holding AG; Member of the Board of Directors of Sonceboz SA and of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Polygena AG (since September 2019); Member of the Board of Economiesuisse (all Switzerland)
Yves Serra
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
1953 (France and Switzerland)
Engineering degree from École Centrale de Paris (France) and MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Board Member since 2019, Vice Chairman since 2019
Committees
Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
Non-executive Member
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 (1992–2019), 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 (2008-2019)
Other activities of governing bodies in 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 and of Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Chapter Board “Doing Business in USA” of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce (all Switzerland)
Hubert Achermann
Member of the Board of Directors
1951 (Switzerland)
Dr. iur, attorney, graduated in Law at the University of Bern (Switzerland)
Board Member since 2014
Committees
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
Professional background, career
Legal advisor at FIDES Treuhandgesellschaft in Zurich (1982–1987); heading the company’s Lucerne office (1987–1994); Partner and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the newly created KPMG Schweiz (1992–1994); joined the four-person Executive Board, where he was 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)
Other activities of governing bodies in 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)
Roman Boutellier
Member of the Board of Directors
1950 (Switzerland)
Dr. sc. math. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Board Member since 1999
Committees
Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
Professional background, career
Kern AG (1981–1987); Member of the Executive Management of Leica AG (1987–1993); Professor at the University of St. Gallen (1993–1998); CEO and Delegate to the Board of Directors of SIG Holding AG (1999–2004); Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at the ETH in Zurich (2004–2015) and Member of the Executive Board of the ETH Zurich (2008–2015)
Other activities of governing bodies in listed corporations
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Further professional activities and functions
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Appenzell Cantonal Bank; Board Member of Ammann Group Holding AG, of Rychiger AG Steffisburg and of Swiss Association Balgrist (all Switzerland)
Riet Cadonau
Member of the Board of Directors
1961 (Switzerland)
Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics at the University of Basel (Switzerland); Master of Arts in Economics and Business Administration at the University of Zurich (Switzerland); INSEAD Advanced Management Program AMP (France)
Board Member since 2016
Committees
Member of the Nomination Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
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 and from 2007–2011 as a 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 & CEO of dormakaba Group (since 2018)
Other activities of governing bodies in listed corporations
Member of the Board of Directors at Zehnder Group (Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
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Roger Michaelis
Member of the Board of Directors
1959 (Brazil and Germany)
Studies of 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
Committees
Member of the Audit Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
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); before CFO at Osram subsidiaries in India and Brazil; Partner and Director of Verocap Consulting, São Paulo, (Brazil) (since 2012)
Other activities of governing bodies in 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 Uniao Group Ltd. São Paulo; Chairman of the Advisory Board of Mast Group Ltd. Sao Paulo (all Brazil)
Eveline Saupper
Member of the Board of Directors
1958 (Switzerland)
Dr. iur, attorney and certified Tax Expert, graduated in Law at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Board Member since 2015
Committees
Chairwoman of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
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)
Other activities of governing bodies in 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 (Switzerland) and of the Hoval Group (Principality of Liechtenstein); Member of the Board of Trustees of UZH Foundation (Switzerland)
Jasmin Staiblin
Member of the Board of Directors
1970 (Germany)
Double degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the Technical University Karlsruhe (Germany) and Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm (Sweden)
Board Member since 2011
Committees
Member of the Compensation Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
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)
Other activities of governing bodies in listed corporations
Board Member of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (Great Britain), Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland) and NXP Semiconductors N. V. (Netherlands)
Further professional activities and functions
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Zhiqiang Zhang
Member of the Board of Directors
1961 (China)
Bachelor of Sciences from Northern Jiatong University Beijing (China); MBA from Queen’s University Kingston (Canada)
Board Member since 2005
Committees
Member of the Nomination Committee
Corporate Governance
Independent Member
Professional background, career
Various positions at Siemens (1987–2012), including President of Siemens VDO Automotive China (1999–2005), President of Nokia Siemens Networks Greater China Region (2005–2012); Executive Vice President and Head of Emerging Markets of Sandvik Group (2012–2016), Head of APAC and President of Greater China Region (2016–2018); Senior Vice President of ABB Group and Country Managing Director of ABB China (since 2018)
Other activities of governing bodies in listed corporations
Member of the Board of Directors of Dätwyler Holding AG (Switzerland)
Further professional activities and functions
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