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Corporate Governance

Members of the Board of Directors

As of 31 December 2021

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Yves Serra

Chairman of the Board of Directors

1953 (France and Switzerland)

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

Committees
Chairman of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee

Corporate Governance
Non-executive Member

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

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)

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Hubert Achermann

Vice Chairman and Independent Lead Director

1951 (Switzerland)

Dr. iur, attorney, graduated in Law at the University of Bern (Switzerland)

Board Member since 2014, Vice Chairman and Independent Lead Director since 2020

Committees
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee

Corporate Governance
Independent Member

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
Member of the Foundation Board of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Switzerland)

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Riet Cadonau

Member of the Board of Directors

1961 (Switzerland)

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

Committees
Member of the Compensation 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, 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 and at Logitech International S.A. (both Switzerland)

Further professional activities and functions

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Peter Hackel

Member of the Board of Directors

1969 (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

Committees
Member of the Audit Committee

Corporate Governance
Independent Member

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 AG with responsibility for Finance, Investor Relations, IT (until 2019), Procurement and Sustainability

Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations

Further professional activities and functions

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Roger Michaelis

Member of the Board of Directors

1959 (Brazil and Germany)

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

Committees
Member of the Nomination and Sustainability 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); 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

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; Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of the German Hospital Oswaldo Cruz São Paulo (all Brazil)

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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)

Involvement in governing bodies of other 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; Member of the Board of Trustees of UZH Foundation (both Switzerland)

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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 Audit 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)

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)

Designated Member of the Board of Directors (to be proposed for election in April, 2022)

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Ayano Senaha

1982 (Japan)

B.A. in Economics from the Waseda University Tokyo (Japan)

Committees

Corporate Governance
Independent member

Professional background, career
Various management positions at Recruit Holdings and its group companies since 2006: Representative at Corporate Planning and Solution Sales (2006–2012); Director of Advantage Resourcing UK Ltd (2013–2014); Director of Advantage XPO Ltd (2013–2015); Managing Director of Advantage Group and Advantage Professional UK Ltd, all in London (UK) (2014–2015); Executive Manager in charge of R&D Business Development (2015–2016); Executive Manager in charge of Talent Management (2016–2018), both located in Tokyo (Japan); Chief of Staff at Indeed Inc., Austin (USA) (2018–2019); Corporate Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Planning, Corporate Communication, and Human Resources at Recruit Holdings Co. (since 2018). Since 2020, she has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Recruit Holdings, where she chairs the Sustainability Committee. Currently, she is COO, Managing Corporate Executive Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs Division, Finance Division, Risk Management Division, and Corporate Planning and Sustainability Transformation in the Corporate Planning Division, and Director of the Board at Recruit Holdings.

Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations

Further professional activities and functions

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