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Corporate Governance

Members of the Board of Directors

As of 31 December 2022

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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
Independent 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 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

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Riet Cadonau

Member of the Board of Directors

1961 (Switzerland)

B.A. in Business and Economics of the University of Basel (Switzerland); M.A. 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 (Switzerland)

Further professional activities and functions
Chairman Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Zurich (Switzerland)

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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 Group (2014–2022); CFO of Syntegon (since 2023)

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 Compensation 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; Chairman of the Supervisory 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, Clariant AG and Forbo Holding AG (all 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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Ayano Senaha

Member of the Board of Directors

1982 (Japan)

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

Board member since 2022

Committees
Member of the Nomination and Sustainability Committee

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 (2013–2015); Executive Manager at Recruit Holdings (2015–2018), located in Tokyo (Japan); Chief of Staff at Indeed Inc., Austin (USA) (2018–2019); Corporate Executive Officer at Recruit Holdings (since 2018). Currently, she is COO, member of the Executive Committee, and member of the Board of Recruit Holdings, where she chairs the Sustainability Committee

Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations

Further professional activities and functions

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Jasmin Staiblin

Member of the Board of Directors

1970 (Germany and Switzerland)

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 members of the Board of Directors (to be proposed for election in April 2023)

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Monica de Virgiliis

1967 (Italy and France)

Masters in Electronics Engineering: Politecnico di Torino (Italy)

Corporate Governance
Independent member

Professional background, career
1993–1996 Manufacturing Engineer at Magneti Marelli Electronics Division (Italy); 1996–2001 Program Manager at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (France); 2001–2015 several executive roles at STMicroelectronics (Switzerland), since 2005 as Vice President and including General Manager of the Wireless Multimedia Division (2007–2010) and ultimately as Vice President Corporate Strategy & Development (2013–2015); 2015–2016 Vice President & General Manager Industrial Microcontrollers at Infineon Technologies (Germany); 2017–2019 Chief Strategy Officer of the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Paris (France)

Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of SNAM (Italy) and member of the Supervisory Board of ASM International (Netherlands)

Further professional activities and functions
Co-founder and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Chapter Zero France, the French branch of the Climate Governance Initiative built on the World Economic Forum’s Principles for Effective Climate Governance

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Michelle Wen

1965 (France)

B.A. in International Business from American Christ’s College in Taipei (Taiwan); Economics & Accounting at the London School of Economics (UK); MBA from ESCP-EAP in Paris (France); Executive Management at INSEAD (France) and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA)

Corporate Governance
Independent member

Professional background, career
1993–1997 several management positions at Thomson Multimedia (France and USA); 1997–2000 at Philips (now Continental AG) (Germany and France), ultimately as Senior Alliance Manager; 2000–2008 at Renault-Nissan (France), ultimately as Senior Global Supplier Account Manager for Vehicle Body Purchasing; 2008–2012 Vice President of Sourcing & Supplier Quality Development at Alstom Transport; 2012–2016 Group Sourcing & Procurement Vice President at Vallourec (France); 2016–2017 Group Supply Chain Management Technology Director & Board member at Vodafone (Luxembourg); 2017–2022 several Executive Board positions at Opel Vauxhall (also Board member in 2018/2019), PSA&Stellantis Group (Germany, France and Netherlands), ultimately as member of the Executive Committee Group of Opel Vauxhall, PSA and Stellantis as Chief Global Purchasing & Supplier Quality Officer

Involvement in governing bodies of other listed corporations

Further professional activities and functions

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