Peter Hasler – Chairman of the Board of Directors

1946, Switzerland; member since 2010,
Dr. jur.

Committees

• Organization, Nomination & Remuneration
• Audit & Risk
• Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Alliances
• PostFinance

Professional background

• Corporate lawyer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Flug- und Fahrzeugwerken Altenrhein AG (FFA)
• Secretary of Association of Swiss Engineering Employers ASM
• Director of ASM
• Director of the Swiss Employers Union
• Vice-Chairman of the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund
• Member of various federal commissions

Key posts

• Zurich University Hospital (Chairman of the Board)
• Reka Swiss Travel Fund (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
• SIZ AG – Swiss Certificate in Computer Science (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Dominique Freymond – Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

1954, Switzerland; member since 2002,
lic. ès sciences naturelles.

Committees

• Organization, Nomination & Remuneration (Head)

Professional background

• IBM Switzerland and IBM Europe (positions in sales, marketing and management)
• Unisys Switzerland and Austria (Member of the Executive Board, Head of Customer Service)
• Canton Vaud (Secretary)
• Unisys Central Europe (Vice-President and Country Manager Switzerland)
• Groupe TKS-Teknosoft SA (CEO)
• Management & Advisory Services MAS AG (co-owner and partner)

Key posts

• Allianz (Suisse) AG (Member of the Board of Directors)
• Corti AG (Member of the Board of Directors)
• mas and mas AG (Member of the Board of Directors)
• SolvAxis SA (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
• Sterci SA (Member of the Board of Directors)
• Swiss Institute for Company Directors and Senior Managers – sivg (Vice-President)

Nicola Thibaudeau – Member of the Board of Directors

1960, Switzerland/Canada; member since 2006,
Dipl. Ing. Mech. Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal

Committees

• PostFinance

Professional background

• IBM Canada (research assistant)
• Cicorel SA (business manager)
• Mecanex SA (owner, CEO)
• Independent consultant
• MPS Micro Precision Systems AG (CEO, Delegate of the Board of Directors)

Key posts

• CSS Krankenversicherung (Member of the Board of Directors)
• CSS Personalstiftung (Board member)
• Micro Precision Systems AG (Delegate of the Board of Directors)
• MPS Décolletage SA, Court (Présidente du conseil d‘administration)
• SLS-TT, Paul Scherrer Institute, Würenlingen (Board member)

Susanne Blank – Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources representative

1972, Switzerland; member since 2008,
lic. rer. pol.

Committees

• Audit & Risk

Professional background

• Federal Statistical Office (audits, national index of consumer prices)
• “Travail Suisse” umbrella organisation for employees (Head of Business Policy and Member of the Executive Board)

Key posts

• Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Member of the Board of Directors)
• Member of Federal Tripartite Commission for Ancillary Measures relating to Freedom of Movement of Persons
• Member of Supervision Commission for the Compensation Fund for Unemployment Insurance
• Member of Federal Commission for Federal Statistics

Andreas Schläpfer – Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

1947, Switzerland; member since 2009,
lic. oec. University of St. Gallen

Committees

• Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Alliances (Head)

Professional background

• International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT (Marketing Consultant)
• Nestlé (General Manager in France, Russia, Thailand/Indochina, Zimbabwe, and Global Business Head/Senior Vice-President for Children’s Food)

Key posts

• none

Marco Durrer – Member of the Board of Directors

1952, Switzerland; member since 2009,
Dr. ès sc. pol. (Relations internationales), MALD Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA

  
Committees

• PostFinance (Head)

Professional background

• Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Lausanne/New York/Zurich (Assistant to Josef Ackermann/Investment Banking)
• Deutsche Bank (Schweiz) AG Geneva (Head of Sales and Trading)
• Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Geneva/Zurich (Group Management, Branch Manager Zurich)
• Valiant Privatbank AG Bern (CEO and member of Executive Management Valiant Holding)
• Independent financial advisor

Key posts

• Picard Angst Asset Management AG (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors)
• Piguet Galland & Cie SA (Member of the Board of Directors)
• DGM Immobilien AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Adriano P. Vassalli – Member of the Board of Directors

1954, Switzerland; member since 2010,
federal diploma in auditing

Committees

• Audit & Risk (Head)
• PostFinance

Professional background

• Revisuisse AG (auditor and management consultant in Berne and founder of the Lugano branch)
• Arthur Andersen (founder and head of the Lugano and Berne branches, worldwide partner)
• Studio di consulenza e di revisione (founder and owner)

Key posts

• ATTEST audit & consulting SA (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
• Cassa pensioni dei dipendenti dello Stato del Cantone Ticino (Board member)
• Croce Rossa Svizzera, Sezione del Luganese (Chairman)
• Fondazione Elsa Vassalli-Comizzoli (President of the Foundation)

Philippe Milliet – Board of Directors

1963, Switzerland; member since 2010,
degree in pharmacy, University of Lausanne; MBA, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne

  
Committees

• Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Alliances

Professional background

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

Key posts

• None

Michel Gobet – Member of the Board of Directors, Human Resources representative

1954, Switzerland; member since 2010,
lic. phil. hist.

Committees

• Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Alliances
• Organization, Nomination & Remuneration

Professional background

• Archaeological Service of the Canton of Fribourg (Head of Archaeological Sites)
• PTT Union (Central Secretary and Deputy Secretary General)
• Swiss communication workers union Kommunikation (Central Secretary)

Key posts

• Swisscom (Schweiz) AG (Member of the Board of Directors)
• UNI Global Union (Treasurer, Member of World Executive Committee, Member of European ICTS Steering Committee)

Kerstin Büchel – General Secretary

(date of birth 21 January 1970, Swiss/German/Swedish citizen).
lic. rer. pol., degree in economics.

Professional background:
UBS AG Switzerland/ Basel and Zurich and UBS AG Italy/ Rome (Junior Key People, product management, client advisory services, events, business development & strategic marketing, asset and liability management, international client reporting); Valiant Privatbank AG (Head of Market Development & Sales Services).