Board of directors members

Bruno de Kalbermatten - Honorary Chairman

Alain Guttmann - Chairman

1958, Swiss national.
MScE, University of Lausanne (HEC).
Since 2005 Managing partner of CapDconsulting Guttmann.
2000-2004 Founder of SFF Financial Services, and manager of a private equity fund.
1996-2000 Ernst & Young Consulting: Executive Vice President Central Europe and CEO for Switzerland.
1986-1996 Executive positions and partner of ICME management consulting Lausanne and Paris.
1983-1986 Marketing brand manager for Jacobs Suchard.
Other Board Memberships: JBF Finance SA, Origins holdings, LBIS SA.

Thierry de Kalbermatten - Vice Chairman

1954, Swiss national.
BA, University of Lausanne (HEC). MBA, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland.
1994-2005 Member of Bobst Group Executive Committee.
1990-1994 Head of Logistics Department at Bobst SA.
1986-1990 Marketing Manager at Bobst Group Inc., Roseland, USA.
1984-1986 Rolex SA, Geneva, Switzerland.
1980-1982 UBS, Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland.
Other Board Memberships: JBF Finance SA, Vice Chairman and Shareholder. FAG Graphic Systems SA, Member.

Michael W.O. Garrett

1942, British and Australian national.
Graduate of IMD Business School Lausanne
1961-2005 Nestlé: Market Head Australia and Japan and Executive Vice President, responsible for Zone Asia-Oceania-Africa & Middle East.
Other Board Memberships: Nestlé India, Prudential plc UK, Hasbro Inc. USA and Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited in Guernsey. Member of the Swaziland International Business Advisory Panel under the auspices of the Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) London.

Ulf Berg

1950, Swiss national.
Diploma and PhD Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.
Partner of BLR & Partners AG, Thalwil, Switzerland.
Owner of EG Energy Group Ltd, Zug, Switzerland.
2004-2009 CEO and subsequently Chairman of Sulzer Ltd, Switzerland.
2003-2004 CEO of SIG Beverages Int. Ltd, a division of SIG AG, Switzerland.
1999-2001 CEO of Carlo Gavazzi Holding Ltd, Zug, Switzerland.
Other Board Memberships: EMS Chemie Holding SA, Switzerland, SAG GmbH, Langen, Germany, MCV LLP, Midland, Michigan, USA, Kommunekemi A/S, Nyborg, Denmark, Member of the Executive Committee of Swissmem.

Jürgen Brandt

1956, German national.
Bachelor of Science in Economic Engineering (Dipl. Wirtschafts-Ingenieur), Esslingen, Germany.
since 2010 CFO of Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland.
2007-2010 CFO and Member of the Management Board, Austrian Energy & Environment Group, Austria.
2006-2007 CFO of Von Roll Inova, Zurich.
2006 CFO of Power Group Europe, Foster Wheeler, Finland.
2005-2006 CFO of Sylvania Lighting International, Germany.
1999-2004 Senior Vice President Finance Power and Environment Division, Alstom Power, France.
1997-1999 CFO of Power Boilers GmbH, Alstom Power, Germany.
1995-1997 CFO of Hager + Elsässer, Germany.
1980-1995 Various roles in finance, controlling and audit, EVT Energie- und Verfahrenstechnik, Germany.
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