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Board of Directors

Alain Guttmann (Chairman)

1958, Swiss national.
MScE, University of Lausanne (HEC).
Since 2005 Managing partner of Alpavest SA, Switzerland.
2000-2004 Founder of SFF Financial Services, and manager of a private equity vehicle.
1996-2000 Ernst & Young Consulting: Executive Vice President Central Europe and CEO for Switzerland.
1986-1996 Director and partner of ICME management consulting Lausanne, Switzerland, and Paris, France.
1983-1986 Marketing brand manager for Jacobs Suchard.
Other Board Memberships in Switzerland: Alpavest SA, Vich; Biokema SA, Crissier; CIEL Électricité SA, Lausanne; JBF Finance SA, Buchillon; LBIS SA, Lausanne; Voxia Communication SA, Geneva; Wider SA, Clarens; Retripa SA, Crissier; Fondation Espoir, Bern

Jürgen Brandt (Independent Director)

1956, Swiss and German national.
Bachelor of Science in Economic Engineering (Dipl. Wirtschafts-Ingenieur), Esslingen, Germany.
Since 2015 Owner of Brandt International Consulting GmbH, Switzerland.
2010-2014 CFO of Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland.
2007-2010 CFO and member of the Management Board, Austrian Energy & Environment Group GmbH, Austria.
2006-2007 CFO of Von Roll Inova, Zurich, Switzerland.
2006 CFO of Power Group Europe, Foster Wheeler, Finland.
2005-2006 CFO of Sylvania Lighting International Ltd, Germany.
1999-2004 Senior Vice President Finance Power and Environment Division, Alstom Power, France and Belgium.

Gian-Luca Bona

1957, Swiss national.
Prof. em. Dr. for Photonics, ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, Switzerland.
Since 2009 Director Empa - Material Science & Technology, Switzerland.
2008-2009 Director Tape Storage Solutions, IBM Server and Technology Group, Tucson, USA.
2004-2008 Research Manager Science & Technology, Director Tape Storage Solutions, IBM San Jose and Tucson, USA.
1987-2004 Research Staff member and Research Manager Photonics, IBM Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Other Board Memberships in Switzerland: Technopark Zurich Foundation, Zurich; Integra Holding, Wallisellen; Integra Ultrasonic Metering, Toulouse, France. SATW Executive Board member.
Bundesanstalt für Materialien (BAM), Berlin, Germany.

Montserrat Peidro-Insa (Chairwoman)

1972, Spanish national.
Bachelor of Science in Telecom. Eng., UPC. Bus. Mgmt Program, Value Creation in Boards Program, IESE, Spain. Structuring M&A Program, New York Institute of Finance.
2023-2024 Senior VP Global Strategy and Operations, Pax8, Denver, Colorado, USA.
2020-2023 CEO and Adm., ALSO Cloud Spain, Barcelona, Spain.
2016-2020 Senior VP, Head of Digital Print BU WW, Heidelberg AG, Heidelberg, Germany.
2014-2016 Director, WW Current Bus. Mgmt – HP Graphics BU, HP Española, Barcelona, Spain.
2011-2014 Manager, EMEA Comm. Bus. (Sales & Mktg) – HP Indigo, HP Española, Barcelona, Spain.
2005-2011 EMEA Segment Mngr Graphic Arts Division – HP, HP Española, Barcelona, Spain.
2000-2005 Future Products Mngr – EMEA Large Format Printing Group, HP GmbH, Boeblingen, Germany
1995-2000 R&D Eng., Semiconductors Testing Div., Agilent GmbH, Boeblingen, Germany.

Marc Schuler

1968, Swiss national.
Economic and Social Sciences, University of Neuchâtel; Digital Business Transformation, IMD Lausanne; Business/ Managerial Economics MBA, Edinburgh.
Since 2024 COO Dixi Group, Le Locle, Switzerland.
Since 2009 Managing Director, Dixi Polytool SA, Le Locle, Switzerland.
1998-2009 Sales and Marketing Director, Dixi Polytool SA, Le Locle, Switzerland.
1993-1998 Product Manager, Howmedica International, Ireland.
Other Board Memberships in Switzerland: President of the Association PME and Créateurs d’Entreprise; Usines Métallurgiques de Vallorbe; Vice President of the member of the Swissmem Committee; Microcity SA, Neuchâtel; Dixi Group, Le Locle.

Domenico Iacovelli

1976, Swiss national.
Information Technologist FA, specialist in application development, 2004, WISS in Kloten
Business Economist NDS HF, 2007, ZbW in St. Gallen
Since 2024 CEO and President, Bystronic, Switzerland
2022 - 2024 Vice-president, Groupe Andritz, Switzerland
2018 – 2022 General Director, Groupe Schuler, Switzerland
2011- 2018 General Director, Soutec AG, Switzerland
2006-2011 Different positions, Soutec AG, Switzerland
2000 Project Manager, Induma Automation, Switzerland
Other Board Memberships in Switzerland: Rey Technology AG, Sirnach

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