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| Rudolf W. Hug
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Swiss citizen. Born in 1944.
Elected 2005, re-elected 2011.
Rudolf W. Hug holds a PhD in law from the University of Zurich and a MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France). In 1985 he participated in the Executive Program of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. From 1977 to 1997 he worked in several positions for Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (today Credit Suisse). During the period from 1987 until 1997, he ran the international division and served as member of the executive board of Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse First Boston. Since 1998, Rudolf W. Hug has been active as an independent management consultant. Rudolf W. Hug was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors on May 15, 2007 following the retirement of his predecessor. |
| Beat Walti
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Swiss citizen. Born in 1968.
Elected 2010, re-elected 2011.
Beat Walti holds a PhD in law from the University of Zurich. In 1998 he became a consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Zurich. In 2001 he was a project manager, shareholder and board member for the start-up ETOILE Medical. Since 2002 Beat Walti has been a lawyer with Wenger & Vieli in Zurich specializing in corporate, commercial, contract, competition/antitrust law. He became partner with Wenger & Vieli in 2007. |
| Lars Förberg
Member of the Board of Directors
Swedish citizen. Born in 1965.
Elected 2011
Lars Förberg studied economics in Stockholm and Michigan and holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. He started his career as an investment manager and partner at private equity company Nordic Capital in Sweden. At the end of 1997 he moved to the former AB Custos, one of Sweden’s largest public limited investment companies, where he worked until September 2001, most recently as Chief Investment Officer. Since October 2001, Lars Förberg has been managing partner in Cevian Capital, an investment company specializing in public limited companies, which he co-founded. He also holds a Board of Directors mandate at Intrum Justitia (Credit Management Services) and is a member of the Nomination Committees of Volvo and Metso. |
| Chris E. Muntwyler
Member of the Board of Directors
Swiss citizen. Born in 1952.
Elected 2010, re-elected 2011.
Chris E. Muntwyler attended the School of Commerce in Zürich and completed various executive programs at Harvard University, IMD and at the Wharton University. From 1972 to 1999 he held several positions at Swissair. Until 1981 in various Leadership functions in the Marketing Division, in 1982 as General Manager Marketing and Sales Scandinavia and as from 1986 for North America. In 1990 he took over the responsibiltiy for the global Price- and Distribution Policy and was then leading the development and introduction of the new group IT strategy. Before leaving Swissair at the beginning of 1999 he was Vice President Global Distribution.
From 1999 to 2008 Chris E. Muntwyler held several executive positions at DHL Express, in 1999 as Managing Director Switzerland, in 2002 as Managing Director Germany, in 2003 as Chief Executive Central Europe, and in 2005 as Chief Executive United Kingdom. Today Chis E. Muntwyler is President & CEO of the Management Consulting company Conlogic AG, Senior Associate of Nyras Capital Group in London and member of the Board of Directors at Austrian Post in Vienna.
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| Roger Schmid
Member of the Board of Directors.
Swiss citizen. Born in 1959.
Elected 2007, re-elected 2011.
Roger Schmid holds a university degree in law as well as a PhD in law from the University of Zurich. From 1991 until 1995 he was legal counsel and director at Bank Leu, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Board of Directors. Roger Schmid works as an executive director of the Ernst Göhner Foundation. |
| Hans-Peter Strodel
Member of the Board of Directors
Swiss citizen. Born in 1943.
Elected 2010, re-elected 2011.
Hans-Peter Strodel holds a PhD in economics from the University of St.Gallen. From 1969 until 1974 he was an executive assistant at Maschinenfabrik Benninger und Heberlein AG. From 1975 until 1994 he held several positions at the Oerlikon-Bührle Group, in 1975 as Head of Planning/Marketing in Italy, and as of 1980 as Head of Finance at Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Bührle AG and Oerlikon-Contraves. From 1995 until 2008 Hans-Peter Strodel was CFO at Schweizerische Post. Since 2007 he has been a board member of Skyguide. |
| Knud Elmholdt Stubkjær
Member of the Board of Directors
Danish citizen. Born in 1956.
Elected 2011
Knud Elmholdt Stubkjær is a qualified shipping agent. He also completed executive programs at various well-known educational institutions, including IMD and INSEAD. Knud Elmholdt Stubkjær started his career in 1977 at the Maersk International Shipping Academy. After postings with various shipping companies in the Far East and Europe, he took over management of Maersk Line England in 1990, followed by Maersk Japan and Maersk Singapore and most recently, he held overall regional responsibility for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania. In 1999 he became a partner in the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in Denmark, where he was a member of the Executive Board until 2007 and was Co-CEO of the Container Business division. In 2008 he became a partner in the financial holding E.R. Capital Holding in Hamburg and served as CEO of one of its subsidiaries, E.R. Schiffahrt GmbH, a leading maritime service provider for container, bulk and offshore shipping. Since 2010, Knud Elmholdt Stubkjær has been Vice-Chairman of E.R. Capital Holding and a member of the Board of Directors of Unifeeder, FR8 Holdings Pty and Econships Ltd. |
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Three committees exist under the Board of Directors:
Audit Committee
Hans-Peter Strodel (Chairman)
Lars Förberg
Roger Schmid
Compensation and Nomination Committee:
Rudolf W.Hug (Chairman)
Chris E. Muntwyler
Knud Elmholdt Stubkjær
Legal and Compliance Committee
Rudolf W. Hug (Chairman)
Roger Schmid
Beat Walti
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