Peter Hasler – Chairman of the Board of Directors

(date of birth 25 April 1946, Switzerland)
Member since 20 January 2010. Dr. iur

Professional background:
Corporate lawyer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein AG (FFA), Secretary of ASM (Association of Swiss Engineering Employers), Director of ASM, Director of the Swiss Employers Union, Vice-Chairman of the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund and member of various federal commissions.

Key posts:
Board of Zurich University Hospital (Chairman), Reka Swiss Travel Fund (Chairman) , Elips Life (Chairman), SIZ AG, Swiss Certificate in Computer Science (Vice-Chairman).

Dominique Freymond – Vice-Chairman

(date of birth 1 May 1954, Switzerland)
Member since 2002, Head of "Organization, Nomination & Remuneration" Committee, lic. ès sciences naturelles.

Professional background:
IBM Switzerland and IBM Europe (positions in sales, marketing and management), Unisys Switzerland and Austria (Member of the Board, Head of Customer Service), Canton Vaud (Secretary), Unisys Central Europe (Vice-President and Country Manager Switzerland), TKS-Teknosoft Group 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 AG (member of the Board of Directors), Sterci AG (member of the Board of Directors), SolvAxis SA (Chairman of the Board of Directors), sivg Swiss Institute for Company Directors and Senior Managers (Board).

Nicola Thibaudeau

(date of birth 6 November 1960, Switzerland/Canada)
Member since 2006, Dipl. Ing. Mech. Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal.

Professional background:
IBM Canada (research assistant), Cicorel SA (Head of Business), Mecanex SA (owner and CEO), freelance consultant, MPS Micro Precision Systems AG (CEO).

Key posts:
CSS Krankenversicherung (member of the Board of Directors), CSS Personalstiftung (Board member), MPS Micro Precision Systems AG (Delegate of the Board of Directors), MPS Personalstiftung (President), SLS-TT, Paul Scherrer Institute, Würenlingen (Member).

Susanne Blank – Employee representative

(date of birth 11 January 1972, Switzerland)
Member since 2008, lic. rer. pol.

Professional background:
Federal Statistical Office (audit of the national index of consumer prices), "Travail Suisse" umbrella organization of employees (head of business policy and member of the Executive Board).

Key posts:
Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund, SNAIF (member of the Board of Directors), Federal Tripartite Commission for Ancillary Measures relating to Free Movement of Persons (member), Supervisory Commission for the Compensation Fund for Unemployment Insurance (member), Federal Commission for Federal Statistics (member).

Andreas Schläpfer – Vice-Chairman

(date of birth 26 September 1947, Switzerland)
Member since 2009, Head of "Investment, Mergers & Aquisitions, Alliances" Committee, lic. oec. HSG.

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).

Marco Durrer

(born 13 February 1952, Switzerland)
Member since 2009, Head of "PostFinance" Committee, Dr. ès sc. pol. (International Relations), MALD Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA.

Professional background:
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Lausanne/New York/Zurich (Assistant to Josef Ackermann/Investment Banking), Deutsche Bank Schweiz AG Geneva (Head of Sales & Trading), Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Geneva/Zurich (Group Management, Branch Manager Zurich), Valiant Privatbank AG Berne (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), Banque Piguet & Cie S.A. (member of the Board of Directors), DGM Immobilien AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors).

Adriano P. Vassalli

(date of birth 3 April 1954, Switzerland)
Member of the Board since 1 June 2010, Head of "Audit & Risk" Committee, Swiss Certified Accountant.

Professional background:
Revisuisse (auditor and management consultant in Berne and founder of the Lugano branch), Arthur Andersen (founder and manager of the Lugano and Berne branches, partners worldwide) consulting and auditing firm (founder and owner).

Key posts:
ATTEST audit & consulting SA (Chairman of the Board of Directors), Cassa pensioni dei dipendenti dello Stato del Cantone Ticino (member of the Board of Trustees), Croce Rossa Svizzera, Sezione del Luganese (President), Fondazione Elsa Vassalli-Comizzoli (President of the Foundation), Swiss Chamber of Technical and Scientific Forensic Experts (Member), criminal and civil court (court expert).

Philippe Milliet

(date of birth 18 January 1963, Switzerland)
Member of the Board since 1 June 2010, degree in pharmacy from the University of Lausanne, MBA, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne

Professional background:
Galenica Holding SA (analyst/programmer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Corporate Executive Committee), Pharmatic SA (analyst/programmer and project manager), McKinsey (Associate, Engagement Manager), Galenica AG (responsible for distribution centres, responsible for operations and CEO of Galexis SA), Unicible (CEO), Galenica AG (Head of Health Division, Member of the Corporate Executive Committee).

Michel Gobet – Employee representative

(date of birth 14 May 1954, Switzerland)
Member of the Board since 1 June 2010, degree in history.

Professional background:
Archaeological service of Canton Fribourg (site management), PTT Union (Central Secretary and Assistant General Secretary), Communication union (Central Secretary).

Key posts:
Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd (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).