(Status following Annual General Meeting of April 8, 2008)
- Anton AFFENTRANGER, Chairman
- Markus DENNLER, Deputy
- James Lionel COHEN, member
- Claudio GENERALI, member
- Ian Andrew GOLDIN, member
- Urs HÄNER, member
- Patrick HÜNERWADEL, member
- Toni WICKI, member
- Philippe ZOELLY, member
- Anton Affentranger (born in 1956, Swiss national)
Mr. Affentranger has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2006. He is also the founder and Chairman of Affentranger Associates SA, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Corporate Investment Management Affentranger Holding SA, Dartfish SA and Transmission Technology Holding SA, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mikron SA, Bienne, member of the Board of Directors of the Ammann group and Chairman of the Board of the Casin Foundation.
Mr. Affentranger worked for UBS in New York, Hong Kong and Geneva, and then as member of the bank’s general management in Zurich. He held the positions of Associate and CEO of the private bank Lombard Odier & Co and CFO of Roche Holding SA before joining, in 1999, the Board of Directors of Zschokke Holding SA and becoming its Chairman in 2003. He has a degree in Economics from the University of Geneva.
- Markus Dennler (born in 1956, Swiss national)
Mr. Dennler has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2006. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Swissquote Holding SA, Petroplus Holdings SA and Allianz Suisse and a board member of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce. Hired by the Credit Suisse Group in 1986, Mr. Dennler rose to become a member of the General Management of Winterthur Assurances and Credit Suisse Financial Services. In 2005 he established his own practice as a lawyer in Zurich. From 2005 to 2006, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Batigroup Holding SA until its merger with Zschokke
Holding SA. Mr. Dennler has a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Zurich. He obtained his lawyer’s licence in Zurich.
- James Lionel (Jim) Cohen (born in 1942)
UK national, 65 years old, holding an MA (Classics) from King’s College, Cambridge and a BPhil (Economics) from York University.
Jim Cohen grew up in England and after his studies he served as Assistant Private Secretary to two Cabinet Ministers before he started a career in industry. Jim Cohen occupied various managerial positions with GEC and then GET before joining, in 1993, Balfour Beatty where he was the initial driving force in building up its PFI/PPP activities, later supervising these activities while developing its railway business from 1996. He recently retired as a plc director of Balfour Beatty plc. He is the senior independent director of office2office plc, which listed in 2004.
- Claudio Generali (born in 1943, Swiss national)
Mr. Generali is Chairman of CORSI (Società cooperativa per la radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana), Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of SRG SSR idée suisse and the Swiss Aviation Foundation, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Schindler Elettronica SA. From 1974 to 1982, he was Assistant Director-General of the Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino, from 1983 to 1989, a member of the Ticino government (Department of Finance and Constructions), from 1990 to 2005, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gotthard Bank. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Batigroup Holding SA from 1997. Mr. Generali holds a degree in Economics from the University of Geneva.
- Ian Andrew Goldin (born in 1955, French national)
Dr. Goldin grew up in South Africa. He studied at Cape Town University and then in England. After finishing his studies he worked in the private sector, he was appointed Director of Trade + Development Programme with the OECD. He was then appointed as a specialist in infrastructures with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) in Washington DC (USA) before becoming principal economist with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. In 1996, he transformed the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in Johannesburg where he was Chief Executive and Managing Director. In 2001, he returned to the World Bank group in Washington DC, where he was appointed Director of Development Policy. In 2003 he became Vice President and was given wide-ranging responsibilities within the World Bank. Since 2006, Mr Goldin has been Director of the James Martin 21st Century School and Professorial Fellow at Oxford University. Mr Goldin holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a PhD from Oxford University.
- Urs Häner (born in 1953, Swiss national)
Urs Häner is the CEO of Russian Land. From 1991 to 1993 he was CEO of Credit Suisse's Australian subsidiary. After this he built up Credit Suisse's Russian business as CEO until 1997. From 1997 he was responsible as CEO for the Russian subsidiary of Republic National Bank of New York, which was taken over by HSBC in 1999. He was then CEO of HSBC Russia until 2001. In 2001 he became CEO of STT Group (now Russian Land). From 2004 to 2007 he was also Deputy CEO of Sibir Energy plc, and a member of its board of directors from 2001 to 2007. Urs Häner gained two masters degrees from the University of St. Gallen, in economics and law (lic. oec. HSG, lic. rer. publ. HSG).
- Patrick Hünerwadel (born in 1959, Swiss national)
Mr. Hünerwadel has been an associate of the Lenz & Staehelin law firm since 1994 and teaches courses in company law and the law of obligations at the University of Saint Gall. From 1997 to 1999, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Batigroup Holding SA, becoming its Deputy Chairman from 1999 until its merger with Zschokke Holding SA. Mr. Hünerwadel holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Saint-Gall. He obtained his lawyer’s licence in Zurich.
- Toni Wicki (born in 1944, Swiss national)
Mr. Wicki is Managing Director and CEO of RUAG Holding, a member of the Board of Directors of various companies affiliated to or associated with the latter, as well as a member of the Foundation Board of the Eisenbibliothek Paradies. After previously holding various positions in technological businesses, such as ABB and Leica, Mr. Wicki became Chief of Weaponry of the Swiss Army. He was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zschokke Holding SA until its merger with Batigroup Holding SA and following this merger he became member of the Board of directors of Implenia Ltd. He is a graduate mechanical engineer holding a diploma from the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich.
- Philippe Zoelly (born in 1948, Swiss national)
Mr. Zoelly is an independent associate of a law firm in Geneva. His main activity consists of consulting, nego-tiating and court-room litigation in commercial matters, in particular in the fields of civil liability and insurance law, bankruptcy law (stabilisation, restructuring and liquidation of companies) and copyright management. He also accepts official assignments to act as receiver, administrator and liquidator in commercial matters. Mr. Zoelly is a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Society of Authors (Société Suisse des Auteurs – SSA) and Chairman of the SSA’s Emergency Fund. He was member of the Board of Directors of Zschokke Holding SA from 2005. Mr. Zoelly holds a law degree from the University of Fribourg, he obtained his lawyer’s licence in Geneva.
Presidential committee
- Anton AFFENTRANGER, Chairman
- Markus DENNLER, member
- Patrick HÜNERWADEL, member
Strategy committee
- James Lionel COHEN, Chairman
- Anton AFFENTRANGER, member
- Ian Andrew GOLDIN, member
- Urs HÄNER, member
- Patrick HÜNERWADEL, member
Audit committee
- Toni WICKI, Chairman
- Anton AFFENTRANGER, member
- Patrick HÜNERWADEL, member
Nomination and compensation committee
- Markus DENNLER, Chairman
- Claudio GENERALI, member
- Philippe ZOELLY, member
Secretary of the Board
Karl GUN, is not a member of the Board of directors.