Investors

Board of Directors

Corporate Governance


Name

Position

Committee¹

First year of election

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wolle

Chairman

NCC (Chair)

2018

Diether Klingelnberg

Member

NCC

1991

Dr. Hans-Martin Schneeberger

Member

NCC

2007

Hans-Georg Härter

Member

-

2008

Roger Baillod

Member

AC (Chair)

2018

Prof. Dr. Michael Hilb

Member

AC

2018

1NCC: Nomination and Compensation Committee; AC: Audit Committee

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wolle, Chairman


Swiss and German, 1957, Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors since 2018

Dr. Jörg Wolle has also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuehne + Nagel International AG since 2016. He is a member of the Board of Kuehne Holding AG as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kuehne Foundation, Switzerland. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of OLAM International Ltd. in Singapore since September 2019. Dr. Jörg Wolle was Chairman of DKSH Holding Ltd. from 2017 to March 2019 and President and CEO of DKSH from June 2002 to March 2017. Previously, he was president and CEO of SiberHegner Holding Ltd. from early 2000. Dr. Wolle obtained his PhD in engineering in 1987 from the University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany. He graduated from the Senior Executive Program at the Stanford Business School, USA.

Diether Klingelnberg


German, 1944, Member of the Board of Directors since 1991

Diether Klingelnberg has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 1991 and has acted as its Chairman between 1991 and 2018. He became CEO of the Group in 1969 and held the position until being succeeded by Jan Klingelnberg in 2004. In addition, he was the Managing Director of MF GmbH between 2002 and 2013. Diether Klingelnberg was President of the VDMA between 2001 and 2004, and Vice President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) between 2003 and 2006. Since 2019 he has been Managing Director of Aarpharma GmbH & Co. He holds a degree in Business and Engineering from the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt.

Dr. Hans-Martin Schneeberger


Swiss, 1955, Member of the Board of Directors since 2007

Dr. Hans-Martin Schneeberger currently serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of Schneeberger Holding AG since 2003, having been CEO between 1993 and 2018 and Managing Director and Head of Marketing and Sales of Schneeberger AG between 1988 and 1993. From 1985 until 1988 he was an account and project manager with a European based management consulting firm. Since 2006 he has served on the board of Unitectra AG, an organisation for technology transfer, between 2014 and 2018 as its Chairman. Between 2010 and 2012, Dr. Hans-Martin Schneeberger was a member of the board of Swissmem, the association of Swiss companies in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries and related technology-oriented sectors, and he currently is the designated President of CECIMO, the European Machine Tool Builders Association in Brussels. Dr. Hans-Martin Schneeberger obtained a PhD from the Krannert Business School at Purdue University USA in 1984 and was tenure track assistant Professor at the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1985.

Hans-Georg Härter


German, 1945, Member of the Board of Directors since 2008

Hans-Georg Härter currently serves as member of of the Board of Directors of Walterscheid SE in Amsterdam (since 2019) and as member of the European Advisory Board of BainCapital (since 2016). Previously Hans-Georg Härter served as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Knorr-Bremse AG (between 2016 and 2018), as member of the Board of Directors of Saurer Jintan (between 2013 and 2018), as member of the Board of Directors and the Strategic Committee of Faurecia S.A. (between 2012 and 2019), as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deutz AG (between 2013 and 2018). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of ZF Friedrichshafen AG from 2006 until 2012 and the CEO between 2007 and 2012. Between 2002 and 2006, Hans-Georg Härter was the CEO of ZF Sachs AG. Between 1994 and 2001, he was the CEO of ZF Passau GmbH as well as a member of the Executive Committee of ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Before that, he had held various roles within ZF group since 1973. Hans-Georg Härter holds a degree in engineering from Meersburg Academy.

Roger Baillod


Swiss, 1958, Member of the Board of Directors since 2018

Roger Baillod has been a professional director and management consultant since 2017. He has been a member of the NCC of Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund since 2018 and was the Chairman of its AC from 2012 to 2018. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of BKW AG since 2013, a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the AC of Rieter Holding AG since 2016, as well as President of the Board/member of the Board of four non-listed Swiss companies since 2017 and 2018 respectively. He is president of a pension fund commission and member of the board of trustees of the Joh. Jacob Rieter-Stiftung. Between 1996 and 2016, Roger Baillod was the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Group management of Bucher Industries AG. Between 1993 and 1996, he was member of the executive board of two industrial companies. Mr. Baillod started his career as an auditor and consultant at ATAG Ernst & Young AG in Zurich from 1984 until 1993. Roger Baillod holds a degree in Business Economics and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Prof. Dr. Michael Hilb


Swiss, 1977, Member of the Board of Directors since 2018

Prof. Dr. Michael Hilb is founder and CEO of DBP Holding Ltd., a business group with a focus on developing international digital businesses. From 2010 to 2018 he was with DKSH, most recently as Vice President Group Strategy and Digital Business. Before that, he was Project Manager with Roland Berger from 2005 until 2010 and with Holcim Commerce from 2001 until 2003. Prof. Dr. Michael Hilb currently serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Board Foundation and as a Member of the Supervisory Board of IMP at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a Titular Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and holds a PhD and an MSc in Management as well as a CAS in Board Effectiveness from the University of St. Gallen. He was a fellow at Harvard University and INSEAD and completed executive education programs at IMD and HBS.

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