Bruno de Kalbermatten - Honorary Chairman
Charles Gebhard - Chairman
| 1941, Swiss national. |
| Schools and banking vocational training in Basle, Lausanne and New York. |
| 1997 | Management consulting. |
| 1990-2001 | Executive Vice President (until 1996) and Member of the Board of Klaus J. Jacobs Holding AG, Zurich and Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich. |
| 1987 | Stanford University. |
| 1975-1990 | Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee of Jacobs Suchard AG, Lausanne and Zurich (previously Jacobs AG and Interfood AG). |
| 1967-1974 | Finance Dept Manager of Ciba-Geigy, Basle (Novartis). |
| Other Board Membership: Koller Auktionen AG, Zurich. |
Thierry de Kalbermatten - Vice Chairman
| 1954, Swiss national. |
| BA, University of Lausanne (HEC). MBA, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland. |
| 1994-2005 | Member of Bobst Group Executive Committee. |
| 1990-1994 | Head of Logistics Department at Bobst SA. |
| 1986-1990 | Marketing Manager at Bobst Group Inc., Roseland, USA. |
| 1984-1986 | Rolex SA, Geneva, Switzerland. |
| 1980-1982 | UBS, Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland. |
| Other Board Memberships: JBF Finance SA, Vice Chairman and Shareholder. FAG Graphic Systems SA, Member. |
Hans Rudolf Widmer
| 1943, Swiss national. |
| Dr. Jur. University of Zurich. MBA, University of Pennsylvania, USA. |
| Chairman of the Swiss Takeover Board of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (until the end of 2007). |
| Member of the Swiss Exchange (SIX) Panel of Experts on Accounting issues (until 2004). |
| 1991-2003 | CFO Rieter Holding AG, Winterthur, Member of the Group Executive Committee. |
| 1976-1991 | Jacobs Suchard AG, Zurich (various positions, 1989-1991 Group CFO). |
| 1970-1976 | UBS, Zurich. |
Michael W.O. Garrett
| 1942, British and Australian national. |
| Graduate of IMD Business School Lausanne |
| 1961-2005 | Nestlé: Market Head Australia and Japan and Executive Vice President, responsible for Zone Asia-Oceania-Africa & Middle East. |
| Other Board Memberships: Nestlé India, Prudential plc UK, Hasbro Inc. USA and Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited in Guernsey. Member of the Swaziland International Business Advisory Panel under the auspices of the Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) London. |
Ulf Berg
| 1950, Swiss national. |
| Diploma and PhD Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark. |
| Partner of BLR & Partners AG, Thalwil, Switzerland. |
| Owner of EG Energy Group Ltd, Zug, Switzerland. |
| 2004-2009 | CEO and subsequently Chairman of Sulzer Ltd, Switzerland. |
| 2003-2004 | CEO of SIG Beverages Int. Ltd, a division of SIG AG, Switzerland. |
| 1999-2001 | CEO of Carlo Gavazzi Holding Ltd, Zug, Switzerland. |
| Other Board Memberships: EMS Chemie Holding SA, Switzerland, SAG GmbH, Langen, Germany, MCV LLP, Midland, Michigan, USA, Kommunekemi A/S, Nyborg, Denmark, Member of the Executive Committee of Swissmem. |
Alain Guttmann
| 1958, Swiss national. |
| MScE, University of Lausanne (HEC). |
| Since 2005 | Managing partner of CapDconsulting Guttmann. |
| 2000-2004 | Founder of SFF Financial Services, and manager of a private equity fund. |
| 1996-2000 | Ernst & Young Consulting: Executive Vice President Central Europe and CEO for Switzerland. |
| 1986-1996 | Executive positions and partner of ICME management consulting Lausanne and Paris. |
| 1983-1986 | Marketing brand manager for Jacobs Suchard. |
| Other Board Memberships: JBF Finance SA, Origins holdings, LBIS SA. |
