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Corporate Governance
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Corporate Governance Report 2009
Board of Directors
 Peter Grogg, Chairman
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Peter Grogg (1942) Dr. h.c., Chairman, Swiss since 1971, elected until 2012
Peter Grogg founded Bachem AG in 1971 and was the CEO until 2002. He is Chairman of the Board of Ingro Finanz AG. He is member of the Board of Directors of Polyphor AG, Dottikon ES Holding AG and Sunstar Holding AG. |
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 Gottlieb Knoch, Vice-Chairman
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Gottlieb Knoch (1942) Graduate Chemist ETH, MBA, Vice-Chairman, Swiss since 1985, elected until 2012
Gottlieb Knoch holds a diploma of chemistry of ETH Zurich and an MBA of Stanford University. Among other assignments he worked for McKinsey & Co in Zurich, Saurer AG in Arbon and Tecan AG in Männedorf. In addition, he has assumed the function of a "business angel" helping innovative start-ups with advice and support. Board member of Rothschild Bank AG |
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 Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger, Member |
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Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger (1952) Ph.D. in chemistry, Member, German since 2009, elected until 2012
Dr. Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger graduated with a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Freiburg, Germany, in 1982. He joined Ciba-Geigy Ltd. in 1983 as a Laboratory Head in the Pharmaceuticals Division. After a job rotation in the United States, he held positions of increasing responsibility in Research and Development (R&D) including Group Leader of Process R&D, Head of Process R&D, and Head of Process Development and Pilot Plant Operations. During the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz in 1996, Dr. Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger was appointed Integration Officer of Technical Operations. He later became the Head of Chemical and Analytical Development and served as the Global Head of Technical R&D from 1999 to August 2003. Dr. Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger was appointed to his present position as Head of Human Resources on September 1, 2003. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis since January 1, 2005. |
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 Thomas Burckhardt, Secretary of the Board
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Thomas Burckhardt (1950) Dr. iur., LL.M., Secretary of the Board, Swiss since 1997, elected until 2012
Thomas Burckhardt studied at the Universities of Basel, Geneva and Munich and was awarded his doctorate in 1978 in Basel. Since 1975 he is licensed attorney and in 1979 received a Master of Law (LL.M.) at Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Massachusetts, US). Since 1980 he practices as lawyer in Zurich and Basel and since 1987 is an associate at Simonius Pfrommer & Partner. Thomas Burckhardt further is Honorary Consul-General of the Kingdom of Thailand in Basel as well as president of an important charity in favour of young and disabled persons in Basel. Other important board memberships: CMA CGM Agency AG, Viking River Cruises AG |
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 Hans Hengartner, Member |
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Hans Hengartner (1944) Prof. Dr. sc. nat. ETH, Member, Swiss since 2003, elected until 2012
Hans Hengartner studied biochemistry and molecular biology at ETH Zurich and holds a doctorate in natural sciences from ETH Zurich. He was Co-Director of the Institute for Experimental Immunology at the University Hospital Zurich and was full Professor for Immunology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich and at the Department of Biology of ETH Zurich. From 2000 to 2005 Hans Hengartner was head of the Biology Department of ETH Zurich. Since March 2008 he is a Professor emeritus at the University and ETH Zurich. |
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Corporate Executive Committee
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 Rolf Nyfeler, CEO
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Rolf Nyfeler (1950) Dr. phil. II, CEO, Swiss
since 2000
Rolf Nyfeler joined Bachem in 1982. He was responsible for Research and Development for some time and became COO of the Parent Company in 1998, after a commitment as Head of Production in the subsidiary in California. Since May 1, 2002, he is CEO of the Bachem Group and Chairman of the Corporate Executive Committee. He completed his education as a chemist at the Universities of Basel and San Diego and at the Max-Planck-Institute in Martinsried. Rolf Nyfeler is member of the management board of the Swiss Association of the Chemical Industry (SGCI). |
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 Daniel Erne, CTO
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Daniel Erne (1952) Dr. sc. nat. ETH, CTO, Swiss since 1997
Daniel Erne joined Bachem AG in 1987 as Head Quality Control and was since 1990 member of the Management Team responsible for Quality Assurance/ Regulatory Affairs. Since 1997 he is a member of the Corporate Executive Committee, as of 2002 CTO of the Bachem Group. He received his education as a chemist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ), then was a research fellow at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City and at the ETHZ. Daniel Erne is member of the Board of Directors of Pevion Biotech AG. |
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 Lester Mills, CMO
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Lester Mills (1958), Ph.D. in chemistry, MBA, CMO, citizen of Great Britain and Switzerland since 2009
Lester Mills joined Bachem Holding AG as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Member of the Corporate Executive Committee in 2009. He is responsible for all sales and marketing activities of the Bachem Group. He studied chemistry at Cambridge University (UK) and gained a Ph.D. at the UEA (UK). Later he received an MBA from the SUNY (USA, 2001). He started his career in R&D with Lonza Ltd, Visp (1987). Following this he worked in the USA in commercial development for Lonza (USA) and Genzyme (1996). In 1998 he joined Roche Vitamins Ltd (later DSM) as Sales Director (until 2008). |
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Stephan Schindler,
CFO
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Stephan Schindler (1964) business economist HWV, cand. MBA, CFO, Swiss
since 2009
Stephan Schindler joined Bachem Holding AG as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Member of the Corporate Executive Committee in 2009. In 1991 he assumed a first management position as Head of Information Center at Patria Insurances in Basel. In parallel he persistently pursued his extraoccupational studies in business economics, finance and control. After his graduation he joined the Corporate Finance Department at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG in Basel. 1995 to 2001 he assumed various positions, e.g. Head of Credit Management / IC Reconciliation. With the unbundling of the division in 2001, he took over the accounting & reporting department at Roche Vitamins AG. Until 2009, he was Head Finance & Control Switzerland at DSM Nutritional Products AG, Kaiseraugst. Stephan Schindler is about to complete an International Executive MBA program Zurich/Boston. |
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