The Board of Directors

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Peter Schaub, lic. iur., attorney-at-law, born in 1960 and a Swiss national, has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2024.

Peter Schaub has been a partner at Weber Schaub & Partner AG, tax and legal consultants, Zurich, since 1994. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scobag Privatbank AG, Basel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zindel Immo Holding AG, Chur, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mobimo AG, Lucerne, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Industrial Finance AG, Zurich, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CPH Group AG, Perlen, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uetikon Industrieholding AG, Uetikon, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBV Holding AG, Uetikon and a member of the Board of Directors of Rüegg Cheminée Holding AG, Zumikon. He also serves as a member of the boards of directors of several further unlisted companies and as a trustee of various foundations.

He was previously a tax commissioner at the Cantonal Tax Office, Zurich (1990-1993) and a junior associate at the Schellenberg Wittmer law firm, Zurich (1987-1988).

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Tim Talaat, MSEE and MBA, born in 1960 and a Swiss citizen, has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the "Human Resources and Compensation" Committee since 2024.

Tim Talaat is majority shareholder and Chairman & Delegate of the Board of Directors of SIHAG Swiss Industrial Holding AG, Uetikon (no connection with Swiss Industrial Finance AG), Chairman of the Advisory Board of Single Holding GmbH, Hochdorf (Germany), a member of the Board of Directors of Bachofen AG, Uster and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors (and Chair of its Personnel & Compensation Committee) of CPH Group AG, Perlen.

He was previously CEO of Looser Holding AG, Arbon (2009-2015), Managing Partner of Swiss Industrial Finance AG, Pfäffikon SZ (2007-2009), CEO of SR Technics Switzerland (2003-2007) and a member of the SR Technics Group Executive Board, Zurich Airport (1996-2003).

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Kaspar W. Kelterborn, lic. oec. HSG, born in 1964 and a Swiss national, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2024.

Kaspar W. Kelterborn is a member of the Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression Holding AG, Winterthur; a member of the Board of Directors of EMS-CHEMIE AG, Domat/Ems; a member of the Board of Directors of Karl Bubenhofer AG, Gossau (SG); a member of the Board of Directors of Wipf Holding AG, Brugg; a member of the Board of Directors of CPH Group AG, Perlen; and owner of Kelterborn Advisory AG, Wangen (SZ).

He was previously interim CFO and a member of the Executive Committee of the Dormakaba Group, Rümlang (2022), CFO and a member of the Executive Board of the Conzzeta Group, Zurich (2006–2021) and CFO and a member of the Executive Board of the Unaxis Group, Pfäffikon (2002–2005), and held various executive finance and controlling functions in and outside Switzerland for the Clariant Group, Muttenz, between 1996 and 2002.

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Christian Plüss, Dr. sc. ETH, born in 1962 and a Swiss citizen, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2025.

Christian Plüss is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gravag Energie AG, St. Margrethen; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Post Carbon Dioxide Removal AG, Bern; Chairman of the Board of PowerUp AG, Zurich; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Alpine Spirit AG, Scuol; Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of ePost Services AG, Lucerne; Member of the Board of Directors of Gasunie Infrastruktur AG, Zug; Member of the Supervisory Board of the ASIT-Group, Wallisellen; and co-owner of MTE+ Consulting GmbH, Kerns.

Christian Plüss was a member of the Executive Board of Die Schweizerische Post AG and CEO of PostAuto AG, Bern, from 2018 to 2025; Managing Director of Hydro Power Generation at Alpiq AG, Lausanne, from 2014 to 2018; Director at MeteoSchweiz, Zurich, from 2011 to 2013; Chairman of the Executive Board at Erdgas Ostschweiz AG, Zurich; prior to that, he held various positions at Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, the Swiss Academy of Sciences and Suisseplan AG.

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Manuel Werder, lic. iur. and LL.M., attorney-at-law, born in 1974 and a Swiss national, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2024.

Manuel Werder has been a partner since 2015 and CFO since 2024 of the Niederer and Kraft Frey AG law firm in Zurich; he is a member of the Board of Directors of UBV Holding AG, Uetikon; and a member of the Board of Directors of CPH Group AG, Perlen; serves on the boards of directors of various further unlisted companies and is a trustee of several foundations.

2010-2015 Senior Associate of Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zurich; 2007-2008 Secondment Allende & Brea Abogados, Buenos Aires; 2004-2007 Associate of Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zurich, and 2002-2004 Foreign Associate Fox Horan & Camerini LLP, New York.