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 the majority shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Industrial Holding AG, Uetikon, 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 AG, Winterthur; Member of the Board of Directors of Karl Bubenhofer AG, Gossau (SG); Member of the Board of Directors of RUAG International Holding AG, Bern; Member of the Board of Directors of Wipf Holding AG, Brugg; Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee of CPH Group AG, Perlen; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Conzzeta pension fund, Zurich and owner of Kelterborn Advisory AG, Wangen (SZ).

In 2022 he was Group CFO ad interim and member of the Group Executive Board of the dormakaba Group, Rümlang; 2006-2021 Group CFO and member of the Group Executive Board of the Conzzeta Group, Zurich; 2002-2005 Group CFO and member of the Group Executive Board of the Unaxis Group, Pfäffikon, and 1996-2002 he held senior finance and controlling positions in Switzerland and abroad for the Clariant Group, Muttenz.

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Claudine Mollenkopf, born in 1966 and a German and French dual national, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2024.

Claudine Mollenkopf is a member of the Board of Directors of CPH Group AG, Perlen.

She has headed the Specialty Additives Division at Evonik Industries since 2022 and is a member of the Executive Board of Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen. Claudine Mollenkopf has more than 25 years of experience in the chemical industry.

2019-2022 she was Senior Vice President and General Manager Silicas at Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen; 2011-2019 Member of the Executive Committee of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., Luxembourg, and 2018-2019 President Orion Engineered Carbons France SAS, Berre L'Etang; 1996-2010 she held various management positions in the Evonik Group, most recently as General Manager of the Rubber/MRG Industries Business Line.

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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 at the law firm Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zurich, since 2015; member of the Board of Directors of UBV Holding AG, Uetikon; member of the Board of Directors of CPH Group AG, Perlen; member of the Board of Directors of various other non-listed companies and member of the Board of Trustees of various 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.

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Christian Wipf, lic. oec. HSG, born in 1957 and a Swiss national, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2024.

Christian Wipf is Chairman and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Wipf Holding AG, Brugg, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of various subsidiaries of the Wipf Group; member of the Board of Directors of CPH Group AG, Perlen.

From 1997 to 2020 he was CEO of the Wipf Group, Brugg; 2001-2007 CEO of Wipf AG, Volketswil; 1991-1997 on the Executive Board of Seetal Schaller AG, Brugg; 1982-1991 in various management positions at Philips AG, Zurich, and Philips Electronics Ltd, Montreal.