Board of Directors of Swissmetal Holding Ltd, Dornach, and
Swissmetal Industries Ltd, Dornach:
- Dr J. Friedrich Sauerländer (Chairman)
- Dr Dominik Koechlin (Deputy Chairman)
- Max Locher
- Dr Jürg Henz
- Ferdinand Stutz
Dr J. Friedrich Sauerländer Born in 1942, Swiss citizen, Member of the Board of Directors since 2004 and Chairman since 2005.
Dr J. Friedrich Sauerländer holds a management degree from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and a doctorate in economics from the University of Freiburg (Germany). His career began in Australia with the Alu-suisse Group. He subsequently assumed a number of management positions with Alusuisse in the USA and Brazil, before moving to the Swiss Eternit Group in 1983 as CEO for Latin America. From 1988, he served on the Group Management of SGS Société de Surveillance Group, as CEO of André & Cie SA/ André Group, Lausanne, and CEO of Manufacture des Montres Rolex SA, Bienne and as a partner with GEM (Global Estate Managers), Geneva. He is currently on the Board of Directors of SCOR Holding (Switzerland) AG, Zurich. He is also the Chairman of the Foundation Board of Fondation PH Suisse – Partnerships in Health, Céligny and serves on the Foundation Board of Fondation Média et Société, Geneva.
Dr Dominik Koechlin Born in 1959, Swiss citizen, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2004.
Dr Dominik Köchlin holds a doctorate in law from the University of Berne and an MBA from INSEAD Fontainebleau, France. Until 2001, he served several years as a Member of the Swisscom Management Board. Since 2001, he has served on the Board of Trustees of LGT Bank in Liechtenstein and on the Board of Directors of EGL AG, Cla-
riant AG, PHC plc and a number of unlisted companies. He is also a Member of the Board of the University of Basel.
Max Locher Born in 1941, Swiss citizen, Member of the Board of Directors since 2004.
After his apprenticeship in commerce, Max Locher held various positions during his career at the Alusuisse Group. He served as regional delegate of an extrusion plant in France and Project Manager and General Mana-ger of an aluminum extrusion plant in Nigeria. He became Head of Sales in 1977 and served from 1984 to 2005 as General Manager of Aluminium Laufen AG in Liesberg, where he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2005.
Dr Jürg Henz Born in 1962, Swiss citizen, Member of the Board of Directors since 2009.
Dr Jürg Henz studied physics at the ETH Zurich and earned a doctorate, Dr. sc. nat. (ETH), in 1990. His professional career began at Saurer AG in Arbon, where he served as a technical director among other things. In 1997, he was sent to the USA to serve as president and CEO of the subsidiary, Melco Inc. In 2002, he assumed - back in Switzerland - the management of the business unit Embroidery of Saurer AG. In 2007, he became the head of the Oerlikon Saurer business unit. He has held a managing position at Oerlikon Solar AG, Trübbach, since 2008.
Ferdinand Stutz Born in 1957, Swiss citizen, Member of the Board of Directors since 2009.
After his apprentice as a pattern maker, Ferdinand Stutz studied foundry technology at the University Duisburg (Germany). He begun his career as a production manager at Rieter AG in Winterthur, he managed the area of iron casting at Schubert + Salzer AG, Ingolstadt (Germany), and then became a partner and mana-ging director of Schubert + Salzer Eisenguss GmbH in Leipzig (Germany) following the spin-off and sale in the scope of a MBO. From 1998 to 2009, he served as the CEO of the Georg Fischer Automotive corporate group and as a member of the Executive Committee of Georg Fischer AG, Schaffhausen. Since 2009 he has run his own management consulting company Stutz Improvement AG. He has a number of Board assignments with unlisted companies.