Claude Hauser (1942 CH)
lic. oec. University of Geneva, MBA IMD Lausanne, PED Columbia University, SEP Stanford University

Chairman since 2000

Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration (Chairman), Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Clinique G-Beaulieu SA (Chairman), Migros Beteiligungen AG (Chairman), CIES/CGF (Consumer Goods Forum, Paris), Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1966 – 1967 Controlling Montres Universal/Geneva
1967 – 1976 Various roles at MC Geneva
1976 – 2000 Managing Director MC Geneva
2000 – present FMC Chairman

Doris Aebi (1965 CH)
Dr. phil. Zurich University, Co-proprietor of aebi + kuehni ag, Executive Search, Zurich; Technical College of North-West Switzerland (Member of the Inspectorate)

External member, Member since 2003

Committee: Human Resources and Remuneration

Professional experience/career path
To 1994 Scientific roles at the Universities of Zurich and Berne
1994 – 1998 UBS Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich, Project Manager for the Executive Board
1998 – 2000 Credit Suisse, Zurich, Head of Allfinanz (Cooperation between Credit Suisse and Winterthur on the Swiss market), Member of the Executive Board
2000 – 2004 Dr. Bjørn Johansson Associates AG, Zurich, Executive Search, Director
2004 – present aebi+kuehni ag, Zurich, co-owner of this company specialised in individually tailored, international direct recruitment for senior-level specialist and management staff

Ernst Weber (1949 CH)
business economist HWV; Managing Director Migros Lucerne

Representative of the Cooperatives, Member since 1997 (Vice-Chairman)

Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration; Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seat on the board of: Migrol

Professional experience/career path
To 1975 Further education (language courses, School of Economics and Business Administration)
1975 – 1992 Various roles in Migros Lucerne (branch manager, marketing services, regional sales manager)
1992 – 1997 Sales manager at Migros Lucerne (of which one year as project leader at Konsum in Austria on behalf of Migros)
1997 – present Managing Director of Migros Cooperative Lucerne

Herbert Bolliger (1953 CH)
lic. oec. University of Zurich

FMC Chief Executive Officer, FMC Representative, Member since 1997

Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration; Migros Cooperative Retailing (Chairman)

Seats on the boards of: Migros Bank AG (Chairman); Hotelplan AG (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG; Denner AG, Interio AG; Gurten -Park im Grüene (Board of Directors); Foundation «Im Grüene» Rüschlikon (Board of Directors), General meeting of Migros Deutschland GmbH (member)

Professional experience/career path
To 1987 Various functions at Bayer (Switzerland) AG, FMC and PCW Group
1987 – 1994 Head of Finance/IT Migros Berne, Member of the Board of Directors
1994 – 1997 Head of IT Migros Group
1997 – 2005 Managing Director Migros Aare
2005 – present Chief Executive Officer FMC

Max Alter (1961 CH)
Swiss Federal Diploma Marketing

Managing Director Migros Valais; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Chairman since November 2009); Trade Valais (Chairman)

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Professional experience/career path
1977 – 1980 Sales apprenticeship Migros Valais
1981 – 1983 Migros Zurich
1984 – 2000 Various functions in marketing and sales Migros Valais
2000 – 2005 Member of the Board of Directors Migros Valais
2005 – present Managing Director Migros Valais

Christian Biland (1956 CH)
lic. oec. HSG

Managing Director Migros Eastern Switzerland, Member since 2001

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: MVN Neuendorf, LFS Life Food System AG

Professional experience/career path
To 1988 Revisuisse St. Gallen and Zurich
1988 – 1998 Migros AG/SO from 1991 member of the Board of Directors (in charge of purchasing and from 1997 supermarkets)
1998 – 2001 Member of the Board of Directors Migros Aare (in charge of supermarkets north)
2001 – present Managing Director Migros Eastern Switzerland

Lorenzo Emma (1957 CH)
Dipl. Ing. ETH Zürich, MBA IMD Lausanne

Managing Director Migros Ticino, Member since 2004

Committees: Migros Cooperative Retailing, Finance

Seat on the board of: Fondazione La Fonte (Vice-Chairman)

Professional experience/career path
1982 – 85 Management Consultant; Hayek Engineering AG; Zurich-CH
1987 – 88 Controller; Technocorp Holding AG (Swatch Group); Biel-CH
1988 – 90 Head Business Development; Schmidt Agence AG (Valora Group); Basel-CH
1990 – 92 Head Finance, Admin. and IT; Selecta AG (Valora Group); Murten-CH
1992 – 96 Deputy Head Corporate Planning and M&A; Sulzer Management AG, Winterthur-CH
1996 – 02 Executive Vice President, Head Coating Services, Sulzer Metco Holding AG; Winterthur-CH

Oswald Kessler (1947 CH)
Swiss Federal Diploma in Dairy Management

Managing Director Migros Zurich, Member since 2004

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Migros Pension Fund; Aktiv Fitness AG (Chairman); LFS Life Food System AG; “Im Grüene” foundation, Rüschlikon (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1973 – 1979 Various functions Conserves Estavayer SA
1980 – 1990 Head of Production and Logistics Conserves Estavayer SA
1991 – 1994 Managing Director MIFA Frenkendorf AG
1995 – 1999 Managing Director Estavayer Lait SA
1999 – 2004 Managing Director Estavayer Lait SA; MIFROMA SA; Chairman MIFROMA France SA
2004 – present Managing Director Migros Cooperative Zurich

Werner Krättli (1951 CH)
Retail salesman

Managing Director Migros Basel, Member since 1996

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Magazine zum Globus; Stiftung „Im Grünen“, Münchenstein (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1975 – 1980 Various function at Manor AG
1980 – 1995 Various board function at Manor AG
1996 – present Managing Director of Migros Basel

Marc Schaefer (1961 CH)
Swiss Federal Diploma in Finance and Controlling

Managing Director Migros Vaud, Member since 2007

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Micarna AG; Illem SA; Parking Pré la Tour SA; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Chairman)

Professional experience/career path
To 1988 Retail, sales, purchasing, importing at Head und Tyrolia and Schaefer Sport SA
1989 – 1996 Accounting, controlling, production management in the railway industry
1997 – 2000 Accounting at Migros Vaud
2000 – 2007 Head of Finance Migros Vaud (Member of the Board of Directors)
2007 – present Managing Director of Migros Vaud

Guy Vibourel (1951 F)
lic. oec. University of Geneva

Managing Director Migros Geneva, Member since 2000

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Centre Balexert SA; Ilem SA; Simga SA; Migros France SA (Chairman); Migros Distribution Centre Suhr AG; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1979 – 1989 Various functions at Migros Geneva
1989 – 2000 Managing Director of Migros France
2000 – present Chairman Migros France, Balexert SA, Simga SA, Ilem SA

Beat Zahnd (1958 CH)
phil. I Berne University

Managing Director Migros Aare, Member since 2005

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Gäu Park AG (Chairman); Neue Brünnen AG (Chairman);Shopping Center Brünnen AG (Chairman); Flower Power AG (Chairman), ChaCha AG (Chairman); LFS Life Food System AG (Chairman); Denner AG; Gurten - Park im Grünen (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1988 – 1991 Secondary school teacher (Phil I) Meikirch
1991 – 1997 Various functions at Migros Berne
1997 – 2001 Head of sales region Migros Aare
2001 – 2004 Head of Supermarkets North Executive Migros Aare
2005 – present Managing Director Migros Aare

Fabrice Zumbrunnen (1969 CH)
lic. oec. Neuchâtel University; postgraduate study of statistics, Neuchâtel University

; Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg, Member since 2005

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Seats on the boards of: Marin Centre SA (Chairman); Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1993 – 1994 Store manager Coop
1994 – 1996 Sales Manager Obtech Medical AG
1996 – 2000 Various sales functions Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
2001 – 2005 Head of Marketing & Logistics, Deputy Director Neuchâtel-Fribourg
2005 – present Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg

Roger Baillod (1958 CH)
business economist HWV & auditor, CFO Bucher Industries AG

Member since 2008

Committee: Audit

Professional experience/career path
1984 – 1993 Ernst & Young, accountant and auditor
1993 – 1995 Galvaswiss Galvanising, Head of Finance and Administration, Member of the Board of Directors
1995 – 1996 Benninger AG Uzwil, Head of Central Services, Member of the Board of Directors
1996 – present Bucher Industries, CFO, Member of the Executive Committee

Andrea Broggini (1956 CH)
Dr. iur. LL.M. Harvard University, lawyer

Member since 2004

Committee: Audit (Chairman)

Seats on the boards of: Fastweb S.p.A., Milano; Fondiaria-SAI S.p.A. Florence; March Limited, Hamilton; Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH Munich

Professional experience/career path
To 1992 Various roles in the field of law and the financial sector in Switzerland and abroad
1992 – present Self-employed lawyer; active in boards of directors of banks and insurance companies in Switzerland and Italy and in manufacturing companies in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

Jean-René Germanier (1958 CH)
Ing. HES oenology, Member of the National Council since 2003

Member since 2008

Committee: Human Resources and Remuneration

Seats on the boards of: Seba Aproz SA ; Veuthey & Co Martigny AG; CFO Jean-René Germanier SA, Vétroz

Professional experience/career path
1983 – 2009 Managing Director of Jean-René Germanier SA
2003 – 2009 National Councillor

Paola Ghillani (1963 CH + I)
Pharmaceutical Chemist Lausanne University, Proprietor of Paola Ghillani & Friends Ltd.

Member since 2008

Committee: Audit

Seats on the boards of: Helvetia Holding AG, St.Gallen; Romande Energie Holding SA, Morges, Weleda AG, Arlesheim; PlanetSolar SA, Yverdon-les-Bains; International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva

Professional experience/career path
To 1999 Marketing and management functions at multinational companies
1999 – 2005 CEO of Max Havelaar Foundation (Switzerland) Chairman of International Fairtrade Labelling Organisations
2005 – present Owner of Paola Ghillani & Friends AG

Salomé Paravicini (1943 CH)
lic. iur. Basel University, lawyer, Geneva

Member since 1984

Committee: Audit

Professional experience/career path
1955 – 2007 Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne (Board of Directors)
1994 – 1998 Swiss Railways (SBB), Berne (Board of Directors)
1974 – present Independent lawyer, Geneva

Thomas Rudolph (1962 D)
Prof. Dr. oec St. Gallen University; Director of the Institute of Marketing and Retailing, University of St. Gallen

Member since 2003

Committee: Finance

Seats on the boards of: Otto’s AG; Jeko AG

Professional experience/career path
1995 – 2000 Assistant professor at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), visiting professor in Utah and Florida, USA and elected professor for Marketing and Commerce at HSG
2000 – 2008 Developing the Gottlieb Duttweiler Chair for International Commercial Management and the Retail Lab
2009 – present Developing the Research Centre for Commercial Management at the University of St. Gallen

Ursula Schoepfer (1956 CH)
lic. rer. pol., MBA INSEAD Fontainebleau/F, Managing Director Dispopharm Services GmbH

Member since 2004

Committee: Finance

Seats on the boards of: Medial D&P Ltd. (Chairman); Pharmatrans Sanaq AG (Chairman)

Professional experience/career path
1982 – 1985 Continental Illinois Bank, Chicago, client business
1986 – 1987 Union Bank of Switzerland, Basel, various functions
1988 – 1991 Period abroad in Congo, Société Zaïro-Suisse des Produits Chimiques, Kinshasa (CIBA-GEIGY AG)
1992 – present Founding and developing Dispopharm Group, Basel (pharma distribution and promotion in Europe, Africa, Middle East)
1997 – present Burla Management Basel – strategic consulting focussing on life sciences – participation in mandate)
2004 – present Founding and developing Medial D&P Ltd., Basel pharma marketing and distribution in CIS and Asia

Heinz Winzeler (1951 CH)
lic. oec. HSG

Member since 2003

Committee: Finance (Chairman)

Seats on the boards of: Von Graffenried & Partner AG, Zürich; Shockfish SA; Sigma Holding AG; Trivon AG; Von Hoff AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG

Professional experience/career path
1979 Graduated from University of St. Gallen (lic.oec. HSG)
1980 – 1985 UBS AG (formerly SBG) Corporate Finance
1985 – 1995 Bank J. Vontobel & Co. AG (Head of Capital Market and M & A)
1995 – present Shareholder and partner in Von Graffenried & Partner AG, Zurich

Patrick Avanthay¹ (1967 CH)
Baker and confectioner

Head of In-Store Bakeries Migros Cooperative Valais, Member since 2009

Professional experience/career path
To 2006 Various functions in the Migros Cooperative Valais
2006 – present Head of In-Store Bakeries in the Marketing Department of the Migros Cooperative Valais

Daniela Suter (1956 CH)
Director of Sales

, Head of Category Management FMC, Member since 2004

Member of: FMC Personnel Policy Committee

Professional experience/career path
1976 – 1994 Various functions at Christian Fischbacher Co AG St. Gallen, ending as Head of Regional Sales and Head of Exports
1994 – 2001 PM Clothing Marketing Federation of Migros Cooperatives
2001 – present Head of Category Management Federation of Migros Cooperatives