Administration

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), 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

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

FMC Chief Executive Officer, Member since 1997

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

Board Member: Migros Bank AG (Chairman); Hotelplan AG (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG; Denner AG, Interio AG; «Gurten-Park im Grünen» (Board of Directors); Foundation «Park 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, EMBA Business School Lausanne

Managing Director Migros Valais, Member since 2005

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Board Member: Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Chairman since November 2009); Trade Valais (Chairman), Chambre Valaisanne du Commerce (Member Board of Directors)

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

Board member: 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 Zurich, MBA IMD Lausanne

Managing Director Migros Ticino, Member since 2004

Committees: Migros Cooperative Retailing, Finance

Board Member: Fondazione La Fonte (Vice-Chairman)

Professional experience/career path
1982 – 1985 Management Consultant; Hayek Engineering AG; Zurich-CH
1987 – 1988 Controller; Technocorp Holding AG (Swatch Group); Biel-CH
1988 – 1990 Head Business Development; Schmidt Agence AG (Valora Group); Basel-CH
1990 – 1992 Head Finance, Admin. and IT; Selecta AG (Valora Group); Murten-CH
1992 – 1996 Deputy Head Corporate Planning and M&A; Sulzer Management AG, Winterthur-CH
1996 – 2002 Executive Vice President, Head Coating Services, Sulzer Metco Holding AG; Winterthur-CH
2002 – present Managing Director Migros Ticino

Jörg Blunschi (1961 CH)
Federally certified Marketing Head Bachelor of Business Administration University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration, Zurich

Management Migros Zurich, member since 01.05.2010

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Board Member: Activ Fitness AG (Chairman), LFS AG, Medbase AG (Chairman), «Im Grüene» Foundation (Foundation Council Member)

Professional experience / career path
Until 1993 various roles in marketing, sales, gastronomy and management consultancy
1993 – 1997 Senior Product Manager / Key Account Manager at Doetsch Grether AG Basel
1997 – 2009 Member of the Management of Migros Basel and Migros Deutschland
2010 – present Migros Zurich, since 01.05.2010 as Managing Director

Werner Krättli (1951 CH)
Retail salesman

Managing Director Migros Basel, Member since 1996

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Board Member: Magazine zum Globus; «Im Grünen» Foundation, Münchenstein (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path
1975 – 1980 Various functions at Manor AG
1980 – 1995 Various Board functions 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

Board Member: Micarna AG; Illem SA; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Chairman), Kornhof AG (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

Board Member: 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

Ernst Weber (1949 CH)
Business Administration University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration, Zurich; Managing Director Migros Lucerne

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

Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration; Migros Cooperative Retailing

Board member: 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 Manager at Konsum in Austria on behalf of Migros)
1997 – June 2012 Managing Director of Migros Cooperative Lucerne

Beat Zahnd (1958 CH)
phil. I Berne University

Managing Director Migros Aare, Member since 2005

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Board Member: 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 course in statistics, Neuchâtel University

Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg, Member since 2005

Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

Board Member: Marin Centre SA (Chairman); Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors); Liegenschaften-Betrieb AG; Strega SA (Chairman)

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

Doris Aebi (1965 CH)
Dr. phil. Zurich University, Co-proprietor of aebi + kuehni ag, Executive Search, Zurich; University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (Member of the Board); University of St Gallen (Member of the Executive Committee of the Institute of Business Ethics and Member of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Master in Law and Economics Degree Programme)

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 specialising in individually tailored, international direct recruitment for senior-level specialist and management staff

Roger Baillod (1958 CH)
Business Administration University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration, Zurich & 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)

Board Member: Fondiaria-SAI S.p.A. Florence; Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH Munich; Leerink Swann Holdings, LLC Boston; Kastor AG Zurich

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, President of the National Council since 2011

Member since 2008

Committee: Human Resources and Remuneration

Board Member: Seba Aproz SA; Veuthey & Co Martigny AG; CFO Jean-René Germanier SA, Vétroz; Evéquoz SA, Conthey (Vice-Chairman)

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

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

Member since 2008

Committee: Audit

Board Member: 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 Research Centre for Commercial Management and of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Chair at the University of St Gallen

Member since 2003

Committee: Finance

Board Member: 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

Board Member: Medial D&P Ltd. (Chairman); Pharmatrans Sanaq AG (Chairman); Dispopharm D&P Ltd (Board of Directors); COSF (Board of Directors)

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 focusing on life sciences – participation in mandate)
2004 – present establishing 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)

Board Member: Von Graffenried & Partner AG, Zurich; 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 Avanthay (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 Sustainable Development Near/Non Food and Specialist Markets, Member since 2004

Member: 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 – 2010 Head of Category Management Federation of Migros Cooperatives
2010 – present Head of Sustainable Development Near/Non Food and Specialist Markets