The Management

The management is responsible for the operational leadership of the FMC. It consists of the CEO and the members of the Executive Board as well as the heads of the management divisions of the six departments.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is appointed by the Board of Directors and confirmed as a member of the Board of Directors by the Assembly of Delegates. The CEO has the right to give directions and has overall responsibility for the operational management of the FMC. The remaining members are responsible for the six Departments: HR, Cultural and Social Affairs, Leisure; Marketing; Logistics and IT; Industry and Wholesaling; Finance; Commerce.

Members

The seven-member Executive Board oversees the operational management of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives and is responsible for directing the management divisions.
Herbert Bolliger (1953 CH) Chairman
FMC Chief Executive Officer
member since 2005

Lic. oec. University of Zurich

Major Mandates
Migros Bank AG (Chairman); Hotelplan Holding AG (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG (Chairman); Interio AG; Park «Im Grünen» Gurten (Board of Directors), Foundation «Im Grüene» Rüschlikon (Board of Directors); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Board of Directors); Galaxus AG

Professional experience/career path

  • To 1987 Various functions at Bayer (Schweiz) 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
Joerg Zulauf (1958 CH) Vice Chairman
Head of Finance (V)
member since 2000

Lawyer, lic. iur. University of Zurich, MBA

Major Mandates
Ex Libris AG; Hotelplan Holding AG; Interio AG; Liegenschaften-Betrieb AG; Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Bank AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG; OWiba AG; TKL Tiefkühllager AG; Eurocentres Stiftung Sprach- und Bildungszentren (Board of Directors); Migros Pension Fund (Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path

  • 1989 – 1990 Corporate Finance, Roche Basel
  • 1990 – 1993 Head of Finance & Administration Roche Korea
  • 1993 – 1995 Head of Finance & Law, Roche Germany
  • 1996 – 2000 Head of Vitamin World Service, Roche
  • 2000 – present Deputy CEO FMC and Head of Finance Department
Dieter Berninghaus (1965 D) Head of Commerce Department (VI)
member since 2008

Dr. rer. pol. University of Cologne

Major Mandates
Denner AG; Ex Libris AG (Chairman); Hotelplan Holding AG; Interio AG (Chairman); LeShop SA (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG (Chairman); Migrol AG (Chairman); migrolino AG (Chairman); OWiba AG (Chairman); m-way AG; Gries Deco Holding GmbH (Chairman Advisory Board); Depot CH AG (Chairman); Galaxus AG

Professional experience/career path

  • 1991 – 1999 Various functions at Metro AG
  • 1999 – 2004 Various functions at REWE Group (incl. CEO)
  • 2004 – 2006 Member of the Board of Directors Denner AG / Rast Holding AG
  • 2007 Chairman of the Board of Directors Denner AG / Member of the Board of Directors Rast Holding AG
  • 2008 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Commerce Department
Walter Huber (1957 CH) Head of Industry and Wholesaling Department (IV)
member since 2008

Mach. engineer FH, MBA

Major Mandates
Aproz Sources Minerales SA (Chairman); Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG (Chairman); Chocolat Frey AG (Chairman); Delica AG (Chairman); Estavayer Lait SA (Chairman); Gastina GmbH (Vice Chairman Advisory Board); Jowa AG (Chairman); Mérat + Cie AG (Vice Chairman); Mibelle AG (Chairman); Mibelle Ltd.; Micarna AG (Chairman); Midor AG (Chairman); Mifa AG Frenkendorf (Chairman); Mifroma SA (Chairman); Riseria Taverne SA; Saviva AG (Chairman); tegut… Holding GmbH; SweetWorks Inc.; Migrol AG; migrolino AG; external mandate: Auto AG Group

Professional experience/career path

  • To 1999 Various functions at Alfa-Laval, Motor-Columbus and Beiersdorf
  • 2000 – 2003 Emmi Group: Head of CH Market and CEO Emmi Interfrais AG
  • 2004 – 2007 Emmi Group: CEO
  • 2008 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Industry and Wholesaling
Andreas Münch (1957 CH) Head of Logistics and IT Department (III)
member since 2005

EL.-Ing. ETH Zurich

Major Mandates
Betriebsgesellschaft Zentrum Glatt AG (Chairman); Gries Deco Holding GmbH (Advisory Board); Liegenschaften-Betrieb AG (Chairman); Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG (Chairman); Migros Verteilzentrum Suhr AG (Chairman); Saviva AG; migrolino AG; EHI Retail Institute; Gruppe Grosser Stromkunden (GGS) (Chairman); Advisory Board ETH juniors

Professional experience/career path

  • 1985 – 1989 BBC/ABB Project Planning and Sales Engineer, Head of Engineering Department
  • 1989 – 1994 ASCOM Head of Business Unit
  • 1994 – 1999 SWISSLOG Managing Director of DIGITRON AG, Member of the Board of SWISSLOG
  • 2000 – 2002 SULZER/AXIMA Managing Director of Sulzer Infra building technology
  • 2002 – 2004 FEINTOOL CEO
  • 2004 Self-employed business consultant
  • 2005 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Logistics Department
Hansueli Siber (1966 CH) Head of Marketing Department (II)
member since 01.01.2014

Bachelor in Purchasing Management University of St Gallen; Bachelor in Business Administration KLZ Zurich

Major Mandates
Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG; Chocolat Frey AG; Delica AG; Estavayer Lait SA; Jowa AG; Micarna AG; Midor AG; Mifroma SA; Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG; Migros Verteilzentrum Suhr AG; LeShop SA; Riseria Taverna SA

Professional experience/career path

  • 1988 – 1989 Planner VB Food International AG
  • 1989 – 1993 Product Manager Meat Denner AG
  • 1993 – 1998 Product Manager Meat/Fresh Produce, from 1996 Head of Hardware and Home Textiles at EPA AG, Zurich
  • 1998 – 2001 CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors workfasion.com AG
  • 2002 – 2005 CEO VB Food International AG Dübendorf
  • 2005 – 2006 Founder/Proprietor of one21 AG / Ltd. Zurich & Sao Paulo
  • 2006 – 2010 Member of the Board of Directors Ernst Sutter AG and Managing Director Suttero GmbH, Konstanz & Hamburg
  • 2010 – 2013 Head of Fresh Division FMC
  • 01.01.2014 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Marketing Department
Fabrice Zumbrunnen (1969 CH) Head of Human Resources, Cultural and Social Affairs, Leisure Department (I)
member since 2012

Lic. oec. Neuchâtel University, postgraduate course in statistics, Neuchâtel University

Major Mandates
Medbase AG (Chairman); Migros Vita AG (Chairman), Gries Deco Holding GmbH (Advisory Board); Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors); Ferrovia Monte Genoroso (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Park «Im Grünen» Gurten (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Eurocentres Stiftung Sprach- und Bildungszentren (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Foundation «Im Grüene» Rüschlikon (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (Chairman of the 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 – 2012 Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
  • 2012 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Human Resources, Cultural and Social Affairs, Leisure Department

FMC Management Divisions

The Federation of Migros Cooperatives is organised into six departments. A total of 29 management divisions are assigned to these and to the Chief Executive Officer. Each one is managed by a different member of the Executive Board.
Executive Board Related Management Divisions and their Heads
(as at: 31.12.2014)

Chief Executive Officer

Herbert Bolliger
Number of employees: 279

 Annina Arpagaus, General Secretariat
Lorenz Bruegger, Migros Media
Cornelia Diethelm, Sustainability & Issue Management
Monica Glisenti, Corporate Communications
Jann Hatz, Corporate Development
Andrea Moser, Legal & Compliance
Marcel Schaniel, Customer and Web Intelligence (to 16.01.2015)
Martin Schläpfer, Economic Policy

Department I
HR, Cultural & Social Affairs, Leisure

Fabrice Zumbrunnen
Number of employees: 269

 Hans-Rudolf Castell, Human Resources Management
Hedy Graber, Cultural and Social Affairs
Marlène Honegger, FMC Human Resources
Andrea Ming, Club Schools Coordination & Leisure

Department II
Marketing

Hansueli Siber
Number of employees: 1'073

 Manfred Bötsch, Sustainability & Quality Management
Marc Engelhard, Marketing Communication
Markus Gisiger, Specialist Markets
Thomas Schmid, Fresh Produce
Alex Sieber, Near-/Non-Food
Lorence Weiss, Food

Department III
Logistics and IT

Andreas Münch
Number of employees: 672

 Martin Haas, Migros IT Services
Bernhard Metzger, Logistics Transport
Markus Neukom, Planning/Expansion
Thomas Paroubek, MES (Migros Engineering Solutions, to 31.12.2014)
Peggy Schuhmann, SQTS (Swiss Quality Testing Services)

Department IV
Industry and Wholesaling

Walter Huber
Number of employees: 21

 Noel Matos, Strat. Export Marketing

Department V
Finance

Joerg Zulauf
Number of employees: 81

 Beat Arbenz, Corporate Finance
Matthias Kneubühl, FMC Accounting & Controlling
Beda Ledergerber, Treasury Migros Community£
Bernd Messerer, Controlling Migros Community
Wolfgang Pfaffeneder, Accounting Migros Community

Department VI
Commerce

Dieter Berninghaus
Number of employees: 11

  

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