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Management

The management is responsible for the operational leadership of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives. It consists of the CEO, the members of the Executive Board and the heads of the management divisions.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is appointed by the Board of Directors of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (FMC) and confirmed as a member of the Board of Directors by the FMC 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: HRM, Communication and Commitment Migros Group; Marketing; Operations; Migros Industrie; Finance; Commerce.

Composition of management

The seven-member Executive Board oversees the operational management of the FMC and is responsible for directing the management divisions. Of the seven members, two (28.6 %) are female.

Executive Board

Version 31.12.2022
Fabrice Zumbrunnen (1969 CH)
Chief Executive Officer FMC
Member since 2012
Lic. oec. University of Neuchâtel; postgraduate course in statistics, University of Neuchâtel

Major mandates
Denner AG (Board of Directors); Digitec Galaxus AG (Board of Directors); Hotelplan Management AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Medbase AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Bank AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Beteiligungen AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Digital Solutions AG (Board of Directors); Migros Vita AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Board of Trustees); "Im Grüene" Foundation, Rüschlikon (Vice Chairman Board of Trustees)

Professional experience/career path

1993 – 1994
Store Manager, Coop

1994 – 1996
Sales Manager Obtech Medical AG

1996 – 2000
Various sales roles at Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg

2001 – 2005
Head of Marketing & Logistics, Deputy Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg

2005 – 2012
Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg

2012 – 2017
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Human Resources, Cultural & Social Affairs, Leisure Department

2018 – present
Chief Executive Officer FMC

Matthias Wunderlin (1973 CH)
Deputy CEO FMC since 01.01.2022
Head of Marketing Department (II)
Member since 2019
Lic. oec. University of Zurich

Major mandates
Aproz Sources Minérales SA (Board of Directors); Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG (Board of Directors); Delica AG (Board of Directors); Estavayer Lait SA (Board of Directors); Jowa AG (Board of Directors); migrolino AG (Board of Directors); Migros Online AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Mibelle AG (Board of Directors); Micarna AG (Board of Directors); Mifa AG Frenkendorf (Board of Directors); Mifroma SA (Board of Directors); Migros Verteilbetrieb AG (Vice Chairman; Migros Fachmarkt AG (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path

2000 – 2007
Unternehmensberater bei McKinsey & Company

2007 – 2013
Division manager at Micasa and Do It + Garden

2013 – 2016
Chief Sales Officer and member of the Executive Board at Charles Vögele, Pfäffikon SZ

2016 – 2018
Head of International Distribution & Channel Management and member of the Executive Board at Scott Sports, Givisiez

2018
Head of Retail Digital Division FMC

2019 – 31.12.2021
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Marketing Department

01.01.2022 – present
Deputy CEO FMC and Head of Marketing Department

Rainer Baumann (1979 CH)
Head of Operations Department (III)
Member since 2019
Doctor of Sciences ETH Zurich

Major mandates
Migrol AG (Board of Directors); migrolino AG (Board of Directors); Migros Digital Solutions AG (Board of Directors); Migros Verteilbetrieb AG (Chairman Board of Directors); digitalswitzerland initiative (Executive Team)

Professional experience/career path

Until 2007
Owner of IT start-up hyperCANT

2007 – 2009
Leader of Global Data Networks on the United Security Providers management team

2009 – 2013
Various roles at McKinsey & Company, Zurich, lastly as Junior Partner of the Business Technology Office (BTO)

2013 – 2019
Various roles at Swiss Re, lastly as Managing Director, Head of Group Digital & Information Service

2019 – present
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Operations Department

Michel Gruber (1977 CH)
Head of Commerce Department (VI)
Member since 01.03.2021
Lic. oec. Business Administration (HSG, University of St. Gallen)

Major mandates
Denner AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Ex Libris AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Migrol AG (Chairman Board of Directors); migrolino (Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Digital Solutions AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Online AG (Vice Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Verteilbetrieb AG (Board of Directors); Digitec Galaxus AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Best Smile AG (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path

2003 – 2010
Various roles at McKinsey & Company, Zurich and Dubai, lastly as Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, Zurich

2010 – 2019
Various roles at Valora Group, lastly as Managing Director Valora Food Service Switzerland, Muttenz

2019 – 2021
Head of Migros Digital Retail

01.03.2021 – present
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Commerce Department

Sarah Kreienbühl (1970 CH + F)
Head of HRM, Communication and Commitment (I)
Member since 2018
Lic. phil. I, Psychologist

Major mandates
MiSENSO AG (Chairwoman Board of Directors); Miduca AG (Chairwoman Board of Directors); Migros Pension Fund (Board of Trustees); Fondation Pré Vert du Signal de Bougy (Board of Trustees); Ferrovia Monte Generoso SA (Chairwoman Board of Directors); “Gurten-Park im Grünen” Foundation (Chairwoman Board of Trustees); “Im Grünen” Foundation Münchenstein (Chairwoman Board of Trustees); ”Im Grüene” Foundation Rüschlikon (Chairwoman Board of Trustees); external mandate: Swiss Management Association (Executive Board)

Professional experience/career path

1992 – 1997
Psychologist for the selection of pilots at Swissair Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG

1998 – 2001
Consultant at Amrop International, Zurich

2001 – 2004
Head of Global Human Resources Management and member of the Executive Board at Tecan Group Ltd., Männedorf

2004 –2017
Group Vice President Corporate HRM & Communications and member of the Executive Board at Sonova AG

2018 – 31.12.2022
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of HRM, Communication and Commitment Department Migros Group

Armando Santacesaria (1971 CH + I)
Head of Migros Industrie Department (IV)
Member since 2019
Degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University, Milan, and master’s degree from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS)

Major mandates
Aproz Sources Minérales SA (Chairman Board of Directors); Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Delica AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Estavayer Lait SA (Chairman Board of Directors); Jowa AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Mibelle AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Micarna AG (Chairman Board of Directors); Mifroma SA (Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Logistique Lémanique SA (Board of Directors); Migros Industrie AG (Chairman Board of Directors); SweetWorks Inc. (Board of Directors); external mandates: Atlante Srl, Bologna IT (Board of Directors)

Professional experience/career path

Until 2003
Various roles at British American Tobacco Switzerland SA

2003 – 2006
Various roles at Gillette Europe, lastly as Business Manager Body Care

2006 – 2012
Various roles at Procter & Gamble Europe, lastly as Marketing Director Pringles

2012 – 2019
Various roles at Kellogg Europe, lastly as Vice President & General Manager Northern Europe

2019 – present
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Migros Industrie Department

Isabelle Zimmermann (1974 A)
Head of Finance Department (V)
Member since 2022
Mag.rer.soc.oec. University of Innsbruck, Austria

Major mandates since 01.01.2022
Ex Libris AG (Vice Chairwoman Board of Directors); Hotelplan Management AG (Vice Chairwoman Board of Directors); Migros Bank AG (Vice Chairwoman Board of Directors); Migros Beteiligungen AG (Vice Chairwoman Board of Directors); Migros Digital Solutions AG (Board of Directors); Migros Pension Fund (Chairwoman Board of Trustees)

Professional experience/career path

2001 – 2004
(Senior) Assistant at Ernst & Young AG, Berne

2004 – 2010
Various roles at Hilti Corporation, Schaan, Liechtenstein, lastly as Head of Group Consolidation & Accounting

2010 – 2013
Director Finance Operations at Hilti North America, Tulsa, USA

2013 – 2019
CFO Hilti Germany and Central Europe at Hilti Deutschland AG, Kaufering, Germany

2019 – 2021
Head of Corporate Audit and Risk Management at Hilti Corporation, Schaan, Liechtenstein

2022 – present
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Finance Department

FMC Management Divisions

 

The Federation of Migros Cooperatives is organised into six departments. A total of 26 management divisions are assigned to these and to the Chief Executive Officer. Each one is managed by a member of the Executive Board.

Executive Board

Related management divisions and their heads (as at: 31.12.2022)

Chief Executive Officer Fabrice Zumbrunnen Number of employees: 266

Annina Arpagaus, General Secretariat Andrea Moser, Legal & Compliance Markus Neukom, Economic Policy Peggy Schuhmann, Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS) Jean-Charles Gander, Quality Management Migros Group

Department I HRM, Communication and Commitment Migros Group Sarah Kreienbühl Number of employees: 651

Hedy Graber, Social Affairs & Culture Martin Nellen, Communications & Media Reto Parolini, Human Resources Management Migros Group HRM Christine Wiederkehr-Luther, Sustainability Migros Group

Department II Marketing Matthias Wunderlin Number of employees: 772

Grégory Décaillet, Food Nadine Hess, Marketing Communication Thomas Paroubek, Sustainability & Quality Management Lorence Weiss, Fresh Produce Ruth Vögtlin, Near-/Non-Food

Department III Operations Rainer Baumann Number of employees: 1’255

Rainer Deutschmann, Security & Traffic Kim Shutler, Logistics Transport Martin Wechsler, Group IT Fabio Torrisi, Analytics Daniel Gahlinger, Digital Business Aurelius Wespi, Migros Engineering Solutions (MES) Franziska Reist, EIGER

Department IV Migros Industrie Armando Santacesaria Number of employees: 18

 

Department V Finance Isabelle Zimmermann Number of employees: 153

Beat Arbenz, Corporate Finance Matthias Kneubühl, FMC Accounting & Controlling Beda Ledergerber, Treasury Migros Community Dominik Stigler, Accounting Migros Community Peter Strebel, Real Estate

Department VI Commerce Michel Gruber Number of employees: 14

 

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