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 and Commitment Migros Group; Marketing; Operations; Migros Industrie; Finance; Commerce.
Composition of management
The 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. In connection with the transformation of the core business, the designated CEO of Migros Supermarket Ltd joined the Executive Board from 1 July until 31 December 2023.
Executive Board
As at 31.12.2023
Chief Executive Officer FMC Chairman since 05.2023
Certified auditor,
management courses at INSEAD,
Fontainebleau (F) and IMD Lausanne
Major mandates
Digitec Galaxus AG (Board of Directors); Hotelplan Management AG (Board of Directors); Medbase 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); Migros Verteilbetrieb AG (Board of Directors); Migros Supermarket Ltd (Vice Chairman Board of Directors); Migros Fachmarkt AG (Board of Directors); “Im Grüene” Foundation, Rüschlikon (Vice Chairman Board of Trustees); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Board of Trustees)
Professional experience/career path
1985 – 1987
Securities Manager UBS AG
1987 – 1995
Auditor ATAG Ernst & Young AG
1995 – 2010
CFO Heineken Switzerland AG
2010 – 2011
CFO Denner AG
2011 – 04.2023
CEO Denner AG
05.2023 – present
Chief Executive Officer FMC
Deputy Chief Executive Officer FMC since 2022
Head of Marketing Department until 07.2023
Chief Transformation Officer from 08.2023 until 12.2023
Head of Migros Industrie Department since 12.2023
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); ELSA Group SA (Board of Directors); Fresh Food & Beverage 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 Verteilbetriebe AG (Vice Chairman Board of Directors)
Professional experience/career path
2000 – 2007
Management consultant at 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 – 2021
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Marketing Department
2022 – 07.2023
Deputy Chief Executive Officer FMC, Head of Marketing Department
08.2023 – 12.2023
Deputy Chief Executive Officer FMC, Chief Transformation Officer
12.2023 – present
Deputy Chief Executive Officer FMC, Head of Industry Department
Head of Operations Department
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 Verteilbetriebe 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, most recently as Junior Partner of the Business Technology Office (BTO)
2013 – 2019
Various roles at Swiss Re, most recently as Managing Director, Head of Group Digital & Information Service
2019 – present
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Operations Department
Managing Director Migros Eastern Switzerland until 06.2023
Head of Marketing Department since 08.2023
CEO Migros Supermarket Ltd since 01.2024
Member from 08.2023 until 12.2023
Engineering diploma (HTL) dairy industry
Major mandates
Denner AG (Board of Directors)
Professional experience/career path
1995 – 2007
Various roles at the Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Zurich
2008 – 2014
Head of Supermarkets Migros Eastern Switzerland
2015 – 06.2023
Managing Director Migros Eastern Switzerland
08.2023 – 12.2023
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Marketing Department
01.2024 – present
CEO Migros Supermarket Ltd
Head of Commerce Department
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); Misenso AG (Chairman Board of Directors); MTCH AG (Chairman Board of Directors)
Professional experience/career path
2003 – 2010
Various roles at McKinsey & Company, Zurich and Dubai, most recently as Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, Zurich
2010 – 2019
Various roles at Valora Group, most recently 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
Head of HRM and Commitment Migros Group since 02.2023
Executive Master in Business Administration EMBA, HSG, University of St. Gallen
Teacher education Sec. Phil. I
Major mandates
Miduca AG (Vice 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 Trustees); “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)
Professional experience/career path
Until 2000
Various roles in the commercial and education sectors
2001 – 2011
HR roles in vocational training; from 2005, Head of HR for Logistics/Production, Construction/Real Estate, Culture/Communication, Migros Cooperative Zurich
2011 – 2014
Head of Logistics Transport, Migros Cooperative Zurich
2014 – 2023
Head of Logistics & IT Department, Member of the Executive Board Migros Zurich
02.2023 – present
Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of HRM and Commitment Migros Group
Head of Finance Department
Member since 2022
Mag.rer.soc.oec. University of Innsbruck, Austria
Major mandates
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); Migros Pension Fund Investment Foundation (Board of Trustees); M Casa AG (Chairwoman Board of Directors); Stiftung Zusatzvorsorge der Migros-Gemeinschaft (Chairwoman Board of Trustees); M Vorsorge AG (Chairwoman Board of Directors); Stiftung für Sprach- und Bildungsförderung (member); Denner AG (member)
Professional experience/career path
2001 – 2004
(Senior) Assistant at Ernst & Young AG, Berne
2004 – 2010
Various roles at Hilti Corporation, Schaan, Liechtenstein, most recently 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
Members who retired in 2023
Head of Migros Industrie Department (until 12.2023)
Degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University, Milan, and master’s degree from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS)
Chief Executive Officer FMC (until 04.2023)
Chairman until 04.2023
Lic. oec. University of Neuchâtel, postgraduate course in statistics, University of Neuchâtel
FMC Management Divisions
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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. |
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Executive Board |
Related management divisions and their heads (as at: 31.12.2023) |
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Chief Executive Officer Mario Irminger Number of employees: 304 |
Annina Arpagaus, General Secretariat Andrea Moser, Legal & Compliance Markus Neukom, Economic Policy Martin Nellen, Communication & Media |
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Department I HRM and Commitment Migros Group Andrea Krapf Number of employees: 604 |
Jean-Charles Gander, Quality Management Migros Group David Girod, Human Resources Management Migros Group HRM Hedy Graber, Social Affairs & Culture Isabelle Imfeld a.i., Hanna Krayer a.i., Sustainability Migros Group Peggy Schuhmann, Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS) |
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Department II Marketing Matthias Wunderlin (until 31.07.2023) Peter Diethelm (from 01.08.2023) Number of employees: 803 |
Grégory Décaillet, Food Rémy Müller, Marketing Communication Thomas Paroubek, Sustainability & Quality Management Sandra Stöckli, Fresh Produce Ruth Vögtlin, Near-/Non-Food |
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Department III Operations Rainer Baumann Number of employees: 1’426 |
Rainer Deutschmann, Security & Traffic Daniel Gahlinger, Digital Business Franziska Müller, Migros Engineering Solutions (MES) Franziska Reist, EIGER Kim Shutler, Logistics Transport Fabio Torrisi, Analytics Martin Wechsler, Group IT |
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Department IV Migros Industrie Armando Santacesaria (until mid-December 2023) Matthias Wunderlin (from mid-December 2023) Number of employees: 18 |
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Department V Finance Isabelle Zimmermann Number of employees: 162 |
Beat Arbenz, Corporate Finance Matthias Kneubühl, FMC Accounting & Controlling Beda Ledergerber, Treasury Migros Community Dominik Stigler, Accounting Migros Community Peter Strebel, Real Estate |
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Department VI Commerce Michel Gruber Number of employees: 15 |
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