Born 1955, Swiss National, Dr. h.c. Ferris State U, Michigan, MBA USC

Hans Hess is swiss citizen with Wetzikon (ZH) as his place of origin (Bürgerort) and Auslikon as his domicile. Since 2006, Mr. Hess acts as President of Hanesco AG, International Management Consulting, Pfäffikon (Sz). From 1996 until 2005, Mr. Hess was President and CEO of Leica Geosystems AG. Before this assignment, he worked for over 5 years with Huber & Suhner AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland as Department Manager of "Polyurethane Department". From 1981 until 1983, he was a Development Engineer with Sulzer Brother AG, Winterthur, Switzerland. Hans Hess also holds the following mandates: Chairman of the board of Burckhardt Compression Holding AG, Winterthur, board member of Geberit AG, Jona-Rapperswil, member and internal representative of the board of directors of Schaffner Holding AG, Luterbach. Hans Hess holds a Ph.D. h.c. from Ferris State University, Michigan, as well as a Prof. h.c. from the University of Wuhan, China. He graduated in 1981 with a material science degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

Born 1948, Swiss National, Attorney at law, Berne

Leonz Notter also holds the following mandates: President of Leschot Foundation, Berne, and board member of KAP Kleinert AG, Berne, Kleinert Industrie Holding AG, Kleinert Investment AG, Berne, Kusinag AG, Berne, Kleinert Overseas Property Management AG (KOPMAG), Revag Immobilien AG, Berne, REVIT AG, Berne and REVIT Immobilienfonds bernischer Banken. He is also Liquidator of Kleinert Unternehmungen Holding AG in Liquidation, Berne.

Born 1946, Swiss National, Prof. Dr. sc. nat. ETH/University of Zurich

Prof. Dr. Hinderling is also CEO of the Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique, CSEM SA. He is also titular professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

Born 1966, Swiss National,Dipl. Ing. ETH, MBA INSEAD  

Lucas A. Grolimund is swiss citizen with his places of origin in Bottmingen (BL) and Beinwil (SO) and Ottikon as his domicile. Since May 2007, Lucas Grolimund acts as CEO of Cicor Technologies AG in Boudry. For the last 4 years, he was CEO of Schlatter Holding AG where he successfully managed the turnaround of the listed Swiss welding machine manufacturer. From 2000 to 2003, he held a position as CFO of the Gate Gourmet Group and from 1995 to 2000, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Switzerland.  Lucas Grolimund holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), a Master of Science from Stanford University, USA, as well as an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Born 1965, Swiss National, dipl. Ing.-Agr. ETH.

Rolf Huber has been an independent entrepreneur and partner in Ceres Capital AG since 2001. Within the scope of this activity, Rolf Huber has exercised a number of interim functions for various companies, including CEO of Teleplan International N.V. From 1998 to 2001, Rolf Huber was CFO of the Hero Group and Financial Director of Hero Switzerland respectively, from 1997 to 1998 a member of the Executive Management of Coop Switzerland, and from 1993 to 1997 a consultant with McKinsey & Company, Switzerland. Rolf Huber holds a degree in agricultural engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.