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Swiss national, born 1957. Rolf Dörig has been Chairman since January 1, 2009, and a member of the Board of Directors since May 2007. He was a member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee from May 2007 until the end of 2008, and of the Corporate Governance Committee until May 2008. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012.
Rolf Dörig obtained a doctorate degree in law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and was subsequently admitted to the Bar.
After joining Credit Suisse in 1986, he held a number of executive positions in various areas of banking and different geographical markets. As a member of the Group Executive Board, he was assigned responsibility for Swiss corporate and retail banking from 2000 onwards. In 2002, he held the position of Chairman, Switzerland. Mr. Dörig was Chief Executive Officer of the Swiss Life Group from November 2002 until May 2008, when he was elected to the Board of Directors.
Mr. Dörig is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Life Holding1, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaba Holding AG1, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Danzer AG, all in Switzerland. Furthermore, Mr. Dörig is a member of the Board Committee of economiesuisse, Switzerland.
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German national, born 1963. Andreas Jacobs has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2006 and has served as its Vice-Chairman since January 1, 2012. He has been Chairman of the Nomination & Compensation Committee since May 2008. Since April 2011, he is a member of the Audit Committee. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012.
After studying law at the universities of Freiburg and Munich (Germany) and Montpellier (France), Andreas Jacobs obtained a doctorate degree (Dr. iur.) in European competition law from the University of Freiburg, Germany. He also holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Andreas Jacobs has been an independent entrepreneur since 1992, with a stake in several European and North American companies. From 1991 to 1993, he worked as a consultant and project manager at Boston Consulting Group in Munich, Germany.
Mr. Jacobs is Executive Chairman of Jacobs Holding AG, Chairman of Barry Callebaut AG1, Chairman of Infront Sports & Media AG, Minibar AG, Jacobs Venture AG, Triventura AG, Spectramedia AG, and of Niantic Finance AG, all in Switzerland. He is Chairman of Maine Chance Farms Pty Ltd., South Africa. Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of Directors of various smaller private companies.
Swiss national, born 1944. Jakob Baer has served as member of the Board of Directors and member of the Corporate Governance Committee since October 2004. He was Chairman of the Audit Committee from October 2004 to April 2011. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012.
Jakob Baer obtained a doctorate degree in law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Berne, Switzerland, and was subsequently admitted to the Bar.
He was a member of the executive team of KPMG Switzerland from 1992 until 1994. From 1994 to 2004, he held the position of Chief Executive of KPMG Switzerland, and was a member of KPMG's European and International Leadership Board.
Mr. Baer is board member of Barry Callebaut AG1 as of December 2010, Swiss Re1, Rieter Holding AG1, Allreal Holding AG1, Stäubli Holding AG, and of a smaller private company, all in Switzerland.
British & Swiss national, born 1963. Alexander Gut has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2010 and has been serving on the Audit Committee and on the Corporate Governance Committee. Since April 2011, he serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012.
Alexander Gut obtained a doctorate degree in business administration (Dr. oec. publ.) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and is a Swiss Certified Accountant.
Mr. Gut held leading positions at KPMG, in his latest role as Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Audit Financial Services Switzerland. Prior to that, he was in charge of the global M&A consulting network for the financial services industry at Ernst & Young in Zurich.
Alexander Gut is the founder and managing partner of Gut Corporate Finance AG, an independent Corporate Finance Advisory firm based in Zurich and he is a board member of Holcim AG, Switzerland1 (since May 2011).
French national, born 1959. Didier Lamouche has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2011. He has been a member of the Corporate Governance Committee since April 2011. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012.
Didier Lamouche obtained a PhD in semiconductor technology from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. He was the CEO of Altis Semiconductor, a joint venture between IBM and Infineon. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Semiconductor Operations at IBM Microelectronics. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Lamouche was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Bull, a French IT group with a worldwide presence. Since January 2011, he is Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of the Corporate Strategic Committee of STMicroelectronics1, a global semiconductor leader with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Didier Lamouche was a member of the Board of Directors of STMicroelectronics from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Lamouche has been a non-executive Director of the Boards of various listed and non-listed companies.
Canadian national, born 1945. Thomas O'Neill has been on the Board of Directors since 2004 and has served as its Vice-Chairman from January 1, 2009 until December 31, 2011. He served as a member of the Audit Committee from June 2004 to April 2011, and as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee from May 2006 to May 2010. Since April 2011, he is a member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee and since January 2012, he is again member of the Corporate Governance Committee. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012
Thomas O'Neill graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He obtained his designation as FCA in 1988. In 2005, he was granted an honorary doctorate degree in law (LL.D.) by Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Thomas O'Neill joined the audit staff of Price Waterhouse in Toronto in 1967, and became a partner in 1978. Until his departure in 2002, he held various leadership positions in both the Canadian firm (Toronto) and in the global firm (New York), including the position of CEO and Chairman of PwC Consulting (global). Mr. O'Neill was a member of the Board of Dofasco Inc., Canada, from May 2003 to February 2006, and of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan from January 2003 until April 2007. Mr. O'Neill was Vice-Chairman of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, (Canada) from 2004 to 2006, and a member of the International Monetary Fund's External Audit Committee (from January 2008 until November 2010).
Mr. O'Neill is Chairman of the Board of BCE Inc.1. He is a member of the Board of Loblaw Companies Ltd1, Nexen Inc.1 and Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)1, all in Canada.
Furthermore, he is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
British national, born 1951. David Prince has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2004. He has been serving on the Audit Committee from June 2004 to April 2006 and from May 2008 onwards. He was a member of the Corporate Governance Committee from June 2004 to May 2006. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2012.
Mr. Prince is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
He started his career in the oil and gas industry as part of a management trainee scheme at British Gas, later attending business school in the UK. Following accountancy roles at Philips Industries and TRW, he joined Cable Wireless, holding accountancy, general management and group marketing positions in the UK and in Hong Kong. From 1994 to 2000, he worked for Hong Kong Telecom plc (HKT) as Group Finance Director, followed by an appointment as Deputy CEO. In 2000, Mr. Prince became Group CFO of PCCW plc, Hong Kong. From 2002 to 2004, he worked for Cable Wireless as Group Finance Director.
Mr. Prince is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of ARK Therapeutics1, UK, and is a member of the Board of Directors of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd1, Hong Kong.
United States national, born 1947. Wanda Rapaczynski has been a member of the Board of Directors and of the Corporate Governance Committee since May 2008. Since April 2011, she is the Chairwoman of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the 2012 General Meeting of Shareholders.
Wanda Rapaczynski holds a Master's degree in management from Yale University, USA and a PhD in psychology from the City University of New York, USA. Ms Rapaczynski was a postdoctoral fellow at the Educational Testing Service at Princeton University, USA. Between 1980 and 1982, she held the position of Project Director at the Family Television Research and Consultation Center at Yale University, USA. She held leading positions at Citibank and was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Polish media group Agora S.A.1, Poland, where she currently serves on the Supervisory Board and as head of the Compensation Committee.
Ms Rapaczynski is a Member of the Board of Trustees and head of the Audit Committee of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. She is a member of the International Advisory Boards of Yale University, USA, and The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. She is a member of the Polish group in the Trilateral Commission.