Andreas Jacobs

German national, born 1963. Andreas Jacobs has served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 1, 2012, as a member of the Board of Directors since May 2006, as Chairman of the Nomination & Compensation Committee since May 2008, and as a member of the Audit Committee since April 2011. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2013.

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.

Andrea Jacobs is Executive Chairman of Jacobs Holding AG, Chairman of Barry Callebaut AG¹, Minibar AG, Jacobs Venture AG, Triventura 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.

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Thomas O'Neill

Canadian national, born 1945. Thomas O'Neill has served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2009 to December 2011, as a member of the Board of Directors since June 2004, as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee from May 2006 to May 2010 and from January 2012 onwards, as a member of the Audit Committee from June 2004 to April 2011, and as member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee since April 2011. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2013

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). Thomas 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. Thomas 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).

Thomas O'Neill is Chairman of the Board of BCE Inc.¹ and 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, Canada.

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Wanda Rapaczynski

United States national, born 1947. Wanda Rapaczynski has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2008. She has been serving as Chairwoman of the Corporate Governance Committee since April 2011 (member since May 2008) and as a member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee since April 2011. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2013.

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. Wanda 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.

Wanda 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 The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. She is a member of the Polish group in the Trilateral Commission.

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