Born 1953, Swiss citizen Lic. oec., HEC University of Lausanne/Senior Executive Program, Stanford University (USA) Joined the Group in 1975 as a Junior Product Manager; left the Group in 1978; returned in 1981 (after obtaining a university degree) as Assistant to the Corporate Executive Committee; joined the Corporate Executive Committee in 1989; Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Galenica from 1996 to 2011; Executive Chairman since 2012 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aktiengesellschaft für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Zurich) and member of the Board of Directors of Vaudoise Assurances Holding SA (Lausanne)

 Nephrology