Valentin Vogt (1960)
Position
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Education
Lic. oec. HSG St. Gallen, Switzerland
Professional background
Since 2011
Self-employed, Switzerland
2000 – 2011
CEO, Burckhardt Compression Group, Switzerland
1992 – 2000
General Manager, Sulzer Metco AG, Switzerland
1989 – 1992
CFO, Sulzer Metco Division, Switzerland
1986 – 1989
CFO, Alloy Metals, USA
1985 – 1986
Controller, Sulzer AG, Switzerland
Duties and responsibilities
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chairman of the Strategy Committee
Other activities and commitments
- Chairman of the Board, Kistler Holding AG, Switzerland
- Board member, Bucher Industries AG, Switzerland
- Board member, Ernst Göhner Stiftung Beteiligungen AG, Switzerland
- Chairman of the Swiss Employer's Confederation, Switzerland
- Member of the Economic Advisory Board, Swiss National Bank, Switzerland
Urs Leinhäuser (1959)
Position
Member of the Board of Directors
Education
Degree in Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
IMD Lausanne (SSE), Switzerland
Professional background
Since 2016
Partner/Consultant Adulco GmbH, Switzerland
2014 – 2016
Self-employed, Switzerland
2011 – 2014
CFO and Deputy CEO, Member of Group Executive Board, Autoneum Holding AG, Switzerland
2003 – 2011
CFO and Head Corporate Center, Member of Group Executive Committee, Rieter Holding AG, Switzerland
1999 – 2003
CFO, Mövenpick-Holding, Member of Group Executive Committee, Switzerland
1997 – 1999
Head of Finance and Controlling, Piping Systems Division, Georg Fischer AG, Switzerland
1995 – 1997
Head of Corporate Controlling, Georg Fischer AG, Switzerland
1988 – 1994
Group Controller, Cerberus AG, Switzerland
1992
Managing Director, Cerberus, Denmark
1986 – 1988
Tax Consultant; Deputy Head, Tax Consultancy Department, Refidar Moore Stephens, Switzerland
1983 – 1986
Tax Inspector, Cantonal Tax Department SH, Switzerland
Duties and responsibilities
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
Other activities and commitments
- Chairman of the Board, Avesco AG, Switzerland
- Board member, Ammann Group Holding AG, Switzerland
- Board member, Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, Liechtenstein
- Board member, VAT Group AG, Switzerland
Dr. Monika Krüsi (1962)
Position
Member of the Board of Directors
Education
Ph.D. in Business Informatics, MBA, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Professional background
Since 2003
Partner, MKP Consulting AG, Switzerland
2001 – 2003
Partner, Venture Incubator Partners AG, Switzerland
1991 – 2001
Associated Partner, McKinsey & Co., Inc., Switzerland
1986 – 1990
Credit Suisse, Switzerland
Duties and responsibilities
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
- Member of the Strategy Committee
Other activities and commitments
- Chair of the Board, Repower AG, Switzerland
- Chair of the Board, ACP, Switzerland
- Board member, 360°, Switzerland
- Board member, Otto Suhner AG, Switzerland
- Board member, Signal AG, Switzerland
- Board member, Technopark Luzern, Switzerland
Dr. Stephan Bross (1962)
Position
Member of the Board of Directors
Education
Degree in Engineering, University of Braunschweig, Germany
Professional background
Since 2018
Member of the Executive Board (CTO), KSB SE & Co. KGaA, Germany
Since 2017
Member of the Executive Board, Technology, KSB AG, Germany
2014 - 2017
Senior Vice President, Pumps, KSB AG, Germany
2007 – 2013
Senior Vice President, Service, KSB AG, Germany
2002 – 2007
Head Product Management and Development Engineered Pumps, KSB AG, Germany
1997 – 2001
Head Development and Services Fluid Flow Technical Systems, KSB AG, Germany
1996 – 1997
Head of Fluid Mechanics Research, KSB AG, Germany
1993 – 1996
R&D Engineer, KSB AG, Germany
Duties and responsibilities
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
David Dean (1959)
Position
Member of the Board of Directors
Education
Swiss certified expert for accounting and controlling
Swiss certified accountant
Completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA and at the IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Professional background
Since 2019
Self-employed, Switzerland
2004 – 2019
CEO, Bossard Group, Switzerland
1998 – 2004
CFO, Bossard Group, Switzerland
1993 – 1998
Deputy CFO and Corporate Controller, Bossard Group, Switzerland
Duties and responsibilities
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Audit Committee
Other activities and commitments
- Member of the Board, Bossard Group, Switzerland
- Member of the Board, Komax Group, Switzerland
- Member of the Board, Brugg Group, Switzerland
- Member of the Board, Haag-Streit-Group (Division of Metall Zug Group)