Change of the Guard at Siegfried
Siegfried announces the retirement of its Chairman, Markus Altwegg, due to age with
effect from the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. He is to be succeeded by
Gilbert Achermann, Chairman of the Straumann Group. In addition, there will be
further withdrawals from the Board of Directors.
Markus Altwegg (1941) joined the Board of Siegfried Holding AG in 2002 and - following his withdrawal from the Roche Executive Committee – was appointed Chairman in 2003. He will not be available for re-election at the next annual meeting of shareholders due to age. In addition, Susy Brüschweiler (1947), Chairwoman of SV-Stiftung, and Prof. Felix
Gutzwiller (1948) will not stand for re-election. Both joined the Board in 1999.
The following candidates stand to join the Board of Siegfried Holding AG:
- Gilbert Achermann (1964) is designated as Chairman of Siegfried Holding AG in
addition to his activities at Straumann. - Reto A. Garzetti (1960) is Partner in SE Swiss Equities, a Zurich-based asset
management company. - Beat In-Albon (1952) is Head of SGS Group’s Industrial Services Division.
- Thomas Villiger (1951) is a business consultant and former CEO of Mepha.
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