Nationality
Swiss

Year of Birth
1953

Chief Financial and IT Officer
Deputy Head of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Roche Group

• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich

1978
Head of Assistants, Institute of Management & Industrial Engineering ETH, Zurich

1980
Chairman, Swiss Student Travel Office (SSR)

1983
Vice President Group Strategy Pharmaceuticals Corange Ltd., Switzerland (Holding company Boehringer Mannheim Group)

1988
Managing Director Boehringer Mannheim, Switzerland

1992
Head of Finance, Member of the Executive Board Boehringer Mannheim, Germany

1994
Head of Finance, Chairman of the Executive Board Boehringer Mannheim, Germany

1995
President Pharmaceuticals Division, Member of the Executive Committee Boehringer Mannheim Group, Netherlands

1997
Chief Financial Officer Corange Ltd., Bermuda/UK

1998
Chief Executive Officer Diethelm Group, Switzerland

2000
Chief Executive Officer Diethelm Keller Group, Switzerland

2001
Member of the Executive Committee of the Roche Group and Chief Financial Officer

2005
Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Head of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Roche Group

• Board membership Holcim Ltd

• 2006
  Board Member of Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Japan (Roche Subsidiary)