4 Group Executive Board
4.1 Members of the Group Executive Board
In accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, the Group Executive Board must comprise one or more members who may not simultaneously be members of the Board of Directors of Swisscom Ltd. Temporary exceptions are only permitted in exceptional cases. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has delegated responsibility for overall executive management of Swisscom Ltd to the CEO. The CEO is entitled to delegate his powers to subordinates, in the first instance to other members of the Group Executive Board. The members of the Group Executive Board are appointed by the Board of Directors.
The Group Executive Board is composed of the CEO Swisscom Ltd, the heads of the Group divisions Group Business Steering and Group Human Resources, and the heads of the divisions Residential Customers, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Enterprise Customers and IT, Network & Innovation.
An overview of the composition of the Group Executive Board at 31 December 2014 is given below. Andreas König, the former Head of Enterprise Customers, left the Group Executive Board at the end of March 2014.
Name | Year of birth | Function | Appointed as of | |||
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Urs Schaeppi 1 | 1960 | CEO Swisscom Ltd | November 2013 | |||
Mario Rossi 2 | 1960 | CFO Swisscom Ltd | January 2013 | |||
Hans C. Werner | 1960 | CPO Swisscom Ltd | September 2011 | |||
Marc Werner | 1967 | Head of the division Residential Customers | January 2014 | |||
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler 3 | 1961 | Head of the division Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises | January 2014 | |||
Christian Petit 4 | 1963 | Head of the division Enterprise Customer | April 2014 | |||
Heinz Herren 4 | 1962 | Head of the division IT, Network & Innovation | January 2014 | |||
1 Since 2006 member of the Group Executive Board, from July to November 2013 CEO ad interim. | ||||||
2 From March 2006 to December 2007 CFO Swisscom Ltd and member of the Group Executive Board. | ||||||
3 From January 2011 to December 2012 member of the Group Executive Board. | ||||||
4 From August 2007 to December 2012 member of the Group Executive Board. |
4.2 Education, professional activities and affiliations
Details of career and qualifications are provided below for each member of the Group Executive Board. This section also discloses the mandates of each Group Executive Board member outside the Group as well as other significant activities such as permanent functions in important interest groups. Pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, the members of the Group Executive Board may perform no more than one additional mandate at a listed company and no more than two additional mandates at non-listed companies, with a total of no more than two such additional mandates being permitted. Mandates performed by a member of the Group Executive Board by order of Swisscom or mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations are not subject to these numerical restrictions. The number of these mandates is, however, limited to ten or seven respectively. Prior to accepting new mandates outside the Swisscom Group, the members of the Group Executive Board are obligated to obtain the approval of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Details on the regulation of external mandates, in particular the definition of the term “mandate” and information on other mandates that do not fall under the aforementioned numerical restrictions for listed and non-listed companies, are set out in the Articles of Incorporation (Article 8.3 of the Articles of Incorporation), which can be accessed on the Swisscom website under “Basic principles”.
No member of the Group Executive Board exceeds the set limits for mandates.
Urs Schaeppi
Swiss citizen
Education: Degree in engineering (Dipl. Ing. ETH) and business administration (lic. oec. HSG)
Career history: 1994–1998 Papierfabrik Biberist, plant manager; 1998–2006 Swisscom Mobile, Head of Commercial Business and member of the Executive Board; 2006–2007 Swisscom Solutions Ltd, CEO; 2007–August 2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Corporate Business division; January–December 2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head; 23 July–6 November 2013 Swisscom Ltd, CEO ad interim; since 7 November 2013 CEO
Since March 2006 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: –
Mandates by order of Swisscom: Member of the Executive Board, Association Suisse des Télécommunications (asut), Berne; member of the Advisory Board, Venture Foundation, Windisch, since May 2014; member of the Foundation Board, IMD International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, from January 2015
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: Member of the Board of Directors, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Zurich, since June 2014; member of the Executive Board, Glasfasernetz Schweiz, Berne, since June 2014
Mario Rossi
Swiss citizen
Education: Commercial apprenticeship; dipl. Certified Public Accountant
Career history: 1998–2002 Swisscom Ltd, Head of Group Controlling; 2002–2006 Swisscom Fixnet Ltd, Chief Financial Officer (CFO); 2006–2007 Swisscom Ltd, CFO and member of the Group Executive Board; 2007–2009 Fastweb S.p.A., CFO; 2009–2012 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, CFO; since January 2013 Swisscom Ltd, CFO
Since January 2013 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: –
Mandates by order of Swisscom: Vice President of the Board of Trustees, comPlan, Baden, until December 2014; President of the Board of Trustees, comPlan, from January 2015
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: Member of the Sanctions Committee, SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd, Zurich
Hans C. Werner
Swiss citizen
Education: PhD in business administration, Dr oec.
Career history: 1997–1999 Kantonsschule Büelrain, Winterthur, Rector; 1999–2000 Swiss Re, Head of Technical Training and Business Training; 2001 Swiss Re, Divisional Operation Officer, Reinsurance & Risk Division; 2002–2003 Swiss Re, Head of HR Corporate Centre and HR Shared Services; 2003–2007 Swiss Re, Head of Global Human Resources; 2007–2009 Schindler Aufzüge AG, Head of HR and Training; 2010–2011 Europe North and East Schindler, HR Vice President; since September 2011 Swisscom Ltd, Chief Personnel Officer (CPO)
Since September 2011 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: –
Mandates by order of Swisscom: Member of the Board, Swiss Employer’s Association, Zurich; member of the Board of Trustees, comPlan, Basel
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: Member of the Advisory Board of the International Institute of Management in Technology (iimt) at the University of Fribourg
Marc Werner
Swiss and French citizen
Education: Technical apprenticeship with Maturity Certificate, Swiss Certified Marketing Executive; Senior Management Programme (University of St. Gallen), Senior Executive Programme (London Business School)
Career history: 1997–2000 Minolta (Schweiz) AG, Head of Marketing and Sales and member of the Board of Directors; 2000–2004 Bluewin AG, Head of Marketing & Sales, member of the Executive Board; 2005–2007 Swisscom Fixnet Ltd, Head of Marketing & Sales Residential Customers; 2008–2011 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Marketing & Sales Residential Customers and Deputy Head of Residential Customers; 2012–2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Customer Service Residential Customers and Deputy Head of Residential Customers; since September 2013 Swisscom, Head of Residential Customers division
Since January 2014 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: Member of the Board of Directors, Net-Metrix AG, Zurich; Member of the Executive Board, simsa – Swiss Internet Industry Association, Zurich
Mandates by order of Swisscom: –
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: Member of the Executive Board, IAA (International Advertising Association) Swiss Chapter, Zurich, until April 2014; member of the Executive Board, Swiss Advertising Association (SW), Zurich, since May 2014
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler
Swiss citizen
Education: Degree in electronic engineering (HTL), Executive MBA HSG
Career history: 1997–1999 Swisscom Ltd, Network Services, Head of Zurich branch; 1999–2000 Swisscom Ltd, Marketing & Sales, Sales Director Zurich SME; 2000–2005 Swisscom Mobile Ltd, Head of Business Customer Sales; 2006–2007 Swisscom Solutions Ltd, Head of Marketing and Sales; 2008–2010 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Marketing and Sales, Swisscom Corporate Business, and CEO, Webcall GmbH; 2011–2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises division; 2011-2012 Swisscom, member of the Group Executive Board; since January 2014 Swisscom, Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises division
Since January 2014 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: Member of the Board of Directors, Raiffeisenbank am Ricken Genossenschaft, Eschenbach
Mandates by order of Swisscom: Member of the Board of Directors, basecamp4hightech (bc4ht) cooperative, Berne
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: –
Christian Petit
French citizen
Education: MBA ESSEC, Cergy-Pontoise
Career history: 1993–1999 debitel France; 2000–2003 Swisscom Mobile Ltd, Head of Operations; 2003–2006 Swisscom Mobile, Head of Product Marketing; 2006–June 2007 Hospitality Services Plus SA, CEO; August 2007–December 2012 Swisscom, member of the Group Executive Board; August 2007–August 2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Residential Customers division; September 2013–December 2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Corporate Business division; January–March 2014 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of the Enterprise Solution Center; since April 2014 Swisscom, Head of Enterprise Customers division
Since April 2014 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: –
Mandates by order of Swisscom: Member of the Board of Trustees, Stiftung IT Berufsbildung Schweiz, Berne
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: –
Heinz Herren
Swiss citizen
Education: Degree in electronic engineering (HTL)
Career history: 1994–2000 3Com Corporation; 2000 Inalp Networks Inc.; 2001–2005 Swisscom Fixnet Ltd, Head of Marketing Wholesale; 2005–2007 Swisscom Fixnet Ltd, Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; 2007–2010 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises division; 2011–2013 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, Head of Network & IT; August 2007–December 2012 Swisscom, member of the Group Executive Board; since January 2014 Swisscom, Head of IT, Network & Innovation division
Since January 2014 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Mandates in listed companies: –
Mandates in non-listed companies: –
Mandates by order of Swisscom: Member of the Board of Directors, Belgacom International Carrier Services S.A., Brussels
Mandates in interest groups, charitable associations, institutions and foundations as well as employee benefit foundations: –
Other significant activities: –
4.3 Management agreements
Neither Swisscom Ltd nor any of the Group companies included in the scope of consolidation have entered into management agreements with third parties.