Board of Directors

Jörg Walther

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Swiss citizen, born 1961
First elected 2016
Non-executive member
Chairman of the Audit Committee

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Professional background and education

  • Since 2010: Business lawyer and partner, Schärer Attorneys at Law, Aarau (CH)
  • 2010–2012: General Counsel and Head Corporate Services, member of the Executive Committee, Resun AG, Aarau (CH)
  • 2001–2009: Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Head Legal M&A and Antitrust, member of the Group Legal Executive Committee, Novartis International AG, Basel (CH)
  • 1999–2001: Group Vice President M&A, ABB Asea Brown Boveri AG, Zurich (CH)
  • 1995–1998: Senior Corporate Counsel, ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
  • 1991–1995: Legal Counsel/General Counsel and Head Legal Services, Danzas Management AG, Basel (CH)
  • 1999: MBA University of Chicago (USA), Booth School of Business
  • 1997: Advanced Management Programme, University of Oxford (UK)
  • 1993: Post-graduate certificate in European Economic Law, University of St. Gallen (CH)
  • 1990: Admitted to the bar
  • 1989: Lic. iur., University of Zurich (CH)
  • At no time was he a member of the Group ­Executive Committee of Zehnder Group AG or of any of its subsidiaries
  • He has no significant business relations with Zehnder Group AG or with any of its subsidiaries

Other significant activities and vested interests

  • Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of SFS Group AG (CH)
  • Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of HUBER+SUHNER AG (CH)
  • Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit and Finance Committee of AEW Energie AG (CH); Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Immobilien AEW AG; Member of the Board of Directors of Kraftwerk Augst AG
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Apotheke im Stadtspital Zürich AG (CH) and of Aare-Apotheke Rombach AG (CH)
  • Member of the Board of the swissVR association (CH)

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