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Riet Cadonau

Member of the Board of Directors

Swiss citizen, born 1961
First elected 2013
Non-executive member
Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee

Member of the Board of Directors Riet Cadonau

Professional background and education

  • 2015 until March 2021: CEO, dormakaba Group, Ruemlang (CH)
  • 2011–2015: CEO, Kaba Group, Ruemlang (CH)
  • 2007–2011: CEO, Ascom Group, Duebendorf (CH)
  • 2005–2007: Managing Director, ACS Europe + Transport Revenue (later a Xerox company), Glattbrugg (CH)
  • 2001–2005: Member of the Executive Board, Ascom Group, Bern (CH), from 2002 Deputy CEO and General Manager of the Transport Revenue Division, which was acquired by ACS in 2005
  • 1990–2001: Various management positions at IBM Switzerland, Zurich (CH), most recently as a member of the Management Board and Director of IBM Global Services
  • 2007: Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD (FR)
  • 1985–1988: Master of Arts in economics and business ­administration (lic. oec. publ.), 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

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (CH)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of PEKTOPROP AG (CH)

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