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

  • Vice Chairman and member of the Audit and Finance Committee of AEW Energie AG (CH), member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of HUBER+SUHNER AG (CH) and SFS Group AG (CH), Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Immobilien AEW AG (CH), member of the Board of Directors of Kraftwerk Augst AG (CH) and Pharmacy at Zurich City Hospital AG (CH) as well as Aare-Pharmacy Rombach AG (CH)
  • Member of the Board of the swissVR association (CH)

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