Board of Directors

Dr Alexander Vogel, LL.M.

Chairman, non-executive member of the Board of Directors, Swiss citizen

Education
Studies in business administration and law at the University St. Gallen, CH-St. Gallen. Dissertation in the area of company and group law. Postgraduate studies (LL.M.) at Northwestern/Kellogg University in Chicago, USA-Chicago

Since 2000
Partner at law firm Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG (previously meyerlustenberger) in Zurich, Geneva, Zug, Lausanne and Brussels, various publications and lectures in Corporate Governance, M&A, corporate and financial market law

Since 2003
Head of the Department Corporate & Finance at Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG

2005–2015
Member of the Management Committee of Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG

Other activities and vested interests

Current mandates:
Member of the Board of Directors of various medium-sized companies and Group subsidiaries in Switzerland and member of the Board and Secretary of the Swiss Association of Investment Companies (SAIC) (in total thirteen remunerated mandates at non-listed companies and five non-remunerated mandates). No significant official functions or political offices.

The Company obtains consultancy services in legal cases from various law firms, including Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG, in which Dr Vogel is one of about 175 employees and of 38 partners. The Executive Board ­decides on awarding individual mandates without consulting the Board of Directors.