4. Group Executive Committee

4.1 Members of the Group Executive Committee

Matthias Huenerwadel

Chairman of the Group Executive Committee, CEO

Swiss, born 1968

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (Switzerland)
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (Switzerland)
1996–2005 various leading positions in logistics, IT, customer service, sales and marketing at the Franke Group
2005–2017 member of the Executive Board and head of the Movement Systems (2005–2012) resp. Flooring Systems (2013–2017) division, Forbo International SA, Baar (Switzerland)
Since 12.11.2018 member of the Group Executive Committee of Zehnder Group (CEO Designate), Gränichen (Switzerland)
Since January 2019 Chairman of the Group Executive Committee, CEO
Member of the Board of Directors of Daedalus Holding AG (Switzerland)

René Grieder

Chief Financial Officer

Swiss, born 1979

Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne (Switzerland)
Master of Advanced Studies in Corporate Finance, Institute of Financial Services Zug (Switzerland)
1998–2000 Product Manager, Intercycle SA, Sursee (Switzerland)
2003–2007 Controller, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Stans (Switzerland)
2007–2009 Group Controller, Emhart Glass SA, Cham (Switzerland)
2009–2010 Manager Group Reporting & Head of Group Reporting, Zehnder Group, Gränichen (Switzerland)
2011–2015 Head of Group Controlling, Zehnder Group
Since August 2015 member of the Group Executive Committee of Zehnder Group (Chief Financial Officer)

Johannes Bollmann

Competence Center Comfosystems

Swiss/Italian dual citizen, born 1982

2003–2006 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (Switzerland)
2006–2008 Master of Science in Management, Technology and Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (Switzerland)
2007–2013 various functions at ABB in Zurich and Baden (Switzerland) in Marketing, Sales and Internal Audit
2013–2019 various functions and managerial tasks at the Zehnder Group in Switzerland in the areas of business development, sales, product and project management; since 2016 Managing Director of the Zehnder Group Schweiz AG
Since April 2019 member of the Group Executive Committee of Zehnder Group (Head Competence Center Comfosystems), Gränichen (Switzerland)

Jörg Metzger

Competence Center Radiators

German, born 1967

1990–1995 studies at the Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences in Germany with a degree in civil engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
1995–2009 management functions in various international companies
2009–2020 various executive positions at the Elster Group and Honeywell Inc. in the area of business management and transformation
Since May 2020 member of the Group Executive Committee of the Zehnder Group (Head Competence Center Radiators), Gränichen (Switzerland)

Cyril Peysson

Sales Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA)

French, born 1965

Diploma from École Supérieure de Commerce et d’Administration, Montpellier (France)
1990–2000 various responsibilities in exports and sales for French industrial companies; last position held was head of sales at De Dietrich Heiztechnik (Germany)
2000–2005 Head of Zehnder SAS (France)
Since 2006 member of the Group Executive Committee of Zehnder Group (Sales Europe/Middle East/Africa, EMEA; April 2008 until end 2013 Sales and Marketing Western Europe, previously Sales and Marketing Radiators), Gränichen (Switzerland)

4.2 Other activities and vested interests

Other activities and vested interests are outlined in the short profiles of the members of the Group Executive Committee under the previous item 4.1 Members of the Group Executive Committee.

4.3 Rules in the Articles of Association on the number of permitted activities

By permission of the Board of Directors, each of the members of the Group Executive Committee is allowed to undertake the following additional activities in the supreme management or administrative bodies of legal entities obligated to be listed in the commercial register in Switzerland or an equivalent register in another country and which are not controlled by the company, do not control the company or are not occupational pension schemes subscribed to by employees of the Zehnder Group:

Maximum 2 mandates as member of the Board of Directors or member of other supreme management or administrative bodies of companies which are public corporations according to Article 727 Para. 1 Item 1 of the Swiss Code of Obligations; as well as
Maximum 3 mandates as member of the Board of Directors or member of other supreme management or administrative bodies of companies as defined in Article 727 Para. 1 Item 2 of the Swiss Code of Obligations; as well as
Maximum 5 mandates in other legal entities which do not meet the criteria outlined above.

Mandates with companies which are controlled by the same entity, or which are subject to the same commercial authorisation, are counted as a single mandate.

4.4 Management contracts

There are no management contracts which transfer management responsibility to companies or individuals outside the Zehnder Group.