4. Group Executive Committee

4.1 Members of the Group Executive Committee

Matthias Huenerwadel

Chairman of the Group Executive Committee,
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Swiss, born 1968
Appointed in 2018

Professional background and education

Since January 2019 Chairman of the Group Executive Committee, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
12.11.–31.12.2018 Member of the Group Executive Committee, designated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2005–2017 Member of the Executive Board and Head of Movement Systems (2005–2012) and Flooring Systems (2013–2017), Forbo International SA, Baar (CH)
1995–2005 Various management positions in the areas of logistics, IT, customer services, sales and marketing at the Franke Group, Aarburg (CH), Ruston (US) and Bad Säckingen (DE)
1991–1994 Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (CH)
1987–1990 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (CH)

Other activities and vested interests

Member of the Board of Directors of Daedalus Holding AG (CH) and Spaeter AG (CH)
Member of the Board of Aargauische Industrie- und Handelskammer (CH)

René Grieder

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Swiss, born 1979
Appointed in 2015

Professional background and education

Since August 2015 Member of the Group Executive Committee, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2011–2015 Head of Group Controlling of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2009–2010 Head of/Manager Group Reporting of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2007–2009 Group Controller, Emhart Glass SA, Cham (CH)
2003–2007 Controller, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Stans (CH)
1998–2000 Product Manager, Intercycle SA, Sursee (CH)
2010–2011 Master of Advanced Studies in Corporate Finance, Institute of Financial Services Zug (CH)
2001–2003 Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne (CH)

Other activities and vested interests

Member of the Board of Directors of imiam AG (CH)

Johannes Bollmann

Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ventilation EMEA

Swiss-Italian dual citizen, born 1982
Appointed in 2019

Professional background and education

Since April 2019 Member of the Group Executive Committee, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ventilation EMEA of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2013–2019 Various roles and management tasks at the Zehnder Group in Switzerland in the areas of business development, sales, product and project management, most recently as Managing Director of Zehnder Group Schweiz AG
2007–2013 Various roles at ABB in Zurich and Baden (CH) in the areas of marketing, sales and internal audit
2006–2008 Master of Science in Management, Technology and Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (CH)
2003–2006 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (CH)

Other activities and vested interests

Member of the Steering Committee of European Ventilation Industry Association (BE)
Member of the Board of GebäudeKlima Schweiz (CH)

Jörg Metzger

Chief Operating Officer (COO) Radiators EMEA

German, born 1967
Appointed in 2020

Professional background and education

Since May 2020 Member of the Group Executive Committee, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Radiators EMEA of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2009–2020 Various leading positions in the areas of business management and transformation with Elster Group and Honeywell Inc., Lorsch (DE) and Atlanta (US)
1995–2009 Management roles in various international companies
1990–1995 Studies with a degree in civil engineering (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern (DE)

Other activities and vested interests

Member of the Advisory Board of Engelmann Sensor GmbH (DE)
Member of the Executive Council of Association of the European Heating Industry (BE)

Cyril Peysson

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) EMEA

French, born 1965
Appointed in 2006

Professional background and education

Since 2006 Member of the Group Executive Committee, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) EMEA (2008–2013 Sales and Marketing Western Europe, 2006–2008 Sales and Marketing Radiators) of the Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2000–2005 Managing Director, Zehnder SAS, Paris (FR)
1990–2000 Various activities in exports and sales of French industrial entities, most recently as Sales Director at De Dietrich Heiztechnik, Kehl (DE)
1985–1988 Diploma from École Supérieure de Commerce et d’Administration, Montpellier (FR)

Other activities and vested interests

No other activities or vested interests

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. Beyond these activities, the members of the Group Executive Committee do not have any dealings with important institutions, hold ongoing executive or advisory roles for interest groups, or hold any official function or political office.

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

Under Article 30 (Other permitted activities) of the Articles of Association (www.zehndergroup.com/en/investor-relations/corporate-governance), subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the members of the Group Executive Committee are permitted 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 of two mandates as member of the Board of Directors or member of other supreme management or administrative bodies of companies that are public corporations according to Article 727 para. 1(1) of the Swiss Code of Obligations;
Maximum of three 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(2) of the Swiss Code of Obligations;
Maximum of five mandates in other legal entities that do not meet the criteria outlined above.

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

4.4 Management contracts

No management contracts exist that transfer management responsibility to companies or individuals outside the Zehnder Group.