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 Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
12.11.–31.12.2018: Member of the Group Executive Committee, designated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 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 significant 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 Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2011–2015: Head of Group Controlling of Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2009–2010: Head of/Manager Group Reporting of Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2007–2009: Group Controller, Emhart Glass SA, Steinhausen (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 significant 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 Zehnder Group, Gränichen (CH)
2013–2019: Various roles and management tasks at 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 significant activities and vested interests

Member of the Steering Committee of the European Ventilation Industry Association (BE)
Member of the Board of GebäudeKlima Schweiz (CH)
Member of the Board of Directors of NSNW AG (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 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 significant activities and vested interests

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

Cyril Peysson

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) EMEA

French, born 1965
Appointed from 2006 until 31.12.2023

Professional background and education

From 2006 until 31.12.2023: 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 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 significant activities and vested interests

No other activities or vested interests

The Board of Directors of Zehnder Group AG has appointed Dorien Terpstra as successor to Cyril Peysson as Zehnder Group’s new Chief Commercial Officer EMEA and member of the Group Executive Committee as of 1 January 2024.

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 29 (Permitted additional mandates outside the Group) of the Articles of Association
(www.zehndergroup.com/en/investor-relations/corporate-governance), the members of the Group Executive Committee may each exercise the following additional activities in comparable functions in other companies with a commercial purpose that are not controlled by the company, do not control the company, or are not occupational pension schemes that insure employees of Zehnder Group:

A member of the Group Executive Committee may hold a maximum of 2 mandates in comparable functions at other listed legal entities, and additionally;
A member of the Group Executive Committee may also hold a maximum of 4 mandates in comparable functions at non-listed companies with a commercial purpose.

Mandates with companies controlled by the same entity, or which are subject to the same commercial authorisation, are counted as a single mandate. The above restrictions for members of the Group Executive Committee do not apply to mandates in associations, charitable foundations, family foundations, employee welfare foundations, and similar organisations.

4.4 Management contracts

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