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Autoneum Annual Report 2016
Corporate Governance
Hans-Peter Schwald
(1959)
Chairman
Swiss national
First elected to the Board
Board
member and Chairman since 2011
Educational and professional
background
lic. iur. HSG, lawyer;
Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the legal practice of Staiger, Schwald
& Partner Ltd, Zurich .
Other activities
and interests
Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Ruag Holding Ltd, Bern;
Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Stadler Rail Ltd, Bussnang;
Board member, Rieter Holding Ltd,
Winterthur; Chairman, AVIA Association
of Independent Importers of Petroleum
Products, Zurich; Board member
of other Swiss joint stock companies
Committees
Chairman of the Strategy
Committee; Member of the Audit,
the Compensation and the Nomination
Committee .
Non-executive
Michael Pieper
(1946)
Board member
Swiss national
First elected to the Board
Board
member since 2011 .
Educational and
professional background
lic. oec.
HSG; owner and CEO of Artemis Holding
Ltd .
Other activities and interests
Member of the Board of Directors of
various Artemis and Franke subsidiaries
worldwide; Board member, Berenberg
Bank (Switzerland) Ltd, Zurich; Hero
Ltd, Lenzburg; Forbo Holding Ltd, Baar;
Adval Tech Holding Ltd, Niederwangen;
Rieter Holding Ltd, Winterthur;
Arbonia Ltd, Arbon .
Non-executive
Rainer Schmückle
(1959)
Vice Chairman
German national
First elected to the Board
Board
member and Vice Chairman since 2011
Educational and professional
background
Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing.
University of Karlsruhe; from 1984 to
1997 various positions at the Daimler
Group, including CFO and Senior Vice
President IT of Freightliner LLC; from
1998 to 2000 first CFO and then CEO
of Adtranz LLC; from 2001 to 2005
President and CEO of Freightliner LLC;
from 2005 to 2010 COO of Mercedes
Car Group; from 2010 to 2011 Operating
Partner of Advent International; from
2011 to 2014 Chief Operating Officer
and President Seating Components,
Johnson Controls Inc.; from 2014 to
2015 CEO of MAG Group .
Other
activities and interests
Member of the
Board of Directors of Dometic Group
Ltd, member of the Board of Directors
of a privately held company
Commit-
tees
Chairman of the Audit Committee;
Member of the Strategy Committee .
Non-executive
This E. Schneider
(1952)
Board member
Swiss national
First elected to the Board
Board
member since 2011 .
Educational and
professional background
lic. oec. HSG;
from 1991 to 1993 Chairman and CEO
of listed company SAFAA, Paris; from
1994 to 1997 member of the Executive
Board, Valora Group, as Managing
Director of the Canteen and Catering
Division; from 1997 to 2002 Executive
Chairman and CEO of the Selecta
Group; from 2004 until March 2014
Executive Chairman and CEO, Forbo
Group; since 2014 Executive Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Forbo Group
Other activities and interests
Board
member, Galenica SA, Bern; Rieter
Holding Ltd, Winterthur .
Committees
Chairman of the Compensation and the
Nomination Committee .
Non-executive
Peter Spuhler
(1959)
Board member
Swiss national
First elected to the Board
Board
member since 2011 .
Educational and
professional background
Majority
shareholder and CEO of Stadler Rail
Ltd, Bussnang .
Other activities and
interests
Chairman of the Board,
Stadler Rail Ltd, Bussnang, and of
several other companies of the Stadler
Rail Group, Aebi-Schmidt Holding
Ltd, Burgdorf, and PCS Holding Ltd,
Warth-Weiningen. Board member, Walo
Bertschinger Central Ltd, Zurich; Allreal
Holding Ltd, Baar; Rieter Holding Ltd,
Winterthur; DSH Holding Ltd, Warth-
Weiningen; Wohnpark Promenade
Ltd, Frauenfeld; Vice Chairman of ZLE
Betriebs Ltd, Zurich . Member of the
National Council of the Swiss Parliament
from 1999 to 2012 .
Non-executive
Ferdinand Stutz
(1957)
Board member
Swiss national
First elected to the Board
Board
member since 2011 .
Educational and
professional background
Dipl.
Giesserei-Ing. University of Duisburg;
from 1982 to 1989 Operations Manager
and Deputy Manager Foundry for Rieter
Ltd, Winterthur; from 1989 to 1994
Department Manager and as of 1994
co-partner and Executive Director of
Schubert & Salzer; from 1995 to 1997
Executive Director of Georg Fischer
Eisenguss GmbH, Leipzig; from 1998
to 2009 member of the Management
Board of Georg Fischer Ltd and CEO of
GF Automotive; since 2009 owner
and founder of Stutz Improvement Ltd
Other activities and interests
Member of the Advisory Board of Halder
Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH,
Frankfurt; member of the Board of
Directors or Advisory Board of other
joint stock companies .
Committees
Member of the Audit, the Strategy, the
Compensation and the Nomination
Committee .
Non-executive