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Corporate Governance
Martin Hirzel
(1970)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Swiss national
Member of the Group Executive
Board since
2011 .
Educational and
professional background
Degree in
business administration (HWV); Gen-
eral Management Program at Harvard
Business School; from 1989 to 1994
Business Unit Controller of IBM
(Switzerland) Ltd; from 1997 to 1999
Chief Controller International of Divi-
sion Textile Systems for Rieter Holding
Ltd; from 2000 to 2007 General
Manager China of Rieter Holding Ltd;
from 2007 to 2011 Head Business
Group SAMEA, member of the Executive
Committee of the Division Automo-
tive Systems of Rieter Holding Ltd; in
the current function since 2011
John T. Lenga
(1970)
Head Business Group North
America . US national
Member of the Group Executive Board
since
2015 .
Educational and profes-
sional background
Master in Arts,
Bowling Green State University, USA;
from 1994 to 1997 Financial Analyst at
Ford Motor Company; from 1997
to 1999 Principal Business Analyst to the
CEO for Little Caesar’s Enterprises;
from 1999 to 2003 Financial Planning
and Operational Analysis Leader US/
Canada Tower Automotive; from 2003
to 2005 Director of Financial Planning
and Operational Analysis; from 2005 to
2007 Business Group Controller of
Business Group North America, Rieter
Holding Ltd; from 2007 to 2015 Chief
Financial Officer Business Group North
America, Rieter Holding Ltd/Autoneum
Holding Ltd; in the current function
since 2015
Dr Martin Zwyssig
(1965)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Swiss national
Member of the Group Executive Board
since
2014 .
Educational and profes-
sional background
Master in Accounting
and Finance, Dr oec. HSG, University of
St.Gallen; from 1995 to 1997 Controller
Swiss Bank Corporation; from 1997
to 2001 Division Controller Sarna
Kunststoff Holding Ltd; from 2001 to
2002 Senior Vice President Finance &
Controlling EMS-TOGO Group; from
2003 to 2008 Group CFO Schaffner
Holding Ltd; from 2008 to 2013 Group
CFO Ascom Holding Ltd; in the current
function since 2014 .
Other activities
and interests
Member of the Board of
Directors of Belimo Holding Ltd
Andreas Kolf
(1962)
Head Business Group Asia
German national
Member of the Group Executive
Board since
2016 .
Educational and
professional background
Lawyer;
from 1995 to 2001 various Manage-
ment functions at Tiger Wheels Holding,
South Africa; from 2002 to 2004
CEO Federal-Mogul Gorzyce S.A.,
Poland; from 2004 to 2005 Managing
Director, Borbet Thüringen GmbH,
Germany; from 2005 to 2006 Global
Sales Director, Federal-Mogul GmbH,
Germany; from 2006 to 2011 Executive
Director Operations, Federal-Mogul
India; from 2011 to 2013 Director
Operations Federal-Mogul Asia Pacific,
China; from 2013 to 2016 Vice Presi-
dent and Managing Director Federal-
Mogul India; in the current function
since March 1, 2016
Matthias Holzammer
(1965)
Head Business Group Europe
German national
Member of the Group Executive
Board since
2012 .
Educational and
professional background
Degree
in business engineering; from 1993 to
2009 leading functions in opera-
tions, plant management and general
management at Brose Fahrzeugteile
GmbH & Co. KG, Faurecia Sitztechnik
GmbH & Co. KG and at Beru Ltd;
from 2009 to 2011 Managing Director
Production for Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
(later Johnson Controls), last assignment
as General Manager of the Product
Business Unit “Metal Region Europe”;
in the current function since 2012
Fausto Bigi
(1959)
Head Business Group SAMEA
Brazilian national
Member of the Group Executive
Board since
2016 .
Educational and
professional background
Master in
Business Administration, INSEAD,
France and Graduation in Mechanical
Engineering, Brazil;
from 1986 to 1993
Senior Manager at Itautec Informatica,
Brazil; from 1993 to 2006 various
Management functions at Valeo
Automotive Systems, last assignment as
Branch Marketing Director Division
Lighting, France; from 2006 to 2008
Purchasing Director South America,
Faurecia, Brazil; from 2008 to 2011
Head South America, Rieter Holding
Ltd, Brazil; from 2011 to 2012 Deputy
Head Business Group SAMEA,
Autoneum Holding Ltd, Brazil; from
2012 to 2016 CEO Correias Mercúrio
S.A., Brazil; in the current function
since March 1, 2016