Board of Directors
Meet the board of directors – explore the profiles below to learn more about their backgrounds, areas of expertise, and roles within the organization.
Philippe Royer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Business Administration degree, ICG Paris, 1993
Engineer, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 1984
Swiss and French citizen, 1961
Non-executive member
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (MAIN STAGES)
1985 – 1987 IT Manager, Lee Cooper, France
1988 – 1990 Supply chain and IT Manager, Devanlay, France
1991 – 1999 Various leading positions, then Managing Director, Eurofoil, Luxembourg
2000 – 2001 Senior Vice President, VAW Business Unit Foil, Germany
2002 – 2006 Business Unit President, Alcoa, Switzerland
2007 – 2013 Chairman & CEO, Manoir Industries, France
2014 – 2018 CEO, Metalor, Switzerland
2019 – 2023 Member of the Board of Directors of Gurit Holding AG
Since 2023 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gurit Holding AG
Stefan Breitenstein
Member of the board of directors
Dr. iur. University Zurich
LL.M. Harvard Law School
Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes, College of Europe, Bruges
Swiss citizen, 1957
Non-executive member
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (MAIN STAGES)
1989 – 1993 Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
1994 – 2022 Partner at Lenz & Staehelin
2015 – 2021 Managing Partner of Lenz & Staehelin
Since 2023 Senior Counsel at Lenz & Staehelin
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND VESTED INTERESTS
- EPIC Suisse AG, Zürich, Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Brink’s International Holdings AG, Zug, Vice-Chairman of the Board
- MAN Truck & Bus Schweiz AG, Otelfingen, Board Member
Andreas Evertz
Member of the board of directors
Mech. Eng. Degree, University of the German Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg
Senior Executive Management Training, IMD Lausanne
German citizen, 1969
Non-executive member
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (MAIN STAGES)
2002 – 2007 CEO of Flender Tübingen GmbH
2008 – 2010 Executive Vice President at Walter AG
2010 – 2011 CEO & President of Walter AG
2012 – 2013 President of Sandvik Machining Solutions
Since 2013 Industrial Advisor for various Private Equity Companies
2014 – 2019 CEO and President at Schenck Process Holding GmbH
Since 2020 Group CEO of Flender
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND VESTED INTERESTS
- Since 2019: Board member of ProXES GmbH
- Since 2021: Board member of the VDMA Power Transmission Engineering Association
- Since 2022: Member of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe
Nick Huber
Member of the board of directors
Businessman
Stanford Executive Program, Stanford University
Swiss citizen, 1964
Non-executive member
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (MAIN STAGES)
1990 – 1995 Account Manager, IBM (Schweiz) AG, Switzerland
1995 – 2016 Different management positions within the SFS Group, Heerbrugg, Switzerland
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND VESTED INTERESTS
- COLTENE Holding AG, Altstätten, Switzerland, Chairman of the Board of Directors
- SFS Group AG, Heerbrugg, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
- Huwa Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG, Heerbrugg, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
Libo Zhang
Member of the board of directors
Economy & Business Administration degree, Göttingen University
PhD Economy, Göttingen University
German citizen, 1970
Non-executive member
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (MAIN STAGES)
1998 – 2009 Senior Manager International Commercial and Business Operations, MTU Aero Engines, Munich, Germany
2010 – 2015 Senior Manager Corporate Development M&A, SGL Carbon SE, Wiesbaden Germany and Managing Director & CFO Far East of SGL Group, Shanghai, China (2012 – 2015)
2015 – 2021 Consultant Corporate Finance / CFO Function, Switzerland and Germany
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND VESTED INTERESTS
- Since 2018 VAT Group AG, Haag, Switzerland – Member of the Board of Directors
- Since 2021 SPT Roth AG, Lyss, Switzerland – Member of the Advisory Board
- Since 2024 LEM Holding SA, Meyrin, Switzerland – Member of the Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ INDEPENDENCE
Gurit’s Board of Directors’ independence definition is based on the ‘Swiss Code of best practice for Corporate Governance’ issued by ‘economiesuisse’, a Swiss corporate union and are complemented with additional criteria of independence by Gurit. In order to be considered as independent at Gurit, a member of the Board of Directors must not:
- Have been an employee of the Gurit Executive Committee or the Extended Executive Committee within the last 3 years
- Be affiliated with a significant customer or supplier of Gurit
- Have been a partner or employee of the company’s external audit firm during the past 3 years
- Have any other status which the Board of Directors in its fair judgement considers incompatible with independence
Based on above independence criteria as set forth above, all current members of the Gurit Board of Directors (BoD) are independent.
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Other Important Activities and Vested Interests
- Brink’s Schweiz AG, Kloten, Board Member
- Kar-Tess Holding Sàrl, Luxembourg, Board Member
- The A.G. Leventis Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Foundation Board Member
- Vorwerk International AG, Wollerau, Chairman of the Board
- Julius Bar Family Office & Trust AG, Zurich, Chairman of the Board
- Alpheus Administration Services AG, Zurich, Chairman of the Board
- Bata Schuh Stiftung, St. Moritz, Foundation Board Member
- Bata Stiftung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Foundation Board Member
- Pariter Services AG, Zurich, Chairman of the Board
- Schroder Stiftung, Zurich, Chairman of the Foundation Board
- Tegro AG, Schwerzenbach, Board Member
- Truad Verwaltungs AG, Zurich, Chairman of the Board
Other Important Activities and Vested Interests
- DGS Druckguss Systeme AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
- stürmsfs ag, Goldach, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
- Inventx AG, Chur, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
- Inhaus Handels GmbH, Hohenems, Austria, Member of the Board of Directors
- Rauch Schweiz AG und Rauch Trading AG, Widnau, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
- Mettler Entwickler AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors
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