Executive Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Tecan Group Ltd.
Member since 2012
Joining Tecan in 2004
1969

Swiss citizen

Studies of law (University Berne, Switzerland), Postgraduate studies, Master of Law Program (Boston University, USA), Admitted to the Swiss Bar

Professional background:
1993 Judicial Clerk at District Court of Nidau; 1994 to 1995 Legal Internship at Notter&Partner in Berne; 1996 to 1999 Attorney-at-law at Grüninger Hunziker Roth Rechtsanwälte in Berne; 2000 to 2004 Attorney-at-law at Bär & Karrer in Zurich; since 2004 Head Legal Affairs and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Tecan Group Ltd.

Other activities:
None

Executive Vice President
Head of the Partnering Business division
Member since 2013
Joining Tecan in 2013
1968

German citizen

PhD in Biology (University of Freiburg, Germany)

Professional background:
1999 to 2002 Different positions in product management at Packard Bioscience, today part of PerkinElmer; 2002 to 2013 Several management positions and professional positions at PerkinElmer Inc. (NYSE:PKI),including Vice President and General Manager In Vitro Solutions and Vice President and General Manager Imaging and Detection Technologies as well as European Sales Director Molecular Medicine/Biodiscovery; most recently as Vice President and General Manager Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.

Other activities:
None

Chief Financial Officer of the Tecan Group
Member since 2002
Joining Tecan in 2002
1965

Swiss citizen

Degree in Chemistry (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), PhD in Technical Science (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Postgraduate degree in Business Administration (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

Professional background:
1993 to 1994 Strategic planning/controlling at Novartis; 1994 to 2002 Several positions at Von Roll, the last of which was CFO of Isola Composites, a joint venture between Von Roll and Isola AG.

Other activities:
None

Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Human Resources & Internal Communications
Member since 2011
Joining Tecan in 2011
1968

Swiss citizen

Trained teacher, Master in Psychology and Journalism (University of Freiburg, Switzerland)

Professional background:
1990 to 1993 Consultant for an occupational pensions fund at an insurance company; 1994 to 1998 teacher and instructor at various educational levels and has held various consulting positions; 1998 to 2011 Partner and operations manager at MANRES AG, Zurich.

Other activities:
None

Chief Executive Officer
Member since October 2012
Joining Tecan in October 2012
1957

British citizen

B.Sc. and doctorate in Engineering (University of Newcastleupon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Professional background:
1984 to 1988 Sales and marketing management positions at Ferranti plc; 1989 to 1998 Variety of management and salesrelated positions at Lumonics Inc., including Managing Director Europe; 1998 to 2007 Various senior management and professional positions at Leica Microsystems, including Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing and Managing Director Europe; 2009 to 2011 Group Executive and Vice President of Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), the shareholder of Leica Microsystems Group, overseeing the development of Danaher’s Life Sciences businesses; 2007 to 2011 Group President of Leica Microsystems Group with full responsibility for Leica Microsystems, Leica Biosystems and Invetech.

Other activities:
Analytical, Life Science and Diagnostics Association (ALDA), Member of the Board

Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Development
Member since 2013
Joining Tecan in 2013
1972

Italian citizen

M.Sc. Biology (University of Tübingen, Germany), Dr. rer. nat. in neurobiology (equiv. Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Germany), MBA (University of Mannheim, Germany)

Professional background:
2002 to 2007 Variety of positions at Amaxa GmbH, now part of the Lonza Group, most recently as a Senior Project Manager, 2007 to 2011 Director Business Development at Leica Microsystems (Danaher Group); 2011 to 2013 Several management positions at Molecular Devices Inc. (Danaher Group), most recently as Vice President Drug Discovery and Bioresearch und Vice President Global Product Marketing.

Other activities:
None

Executive Vice President
Head Development & Operations and CSO Member since 2011
Joining Tecan in 2011
1952

German citizen

Dr. rer. nat. in Biochemistry (equiv. Ph.D., University of Tübingen and Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen, Germany)

Professional background:
1982 to 1984 Research assistant at Robert Bosch Hospital, Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany; 1985 to 2003 Various management and professional positions at Roche Diagnostics in Europe and the USA, including Vice President Research and Development Near Patient Testing and Vice President and General Manager of a business unit of Roche Diagnostics USA. Several senior positions at Boehringer Mannheim GmbH (acquired by Roche Diagnostics in 1998), Germany, Senior Vice President Global Marketing Laboratory Diagnostics; Vice President Project Management Laboratory Diagnostics and Vice President System Development; 2003 to 2011 Vice President Product Development and Vice President Research and Development at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc., in Rochester, New York, USA.

Other activities:
None

Executive Vice President
Head of the Life Sciences Business division
Member since 2013
Joining Tecan in 2013
1967

German citizen

PhD in physics (University of Hannover, Germany), MBA (Purdue University, USA)

Professional background:
2000 to 2007 Variety of management positions in various areas within the Carl Zeiss Group, most recently as Director Strategic Business Development of Carl Zeiss Meditec and Managing Director of Carl Zeiss SMT Ltd.; 2007 to 2013 Managing Director of Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH and Vice President and General Manager of Leica’s global Life Science Division (belonging to the Danaher Group).

Other activities:
None