4 Management Board
Management contracts and rules regarding outside mandates
No agreements between the Company and third parties that are not part of the Tecan Group were entered into or renewed in the year under review for the purpose of delegating management responsibilities.
According to the Articles of Incorporation the permitted number of other mandates of the members of the Management Board in the highest executive management or bodies of legal entities outside of the Company’s group is limited to two mandates in listed and four mandates in non-listed companies, foundations and other legal entities that are registered in the commercial register. Mandates in different legal entities of the same group (including in joint ventures directly or indirectly owned by such a group or the Company that are not consolidated) are counted as one mandate per group, but may not exceed the number of 20 additional mandates if counted separately. Short-term transgressions of these maximum numbers by a maximum of two mandates per category are permitted during a maximum period of six months. Mandates held by members of the Management Board by order of the Company shall not be subject to the limitations set out above.
Management Board
Andreas Wilhelm
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
Dr. Rudolf Eugster
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
Dr. Klaus Lun
Executive Vice President
Head of the Life Sciences
Business division (since
February 2017)
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, 2013 to 2017 Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development, Tecan Group.
Other activities
None
Dr. Achim von Leoprechting
Executive Vice President
Head of 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.
Other activities
None
Dr. David Martyr
Chief Executive Officer
Member since October 2012
Joining Tecan in October 2012
1957
British citizen
B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Engineering (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Professional Background
1984 to 1988 Sales and marketing management positions at Ferranti plc; 1989 to 1998 Variety of management and sales-related 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; Nonexecutive Chairman, Sphere Medical Holding plc, UK (until 31 March 2018); Büchi Labortechnik AG, Vice Chairman of the Board
ERIK NORSTRÖM
Executive Vice President
Head of
Corporate Development
Member since 2017
Joining Tecan in 2017
1973
Swedish and Swiss citizen
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden) B.Sc. in Business Administration (Göteborg University of Economics and Commercial Law, Sweden)
Professional Background
1999 to 2001 Capex Analyst at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel; 2001 to 2008 Corporate Development Director at F. Hoffmann - La Roche AG, Basel; 2008 to 2012 Head of M&A and alliances at Nobel Biocare AG, Zürich; 2012 to 2015 Head of Corporate Development and M&A Member of the Corporate Leadership Team at Nobel Biocare AG, Zürich; 2015 to 2017 Corporate Vice President strategic development and M&A Member of the Corporate Leadership team at Chr. Hansen a/s, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Other activities
Andrew Alliance S.A.,
Member of the Board
Markus Schmid
Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Human
Resources & Internal
Communications
Member since 2011
Joining Tecan in 2011
1968
Swiss citizen
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
Ulrich Kanter
Executive Vice President
Head of Division
Development and Operations
Member since 2014
Joining Tecan in 2014
1963
German citizen
Mechanical Engineer (Berufsakademie Mannheim, Germany) and Diploma in Business Administration (Verwaltungsund Wirtschaftsakademie at the J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Professional Background
1995 to 2000 Vice President, Operations and Global Supply Chain Manager at AVL Medizintechnik (acquired by Roche Diagnostics in 2000); 2000 to 2014 diverse positions with increasing management responsibility at Roche Diagnostics, most recently as General Manager and Head of Research & Development in Graz, Austria.
Other activities
Toolpoint for Lab Sience, member of the Board
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