4 MANAGEMENT
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.
Dr. Achim von Leoprechting
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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:
Analytical, Life Science and Diagnostics Association (ALDA), Member of the Board
Tania Micki
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Member since 2020
Joining Tecan in 2020
1971
French and Swiss citizen
MBA General Management (INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France), graduated ESCP (École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris) in Paris, France with major Finance/Audit/Accounting, BA in Russian (University Paris Nanterre, France)
Professional background:
1996 to 2006 various financial positions at General Mills; 2006 to 2009 Vice President Finance, Planning and Analysis Europe, Gate Group; 2009 to 2010 Seed Supply Finance Lead EMEA, Monsanto; 2010 to 2020 variety of positions at Sulzer AG, most recently as Chief Risk Officer and Group Internal Audit Head, other positions included CFO Global Markets in a group-wide function
Other activities:
EHL Holding SA, member of the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees of the EHL Foundation
Ralf Griebel
Executive Vice President
Head of the Partnering Business division
Member since 2020
Joining Tecan in 2020
1972
German citizen
Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering (TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences, Friedberg, Germany)
Professional background:
1994 to 1996 R&D Engineer, AT&T Istel; 1997 to 2002 different positions in Applications and Business Development at Packard Bioscience, today part of PerkinElmer; 2002 to 2003 Technology Manager Europe, PerkinElmer LifeSciences in Cambridge (UK); 2003 to 2006 Technology Manager Integrated Solutions – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences; 2006 to 2013 Strategic Program Manager, STRATEC Biomedical AG; 2013 to 2014 Vice President Partnering Business, STRATEC Biomedical AG; 2014 to 2016 Senior Vice President Partnering Business, STRATEC SE; 2016 to 2020 Senior Vice President Partnering Business, STRATEC SE and Managing Director, Diatron MI
Other activities: None
Ulrich Kanter
Executive Vice President
Head of the Division Development and Operations
Member since 2014
Joining Tecan in 2014
1963
German citizen
Mechanical Engineer (Berufsakademie Mannheim, Germany) and Diploma in Business Administration (Verwaltungs- und 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 Science, member of the Board
Dr. Klaus Lun
Executive Vice President
Head of the Life Sciences Business division
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 the Lonza Group, most recently as a Senior Project Manager, 2007 to 2011 Director Business Development at Danaher Group (Leica Microsystems); 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
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:
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
INGRID PÜRGSTALLER
Chief People Officer (CPO)
Member since 2020
Joining Tecan in 2011
1980
Italian citizen
Master Graduate in Psychology (University of Salzburg, Austria). Executive Master’s Degree in Human Resources Development (Scuola Romana di Psicologia del Lavoro, Rome)
Professional background:
2006 to 2008 Staff of the Italian Parliament, Italy; 2008 to 2010 HR Recruiting and Training at Merck Serono; 2010 – 2011 Consultant at Manres AG; 2011 – 2020 Various human resources positions at Tecan; since 2019 responsible for worldwide talent management
Other activities:
None
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), 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. Wael Yared
Executive Vice President
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Head Research and Development
Member since 2019
Joining Tecan in 2019
1962
US citizen
PhD in Robotics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cambridge, MA, USA
Professional background:
1995 to 2002 Different positions at Arthur D. Little, Inc. and Cambridge Strategic Management Group; 2003 to 2010 Vice President, Research & Development at VisEn Medical, Inc., today part of PerkinElmer; 2010 to 2016 Vice President, Research & Development at PerkinElmer Life Sciences & Technology; 2016 to 2018 Chief Technology Officer & Vice President, Corporate Development at BioAnalytix, Inc.
Other activities:
None
Members who left Tecan
Markus Schmid
Head of Corporate Human Resources & Internal Commmunications
until April 2020
DR. RUDOLF EUGSTER
Chief Financial Officer
until February 2020
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