Functions of the members of the Board of Directors and members of the Group Executive Board

Further activities and functions of the members of the Board of Directors and of the members of the Group Executive Board are listed in the relevant sections for each body in the Corporate Governance Report.

For a summary of mandates with a business purpose of members of the Board of Directors and of the Group Executive Board, acting during 2024 and 2023, please refer to the following tables.

Table 6: Mandates of the members of the Board of Directors in 2024.icon check pink

Board of Directors

Mandates in year 2024

Andreas Umbach

Chair of the board of directors of Landis+Gyr Group AG
Chair of the supervisory board of Techem Energy Services GmbH
Chair of the board of directors of Schurter Group AG
President of the Zug Chamber of Commerce (mandate ended in 2024)

Werner Bauer

Vice chair of the board of directors of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Chair of the board of trustees at the Bertelsmann Foundation

Wah-Hui Chu

Chair of iBridget TT International Limited

Thomas Dittrich¹

Chief Financial Officer of Galderma Group AG

Mariel Hoch

Partner at Bär & Karrer
Vice chair of the board of directors of Comet Holding AG
Member of the board of directors of Komax Holding AG
Member of the board of directors of MEXAB AG

Florence Jeantet

Member of the board of directors of Mérieux NutriSciences
Advisor to the Economic Council in France
Member of the Ethics Committee of the French National Association

Laurens Last

Member of the board of TSAL Family Office B.V.
Member of the board of Lorenzo Marine Ltd.
Member of the board of Roque Marine Ltd.

Abdallah al Obeikan

Member of the board of directors of Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company
Member of the board of directors and CEO of Obeikan Investment Group
Chair of Obeikan AGC Glass Company
Chair of Riyadh Polytechnic Institute
Member of the board of directors of National Water Company
Member of the board of directors of Social Development Bank
Member of the advisory boards of KSA agencies

Martine Snels

CEO of L’Advance BV
Member of the supervisory board of Prodrive Technologies
Member of the board of directors of Electrolux Professional AB
Member of the advisory board of Zentis Fruchtwelt GmbH & Co. KG

Matthias Währen

Member of the board of trustees of the HBM Foundation
Member of the board of directors of Bloom Biorenewables SA (mandate ended in 2024)
Member of the board of trustees of the Givaudan Foundation (mandate ended in 2024)

1	Thomas Dittrich was elected as member of the Board at the Annual General Meeting in April 2024. The mandates are therefore provided for the period from April 23, 2024 until December 31, 2024.

For more details on the members of the Board of Director’s curriculum vitae, please refer to the Governance section in this Annual Report.

Table 7: Mandates of the members of the Board of Directors in 2023.icon check pink

Board of Directors

Mandates in year 2023

Andreas Umbach

Chair of the board of directors of Landis+Gyr Group AG
Chair of the supervisory board of Techem Energy Services GmbH
Chair of the board of directors of Rovensa SA (mandate ended in 2023)
Chair of the board of directors of Schurter Group AG
President of the Zug Chamber of Commerce

Werner Bauer

Vice chair of the board of directors of Givaudan SA (mandate ended in 2023)
Vice chair of the board of directors of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Chair of the board of trustees at the Bertelsmann Foundation

Wah-Hui Chu

Chair of iBridget TT International Limited
Member of the board of directors of Mettler Toledo International (mandate ended in 2023)

Mariel Hoch

Partner at Bär & Karrer
Vice chair of the board of directors of Comet Holding AG
Member of the board of directors of Komax Holding AG
Member of the board of directors of MEXAB AG

Florence Jeantet¹

Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer at Danone (mandate ended in 2023)
Advisor to the Economic Council in France

Laurens Last

Director of TSAL Family office B.V.
Director of Lorenzo marine Ltd.
Director of Roque Marine Ltd.

Abdallah al Obeikan

Member of the board of directors of Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company
Member of the board of directors and CEO of Obeikan Investment Group and chair of Obeikan AGC Glass Company
Chair of Riyadh Polytechnic Institute
Member of the board of directors of National Water Company
Member of the board of directors of Social Development Bank
Member of the advisory boards of KSA agencies

Martine Snels

CEO of L’Advance BV
Member of the supervisory board of Prodrive Technologies
Member of the board of directors of Electrolux Professional AB
Member of the supervisory board of URUS Group LLC (mandate ended in 2023)

Matthias Währen

Member of the board of directors of Keto Swiss AG (mandate ended in 2023)
Member of the board of directors of Bloom Biorenewables SA
Member of the board of directors ph. AG (mandate ended in 2023)
Member of the board of trustees of the Givaudan Foundation and the HBM Fondation

Colleen Goggins²

Member of the board of directors of TD Bank Group
Member of the supervisory board of Bayer AG
Member of the board of directors of IQVIA
Member of the advisory boards of ZO Skin Health, Sabert Inc. and Acacium

1	Florence Jeantet was elected as member of the Board at the Annual General Meeting in April 2023. The mandates are therefore provided for the period from April 20, 2023 until December 31, 2023.
2	Colleen Goggins left the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting in April. The mandates are therefore provided for the period from January 1, 2023 until April 20, 2023.

Table 8: Mandates of the members of the Group Executive Board in 2024.icon check pink

Mandates of the members of the Group Executive Board in 2024
Group Executive Board		Mandates in year 2024
Ann-Kristin Erkens		Member of the supervisory board of SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA

Samuel Sigrist, Gavin Steiner, Fabio Grazioli, Christoph Wegener, Abdelghany Eladib, Angela Lu, José Matthijse and Ricardo Rodriguez held no external mandates during the reporting year.

For more details on the members of the Group Executive Board’s curriculum vitae, please refer to the Governance section in this Annual Report.

Table 9: Mandates of the members of the Group Executive Board in 2023.icon check pink

Group Executive Board

Mandates in year 2023

Ann-Kristin Erkens¹

Member of the supervisory board of SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA

Suzanne Verzijden

Member of the supervisory board of Essity

1	Ann-Kristin Erkens joined the Company on November 1, 2023. The list covers the relevant mandates for the period from November 1, 2023 until December 31, 2023.

Samuel Sigrist, Ian Wood, Gavin Steiner, Christoph Wegener, Abdelghany Eladib, Angela Lu, José Matthijse, Ricardo Rodriguez, Lidong Fan and Ross Bushnell held no external mandates during the year 2023.