Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Remo Brunschwiler holds a degree in economics from the University of Basel and an MBA from INSEAD Fontainebleau, France. After completing his studies, he joined the pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy AG in Basel in 1984, initially working in the area of strategic business planning and then as a product manager in the company’s Pharmaceuticals division. In 1989, he joined McKinsey & Company, Zurich and Düsseldorf, where he worked as a consultant specialising in the pharmaceutical logistics industry until 1996, when he joined Danzas Management AG, Basel, as Head of its Eurocargo Division and a member of its Executive Board. In 2003, he accepted a position as CEO of Swisslog Holding AG, Buchs (Aargau), which he held for about ten years. He then served as CEO of Selecta Management AG in Cham from 2013 to 2016. Remo Brunschwiler has been the CEO of the Dutch company Vanderlande Industries B.V. in Veghel, one of the worldʼs leading providers of logistics process automation solutions, since January 2017.
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Remo Brunschwiler is a member of the Board of Directors of OTP Holding AG, Basel.
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Markus Voegeli holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Zurich. Upon graduation, he managed controlling operations at Swissair’s Department Europe 1 and in 1991 assumed the position of Project Manager at Swissair Beteiligungen AG. From 1993 to 1995, he managed Gate Gourmet’s international projects for strategic business development and later joined Icarus Consulting as a partner and deputy managing director. In 1996 he assumed the position of CFO of Nuance Global Traders in Sydney, which, at that time, operated about 60 tax and duty-free shops in Australia and New Zealand. After overseeing its successful financial turnaround, Markus Voegeli was retained by Swissôtel Group to establish its global corporate finance organisation and manage its in-house property management company in 1998. In 2001 he joined the start-up MediCentrix AG as CFO and assumed overall executive responsibility for the company two years later and guided the fast-growing company into the profit zone. From 2004 he served as CFO of Valora Management AG for approximately four years. Markus Voegeli supported the industrial company Rieter Management AG during the 2008/2009 financial crisis in financial issues and managed restructuring projects. From 2009 to 2017, he worked for Charles Vögele Trading AG, initially as CFO and from 2012 on as CEO, guiding the company through a process of restructuring, realignment and M&A. In 2018 Markus Voegeli established his own advisory company LMV Services GmbH, with a focus on business consulting. Since July 2019 he also acts as Director Finance and Services at the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich (PUK).
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Markus Voegeli is member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AG, Bad Ragaz, as well as member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Hospital of Bülach, Bülach.
Member of the Board of Directors
Monika Friedli-Walser holds a master degree in rhetoric and technical communications from the University of Michigan (USA) and other educational credentials. In the years prior to 2000 she was mainly active in the field of marketing and sales. From 2000 to 2004 she served as Chief Communication Officer and a Member of the Executive Board of TDC Switzerland AG (Sunrise). From 2005 to 2009 she was Head of Communications and Human Resources as well as Deputy CEO of Swissgrid AG and, from 2006 onward, concurrently Head of Communications and Political Affairs at UCTE, the Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity, in Brussels. Since 2009 Monika Friedli-Walser has been a partner at WAEGA-Group AG, Zurich, in which capacity she was CEO of the Swiss bag and accessories maker Freitag lab AG, Zurich, until January 2014. In spring 2014 she became CEO and Delegate to the Board of Directors of de Sede AG.
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Monika Friedli-Walser is delegate and member of the Board of Directors of de Sede AG, Klingnau, and of its sister company Ligno AG, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of its sister company Oelpool AG, which are all affiliates of Volare Group AG. In addition she is a member of the Board of Directors of Sanitas Beteiligungen AG and of Sanitas Stiftung, Zürich, and a member of the Board of Directors of Chromos Group AG, Dielsdorf.
Member of the Board of Directors
Walter Lüthi initially obtained a basic technical education and is a graduate of a college-level business management programme. From 1973 to 1978 he worked in research and development at Autophon AG, a specialist for telecommunications devices. From 1978 he was Senior Account Manager at Burroughs AG and in 1983 he joined Hawe-Neos Dental AG as Head of European Sales. In 1986 Walter Lüthi went into business for himself and in the following years established two companies active in the fields of consulting and electronic media. After their successful start-up he sold them and subsequently accepted a position as Executive Manager of the Swiss operations of ADIA Interim AG in Zurich. In 1992 he was retained by the Board of Directors of Intersport E+H Holding AG to turn the company around, after which he was elected to its board. In 1993 Walter Lüthi assumed the Chairmanship of Mühlebach Holding AG with a mandate to focus on modernising the group and setting up new business areas. In 1998 he established Success Factory AG and has been engaged as a professional investor and as a professional director. In the ensuing years he has advised Swisscom AG on strategic issues and he managed Betty Bossi AG as CEO from 2000 to 2015, where he played a crucial role in the very successful development of the Betty Bossi brand.
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Walter Lüthi is the owner and Chairman of Success Factory AG, Lucerne, a member of the Board of Directors of Büro Schoch Werkhaus AG, Winterthur, a member of the Board of Directors of Alipro AG, Hittnau, a member of the Board of Directors of Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad AG, Gstaad, and a member of the Advisory Board of Isolutions AG, Bern.
Member of the Board of Directors
Monika Schüpbach holds a business administration diploma accredited by the Business-School Switzerland. Before joining Steigenberger Hotel Group in 1991, Monika Schüpbach held various positions in the hotel industry, such as executive assistant and reception manager in Gstaad and Adelboden. From 1991 she was the HR and Administrative Manager of the Steigenberger Hotel Gstaad-Saanen and was promoted to Deputy Managing Director four years later. In 1999 she transferred to Steigenberger Hotels AG in Zurich as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Accounting and Controlling. In 2004 she was named Commercial Director of Steigenberger Flughafen Gastronomie in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where she was in charge of restructuring the unit’s administrative operations, optimising its operating performance and overhauling its IT system. In 2005 Monika Schüpbach was named Delegate to the Board of Directors of Steigenberger Hotels AG and successfully managed the company as CEO for almost a decade. In 2014 she established her own consultancy, T2 Think twice Consulting by Monika Schüpbach, with a focus on strategy, process and organisational development in the hotel, food service and tourism industries.
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Monika Schüpbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Steigenberger Hotels Aktiengesellschaft and a member of the Board of Directors of Congress Kursaal Interlaken AG.