Board of Directors
Chairwoman and Delegate of the Board of Directors
Monika Friedli-Walser holds a master’s 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, she 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. On 21 May 2025, Monika Friedli-Walser was elected Chairwoman and Delegate of the Board of Directors of ORIOR AG by the Annual General Meeting.
Other activities and functions:
Monika Friedli-Walser is as a partner of the WAEGA Group in the mandate of the CEO role as well as delegate and a member of the Board of Directors of de Sede AG, Klingnau, and of its sister company De Ligno AG, Zollbrück, which both are affiliated to Volare Group AG, Suhr. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Sanitas Beteiligungen AG and of Sanitas Stiftung, Zurich, and a member of the Board of Directors of Zoo Zurich AG, Zurich.
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).
Other activities and functions:
Markus Voegeli is founder and owner of LMV Services GmbH, Küsnacht (ZH), Director Finance and Services at the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich (PUK), Zurich, a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AG, Bad Ragaz, and a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Spital Bülach AG, Bülach.
Member of the Board of Directors and Lead Independent Director
Felix Burkhard holds a degree (lic. oec.) from the University of St. Gallen (HSG). He is a certified auditor and gained his financial expertise through further education in strategic finance at IMD Lausanne. He began his career in 1991 as an auditor at Revisuisse Price Waterhouse in Bern. After four years with the company, he moved to Amidro AG in Biel, where he was Head of Finance and Controlling for one year. In 1996, he joined the former Galenica Group as Head of Corporate Controlling before becoming Deputy Head of the Retail business division in 2000. In 2008 he was appointed head of the Amavita pharmacy chain, took over as director of the entire Retail business division two years later and became a member of the Executive Committee of the Galenica Group. From 2015 to 2017, he was in charge of strategic projects for the Galenica Group and from 2017 until the end of 2024 he was Group CFO.
Other activities and functions:
Felix Burkhard is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Investment Committee of the Galenica Pension Fund.
Member of the Board of Directors
Filip De Spiegeleire holds an MBA from the Drucker School of Management of Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles (USA). He joined Amando NV, his family company specialising in fine meats, in 1987 and managed the company as its CEO from 1992 to 2000. In 1989, Filip De Spiegeleire established his own company, Culinor, a company that specialises in premium fresh convenience food, and, as a result of the increased focus on the growing market of fresh convenience food, Amando was sold in 2000. Under the leadership of its founder and CEO Filip De Spiegeleire, Culinor developed into a successful food group which is well known in the Benelux. In August 2016, Culinor Food Group became an autonomous competence centre of ORIOR, with Filip De Spiegeleire being appointed to the Executive Committee of ORIOR. He led the Culinor Food Group until the end of 2022 and has been focusing on strategic group tasks and on his role as CEO of ORIOR Europe since 2023. From 7 November 2024 to 20 May 2025 Filip De Spiegeleire assumed the position of CEO of the ORIOR Group on an interim basis.
Other activities and functions:
Filip De Spiegeleire is the managing director of Espejo BV and in this function member of the Board of Directors of Pâtisserie Alsacienne Bloch NV, Destelbergen, Belgium, as well as member of the Board of Directors of Qualiphar NV, Bornem, Belgium.
Member of the Board of Directors
Sandro Fehlmann holds a doctorate in law (Dr iur. HSG) and also has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (B.A. HSG). In addition, he is a licensed attorney in both Switzerland and California (USA) and holds a Master of Laws, LL.M., from Northwestern University, Chicago. Mr Fehlmann began his career in investment banking at a major Swiss bank and as a tax consultant. In 2014, he joined Bär & Karrer, where he practised as a junior lawyer and then as an attorney for almost six years, with some interruptions (including periods as a foreign associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York). He co-founded the law firm Advestra in 2020 and has been a partner and member of the Board of Directors since then. Sandro Fehlmann specialises in capital market and corporate transactions with a particular focus on equity capital markets and regulated institutions. He is the author of numerous commentaries and expert articles as well as a speaker at seminars and training courses.
Other activities and functions:
Mr Fehlmann is a partner and member of the Board of Directors of Advestra AG, Zurich. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of CLL Holding AG, Zurich.
Member of the Board of Directors
Dr Patrick M. Müller holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), where he also completed his doctorate. After finishing his studies, he worked as a strategy consultant at MS Management Service AG in St. Gallen from 2005 to 2010. In May 2012, he joined the Theo Müller Group (UTM), where he spent around four years in charge of business in Eastern Europe as well as occupying roles in strategy and HR at a group level. From 2016 to 2023, Dr Patrick M. Müller was CEO and subsequently co-owner of the leading UK doorstep delivery service Milk & More, a subsidiary of UTM. During part of this period – from 2018 to 2020 – he was also CEO of UTM’s UK milk company, Müller Milk & Ingredients.
Other activities and functions:
Dr Patrick M. Müller is Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Vaillant Group, Remscheid, Germany, and an honorary director of The Royal Opera House, London, UK.
Member of the Board of Directors
Monika Schüpbach’s educational background is in business and office administration, and she 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. Monika Schüpbach remained on the Board of Directors of Steigenberger Hotels Aktiengesellschaft and chaired it for around two years from 2022. 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.
Other activities and functions:
Monika Schüpbach is owner and CEO of T2 Think twice Consulting by Monika Schüpbach, Hirzel.