Committees of the Board of Directors

Au­dit Com­mit­tee

The Au­dit Com­mit­tee is a spe­cial­ist body that is for­mally ap­pointed by the Board of Di­rec­tors. Its prin­ci­pal re­spon­si­bil­ity is to pro­vide sup­port to the Board of Di­rec­tors in the ex­er­cise of its su­per­vi­sory du­ties re­lat­ing to the ac­cu­racy of the an­nual fi­nan­cial state­ments, com­pli­ance with laws and reg­u­la­tions, qual­i­fi­ca­tions of ex­ter­nal au­di­tors, re­li­a­bil­ity of the in­ter­nal con­trol sys­tem and risk man­age­ment pro­ce­dures and to the work per­formed by ex­ter­nal and in­ter­nal au­di­tors.

The Au­dit Com­mit­tee con­sists of three in­de­pen­dent mem­bers of the Board of Di­rec­tors. The Board of Di­rec­tors must ver­ify that at least one of the mem­bers of the com­mit­tee pos­sesses rel­e­vant, up-to-date knowl­edge of ac­count­ing and fi­nan­cial mat­ters (Fi­nan­cial Ex­pert).

Mem­bers:
Markus Voegeli (Chair­man of the Au­dit Com­mit­tee)
Fe­lix Burkhard
Monika Schüp­bach

Nom­i­na­tion and Com­pen­sa­tion
Com­mit­tee

The Nom­i­na­tion and Com­pen­sa­tion Com­mit­tee is a spe­cial­ist body that is for­mally ap­pointed by the Board of Di­rec­tors. Its prin­ci­pal re­spon­si­bil­ity is to pro­vide sup­port to the Board of Di­rec­tors in the ex­er­cise of its su­per­vi­sory du­ties. 

The Nom­i­na­tion and Com­pen­sa­tion Com­mit­tee con­sists of not less than two mem­bers ap­pointed by the Board of Di­rec­tors. If the com­mit­tee has only two mem­bers, at least one of these must be an in­de­pen­dent mem­ber of the Board of Di­rec­tors not in­volved in the Com­pa­ny's ex­ec­u­tive man­age­ment. If it has more than two mem­bers, a ma­jor­ity of its mem­bers must be in­de­pen­dent mem­bers of the Board of Di­rec­tors not in­volved in the Com­pa­ny's ex­ec­u­tive man­age­ment.

Mem­bers:
Monika Friedli-Walser (Chair­woman of the Nom­i­na­tion and Com­pen­sa­tion Com­mit­tee)
Remo Brun­schwiler
Patrick M. Müller

ESG Com­mit­tee

The ESG Com­mit­tee (En­vi­ron­men­tal, So­cial and Gov­er­nance Com­mit­tee, here­inafter ‘Com­mit­tee’) is a per­ma­nent board un­der Art. 4.3 of the Or­gan­i­sa­tional Reg­u­la­tions that is for­mally ap­pointed by the Board of Di­rec­tors. Its main role is to help the Board of Di­rec­tors pre­pare the de­ci­sion-mak­ing processes and res­o­lu­tions, and ful­fil its re­spon­si­bil­i­ties and su­per­vi­sory oblig­a­tions on en­vi­ron­men­tal, so­cial and gov­er­nance is­sues.

The Com­mit­tee gen­er­ally con­sists of at least three mem­bers of the Board of Di­rec­tors. These mem­bers must, in prin­ci­ple, have ex­ten­sive and rel­e­vant knowl­edge and/​or con­sid­er­able ex­pe­ri­ence of ESG themes.

Mem­bers:
Monika Schüp­bach (Chair­woman of the ESG Com­mit­tee)
Remo Brun­schwiler 
Monika Friedli-Walser