Implenia Executive Committee
Implenia Executive Committee members
The IEC continues to consist of eight members. Christian Späth was replaced by Erwin Scherer as Head of the Civil Engineering Division as of 1 September 2024. The table below shows the composition of the IEC as of 31 December 2024:
Education, activities and vested interests
The summary on the following pages contains basic information about the career paths and education of the individual IEC-members. It also discloses the mandates held by each member outside the Group as well as any further significant activities and permanent positions in significant interest groups.
Number of permissible activities
According to Art. 22e of the Articles of Association, each member of the IEC may hold no more than nine mandates as a director or officer of legal entities outside the Implenia Group (no more than four of which may be held in exchange-listed companies), which are to be registered in the Swiss Commercial Register or a similar foreign register, providing that they are approved on a case-by-case basis by the NCC. If mandates are held in different legal entities of one and the same corporate group or are held on behalf of a corporate group or a legal entity, then these will be counted in their entirety as one mandate in each case. It is permissible to exceed the foregoing limits for short periods. The Articles of Association with the exact wording of the above-cited provision can be viewed on Implenia's website.
https://implenia.com/goto/corporategovernance/2024/en/articles-of-association-20240326.pdf
Management contracts
There are no management contracts with third parties.
André Wyss
Chief Executive Officer
Born 1967
Swiss citizen
Education
Various Executive Education Modules in Leadership Development at Harvard Business School
Study of economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich (HWV)
Trainee chemist at Sandoz (today Novartis)
Professional Experience
Since 2018 CEO Implenia Group
2016 – 2018 President of Novartis Operations (global, responsible for, among other things, the entire production process, central group services such as real estate and infrastructure, IT, procurement, personnel, and accounting, as well as Corporate Affairs) and Country President of Novartis Switzerland
2014 – 2018 Member of Novartis Group Management
VARIOUS: positions at Novartis, including President of Novartis USA, Executive for other Country and Regional Companies (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Group Emerging Markets, Greece), and Executive for Novartis Business Services, Head of Pharmaceutical Production in Europe, CFO for Research & Development
Memberships on Boards of Directors
Ina Invest Ltd (Member) - listed
E. Merck KG (Member of the Board of Partners)
Stefan Baumgärtner
Chief Financial Officer
Born 1971
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Executive MBA, Postgraduate degree in Controlling,
University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland
Industrial Engineer, University of Lichtenstein
Professional Experience
SINCE 2022CFO Implenia Group
2017 – 2022 CFO Ems Group
2014 – 2017 Division CFO of RUAG Space
2008 – 2014 Vice President Finance Sulzer in Houston, Texas
Adrian Wyss
Head Division Real Estate
Born 1975
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Architect, University of Applied Sciences
Postgraduate degree in Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Bern
Professional Experience
Since 2019 Head Division Real Estate
2015 – 2019 Business Unit Head Modernization & Development, Implenia
2013 – 2015 Head Modernization, Implenia
2006 – 2013 Various functions within Implenia
2000 – 2006 Architect at Pfister Schiess Tropeano Architekten, Zurich
Jens Vollmar
Head Division Buildings, Country President Switzerland
Born 1984
German citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Dr. oec. HSG, business economics, University of St. Gallen
Professional Experience
Since 2019 Head Division Buildings and Country President Switzerland
2015 – 2018 Business Unit Head Buildings, Implenia
2014 – 2015 Head Business Development Buildings, Implenia
2013 – 2014 Head CEO Support, Implenia
2011 – 2013 Senior Consultant at the Institute for Finance, Financial Law, and Law & Economics, University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Additional functions and offices
Lecturer in Construction and Real Estate Management, University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board Development Switzerland
Member of the Board of Bauenschweiz
Anita Eckardt
Head Division Specialties
Born 1973
Danish citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Master of International Business, Munich Business School
Executive Coach, Coaching Institute Copenhagen
Professional Experience
Since 2019 Head Division Specialties
2019 – 2019 CEO of Habitects AG
2017 – 2018 Chief Operating Officer at CRH Swiss Distribution
2008 – 2016 CMO Saint-Gobain Distribution Denmark & Sales Director Vetrotech Saint-Gobain International
2005 – 2008 Global Key Account & Marketing Manager at Bang & Olufsen
2001 – 2005 Global Brand Manager at Grundfos
Additional memberships on boards of directors
Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab a.m.b.a. (Member)
CKW AG (Member)
Erwin Scherer
Head Division Civil Engineering
Born 1966
Austrian citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Master of Science, Subsurface Engineering, Montan University Leoben
Professional Experience
since 2024 Head Division Civil Engineering
2019 – 2024 Global Head Tunneling, Implenia
2002 – 2019 Business Unit Head Tunneling Division bei Ed. Züblin AG
1999 – 2001 Senior Project Manager at Walter Bau AG
1995 – 1999 Construction Manager at Stuag / Strabag AG, Vienna
Additional functions and offices
Member of the Board of European International Contractors (EIC)
Member of the Board of Bautechnikvereinigung Österreich
Claudia Bidwell
Chief Human Resources Officer
Born 1966
Swiss and German citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Bachelor of Science in Economics, London University (UCL)
British Psychological Society, certified in “Work & Organizational Assessment”
Various Executive Education Modules in Leadership Development at Harvard Business School
Professional Experience
Since 2020 Human Resources Officer Implenia Group
2019 – 2020 Global Head of People and Organization Development and Head of HR in Switzerland at Implenia
2017 – 2019 Global Head of Talent Development & Organisational Capability at Takeda Pharmaceuticals
2004 – 2017 Various management positions at Novartis
German Grüniger
General Counsel
Born 1969
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Lic. iur., University of Freiburg
Dr. iur., University of Basel
LL.M., New York University
Attorney at Law
Stanford Executive Program (2019)
Professional Experience
SINCE 2014General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Implenia Group
1996 – 2014Associate and partner at the law firm Schumacher Baur Hürlimann, Zurich ans Baden (today Baur Hürlimann AG)
1995 – 1996Law clerk, district court of Zurzach
Additional memberships on boards of directors
MediData AG (Chairman)
Bürgenstock Hotels AG (Member)
Bürgenstock Bahn AG (Member)
Bergbahnen Beckenried-Emmetten AG (Vice-Chairman)
Additional functions and offices
Board of Trustees of the Stiftung Felsenweg am Bürgenstock (Vice-Chairman)