Implenia Executive Committee
Implenia Executive Committee members
The IEC consists of the CEO, the CFO and other members designated by the Board of Directors.
In the reporting year, the Group Executive Board that existed up to 28 February 2019 was replaced by the Implenia Executive Committee. Instead of five members, as previously, the IEC now has nine members. The newly appointed members of the IEC are Jens Vollmar, Head Division Buildings, Adrian Wyss, Head Division Development, German Grüniger, General Counsel and Matthias Jacob, Head Country Management since 1 March 2019; Marco Dirren, CFO, and Christelle Beneteau, Chief Human Resources Officer since 1 May 2019 and, finally, Anita Eckardt, Head Division Specialities since 1 September 2019. The members Beat Fellmann, André Métral and Christof Gämperle exited the Group Executive Board on 1 March 2019.
The table below shows the composition of the IEC as of 31 December 2019:
Name | Nationality | Position | Member of IEC1 since | |||
André Wyss | Switzerland | CEO | 1 October 2018 | |||
Marco Dirren | Switzerland | CFO | 1 May 2019 | |||
Adrian Wyss | Switzerland | Head Division Development | 1 March 2019 | |||
René Kotacka2 | Switzerland | Head Division Civil Engineering | 2015 | |||
Jens Vollmar | Germany | Head Division Buildings | 1 March 2019 | |||
Anita Eckardt | Denmark | Head Division Specialties | 1 September 2019 | |||
German Grüniger | Switzerland | General Counsel | 1 March 2019 | |||
Christelle Beneteau | France | Chief Human Resources Officer | 1 May 2019 | |||
Matthias Jacob | Germany | Head Country Management | 1 March 2019 | |||
1 Formerly of the Group Executive Board. 2 Since 1 January 2020 Christian Späth. | ||||||
Eduction, activities and vested interests
The following lists provides essential information about the education and career path of each member of the IEC. 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.
André Wyss
Chief Executive Officer
Born 1967
Swiss citizen
Education
1992—1995 Study of economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration (HWV)
1984—1987 Apprenticeship as chemical worker at Sandoz (today Novartis)
between 1997—2015 Various Executive Education Modules in Leadership Development at Harvard Business School
Professional Experience
Since 2018 CEO Implenia Group
2016—2018 President of Novartis Operations (global) and Country President of Novartis Switzerland (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)
2014—2018 Member of the Executive Committee of Novartis
Earlier: Various roles within Novartis, including Head of Finance Research & Development, Head of Pharmaceutical Production in Europe and Executive for Country and Regional Companies, including the USA, Greece, and Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa
Adrian Wyss
Head Division Development
Born 1975
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Architect, University of Applied Sciences
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Bern University of Applied Sciences
Professional Experience
Since 2019 Head Division Development
2015—2019 Business Unit Head Modernization & Development
2013—2015 Head Modernization
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
Degree in business economics from the University of St. Gall (Dr. oec. HSG)
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. Gall (HSG)
Additional functions and offices
Lecturer in the areas of Controlling, Financial Accounting, and M&A, University of St. Gall (HSG)
Member of Executive Board Development Switzerland
René Kotacka
Head Division Civil Engineering
Born 1962
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Civil Engineer, ETH Zurich
Professional Experience
2019—2019 Head Division Civil Engineering
2015—2019 Head Business Unit Infrastructure
2014—2015 Head Business Unit Tunneling & Civil Engineering
2011—2014 Head Acquisition Area Tunneling and Member of the Management of Implenia Tunneling & Civil Engineering
2006—2011 Head Production Foreign and Reorganization
Memberships on Boards of Directors
Versuchsstollen Hagerbach AG (Member)
Additional functions and offices
Member of the SCOUT (Swiss Center of Applied Underground Technologies) Supporting Association
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
Marco Dirren
Chief Financial Officer
Born 1973
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
MSc in Finance and Financial Law, University of London
Executive MBA in International Management, FH Bern / University of Pejing / Babson College Boston
Study of economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration (HWV)
Professional Experience
Since 2019 CFO Implenia Group
2014—2019 CFO of the Infrastructure Division at SBB
2010—2014 CFO of the Aviation Division at RUAG
2006—2010 Commercial Finance Director of Compass Group in London
Christelle Beneteau
Chief Human Resources Officer
Born 1973
French citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Master’s in Organic Chemistry from Heriott-Watt University in Edinburgh (UK)
Ingénieur Chimiste in Organic Chemistry from École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (FR)
Professional Experience
Since 2019 Chief Human Resources Officer Implenia Group
2017—2019 Global Head of HR Business Partnering and Corporate HR Head at LafargeHolcim
2015—2017 Global Head of HR Services at Clariant
2013—2014 European HR Head of Commercial Operations at ebay
2005—2013 Various HR positions within Novartis
German Grüniger
General Counsel
Born 1969
Swiss citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Stanford Executive Program (SEP), 2019
Lic. iur., University of Freiburg
Dr. iur, University of Basel
LL.M, New York University
Attorney at Law
Standford Executive Program (SEP), 2019
Professional Experience
Since 2014 General Counsel Implenia Group
2007—2014 Partner at Baur Hürlimann law firm
1996—2006 Intern / Associate at Baur Hürlimann
1995—1996 Law clerk at court
Memberships on Boards of Directors
MediData AG (Member)
Bürgenstock Hotels AG (Member)
Bergbahnen Beckenried-Emmetten AG (Member)
Additional functions and offices
Board of Trustees of the Felsenweg am Bürgenstock Foundation (Member)
Matthias Jacob
Head Country Management
Born 1961
German citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Civil Engineering, Dipl.-Ing., 1987, TU Dortmund
Completed Dissertation, 1995, TU Dortmund
Professional Experience
Since 2019 Head Country Management Implenia Group
Since 2018 Business Unit Head Implenia Buildings Germany
2011—2017 Technical Managing Director of Wolff & Müller Holding GmbH & Co. KG
2007—2010 Chairman of the Management of Bilfinger Hochbau GmbH
2005—2010 Member of management of Bilfinger Hochbau GmbH
Additional functions and offices
Vice-President of Technology of the Federation of the German Construction Industry
Chairman of the Executive Board, German Concrete and Construction Engineering Association
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Initiative “planen-bauen 4.0”
Lectureship at the University of Wuppertal
Rules of the Articles of Association regarding the number of permissible activities according to Art. 12 (1) (1) of the Swiss Ordinance against Excessive Compensation at Stock Exchange Listed Companies (“OaEC”)
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.
http://www.implenia.com/goto/corporategovernance/2019/de/Statuten-20180327.pdf
Management contracts
There are no management contracts with third parties.
