Implenia Executive Committee
Implenia Executive Committee members
The IEC has nine members. Claudia Bidwell was recently appointed to the IEC as Chief Human Resources Officer on 1 December 2020. Christelle Beneteau resigned from the IEC on 30 November 2020.
The table below shows the composition of the IEC as of 31 December 2020:
Name | Nationality | Position | Member of IEC since | |||
André Wyss | Switzerland | CEO | 2018 | |||
Marco Dirren | Switzerland | CFO | 2019 | |||
Adrian Wyss | Switzerland | Head Division Real Estate | 2019 | |||
Jens Vollmar | Germany | Head Division Buildings | 2019 | |||
Christian Späth | Germany | Head Division Civil Engineering | 2020 | |||
Anita Eckardt | Denmark | Head Division Specialties | 2019 | |||
German Grüniger | Switzerland | General Counsel | 2019 | |||
Claudia Bidwell | Switzerland and Germany | Chief Human Resources Officer | 2020 | |||
Matthias Jacob | Germany | Head Country Management | 2019 |
Education, activities and vested interests
The summary on the following pages provides essential information about the education and the career paths of each 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.
Implenia Executive Committee
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)
Apprenticeship as chemical worker at Sandoz (today Novartis)
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 Novartis Group Management
Previously: various positions at Novartis, including President of Novartis USA, Executive for Country and Regional Companies, including the USA, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Group Emerging Markets, Greece, Executive for Novartis Business Services, Head of Pharmaceutical Production in Europe, CFO for Research & Development
Memberships on Boards of Directors
Ina Invest Holding Ltd (Member) - listed
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, Bern\ University of Applied Sciences
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
Degree in business economics from the University of St. Gallen (Dr. oec. HSG)
Professional experience
Since 2019 Head Division Buildings and Country President Switzeland
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 the areas of Controlling, Financial Accounting, and M&A, University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Member of Executive Board Development Switzerland
Christian Späth
Head Division Civil Engineering
Born 1968
German citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Diploma in Civil Engineering, Munich Technical University
Professional experience
Since 2020 Head of Civil Engineering Division
2019 – 2020 Head of Civil Engineering Business Unit at Implenia
2015 – 2019 Head of Tunnelling Business Unit at Implenia
2013 – 2015 Head of Tunnelling for Germany and Austria at Implenia
2012 – 2013 Engineering and management positions for complex projects at Implenia
2005 – 2012 Various tunnelling and engineering management positions at Alpine Bau
1995 – 2005 Construction and Project Director for Tunnelling at Hochtief
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 Zurich (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 Groupin London
Claudia Bidwell
Chief Human Resources Officer
Born 1966
Swiss and German citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee1
Education
Bachelor of Science in Economics, London University (UCL)
British Psychological Society, certified in “Work & Organizational Assessment”
Completed 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
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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 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
Country President Germany
Born 1961
German citizen
Member of the Implenia Executive Committee
Education
Degree in Civil Engineering from Dortmund Technical University in 1987
Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from Dortmund Technical University in 1995
Professional experience
since 2019 Head of Country Management of the Implenia Group and Country President Germany
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 – 2007 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”
Executive Member of the Central Real Estate Committee
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). Such mandates are subject to approval by the NCC on a case-by-case basis and must be registered in the Swiss Commercial Register or a similar foreign register. 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/2020/en/Articles-of-Association-20180327.pdf
Management contracts
There are no management contracts with third parties.
