Administration

The Board of Directors of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (FMC) comprises 23 members who were elected for the 2008 to 2012 term of office. The Board composition is as follows: 1 independent Chairman, 1 FMC representative, 10 representatives of the ten regional Cooperatives, 9 independent representatives and 2 staff representatives.

Chairman

  • Claude Hauser

    Claude Hauser (1942 CH)
    lic. oec. University of Geneva, MBA IMD Lausanne, PED Columbia University, SEP Stanford University

    Chairman since 2000

    Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration (Chairman), Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Clinique G-Beaulieu SA (Chairman), Migros Beteiligungen AG (Chairman), CIES/CGF (Consumer Goods Forum, Paris), Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors)

    Professional experience/career path
    1966 – 1967 Controlling Montres Universal/Geneva
    1967 – 1976 Various roles at MC Geneva
    1976 – 2000 Managing Director MC Geneva
    2000 – present FMC Chairman


Vice-Chairman

  • Doris Aebi

    Doris Aebi (1965 CH)
    Dr. phil. Zurich University, Co-proprietor of aebi + kuehni ag, Executive Search, Zurich; Technical College of North-West Switzerland (Member of the Inspectorate)

    External member, Member since 2003

    Committee: Human Resources and Remuneration

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1994 Scientific roles at the Universities of Zurich and Berne
    1994 – 1998 UBS Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich, Project Manager for the Executive Board
    1998 – 2000 Credit Suisse, Zurich, Head of Allfinanz (Cooperation between Credit Suisse and Winterthur on the Swiss market), Member of the Executive Board
    2000 – 2004 Dr. Bjørn Johansson Associates AG, Zurich, Executive Search, Director
    2004 – present aebi+kuehni ag, Zurich, co-owner of this company specialised in individually tailored, international direct recruitment for senior-level specialist and management staff


  • Ernst Weber

    Ernst Weber (1949 CH)
    business economist HWV; Managing Director Migros Lucerne

    Representative of the Cooperatives, Member since 1997 (Vice-Chairman)

    Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration; Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seat on the board of: Migrol

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1975 Further education (language courses, School of Economics and Business Administration)
    1975 – 1992 Various roles in Migros Lucerne (branch manager, marketing services, regional sales manager)
    1992 – 1997 Sales manager at Migros Lucerne (of which one year as project leader at Konsum in Austria on behalf of Migros)
    1997 – present Managing Director of Migros Cooperative Lucerne


FMC Representative

  • Herbert Bolliger

    Herbert Bolliger (1953 CH)
    lic. oec. University of Zurich

    FMC Chief Executive Officer, FMC Representative, Member since 1997

    Committees: Human Resources and Remuneration; Migros Cooperative Retailing (Chairman)

    Seats on the boards of: Migros Bank AG (Chairman); Hotelplan AG (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG; Denner AG, Interio AG; Gurten -Park im Grüene (Board of Directors); Foundation «Im Grüene» Rüschlikon (Board of Directors), General meeting of Migros Deutschland GmbH (member)

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1987 Various functions at Bayer (Switzerland) AG, FMC and PCW Group
    1987 – 1994 Head of Finance/IT Migros Berne, Member of the Board of Directors
    1994 – 1997 Head of IT Migros Group
    1997 – 2005 Managing Director Migros Aare
    2005 – present Chief Executive Officer FMC


Representatives of the Cooperatives

  • Max Alter

    Max Alter (1961 CH)
    Swiss Federal Diploma Marketing

    Managing Director Migros Valais; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Chairman since November 2009); Trade Valais (Chairman)

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Professional experience/career path
    1977 – 1980 Sales apprenticeship Migros Valais
    1981 – 1983 Migros Zurich
    1984 – 2000 Various functions in marketing and sales Migros Valais
    2000 – 2005 Member of the Board of Directors Migros Valais
    2005 – present Managing Director Migros Valais


  • Christian Biland

    Christian Biland (1956 CH)
    lic. oec. HSG

    Managing Director Migros Eastern Switzerland, Member since 2001

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: MVN Neuendorf, LFS Life Food System AG

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1988 Revisuisse St. Gallen and Zurich
    1988 – 1998 Migros AG/SO from 1991 member of the Board of Directors (in charge of purchasing and from 1997 supermarkets)
    1998 – 2001 Member of the Board of Directors Migros Aare (in charge of supermarkets north)
    2001 – present Managing Director Migros Eastern Switzerland


  • Lorenzo Emma

    Lorenzo Emma (1957 CH)
    Dipl. Ing. ETH Zürich, MBA IMD Lausanne

    Managing Director Migros Ticino, Member since 2004

    Committees: Migros Cooperative Retailing, Finance

    Seat on the board of: Fondazione La Fonte (Vice-Chairman)

    Professional experience/career path
    1982 – 85 Management Consultant; Hayek Engineering AG; Zurich-CH
    1987 – 88 Controller; Technocorp Holding AG (Swatch Group); Biel-CH
    1988 – 90 Head Business Development; Schmidt Agence AG (Valora Group); Basel-CH
    1990 – 92 Head Finance, Admin. and IT; Selecta AG (Valora Group); Murten-CH
    1992 – 96 Deputy Head Corporate Planning and M&A; Sulzer Management AG, Winterthur-CH
    1996 – 02 Executive Vice President, Head Coating Services, Sulzer Metco Holding AG; Winterthur-CH


  • Oswald Kessler

    Oswald Kessler (1947 CH)
    Swiss Federal Diploma in Dairy Management

    Managing Director Migros Zurich, Member since 2004

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Migros Pension Fund; Aktiv Fitness AG (Chairman); LFS Life Food System AG; “Im Grüene” foundation, Rüschlikon (Board of Directors)

    Professional experience/career path
    1973 – 1979 Various functions Conserves Estavayer SA
    1980 – 1990 Head of Production and Logistics Conserves Estavayer SA
    1991 – 1994 Managing Director MIFA Frenkendorf AG
    1995 – 1999 Managing Director Estavayer Lait SA
    1999 – 2004 Managing Director Estavayer Lait SA; MIFROMA SA; Chairman MIFROMA France SA
    2004 – present Managing Director Migros Cooperative Zurich


  • Werner Krättli

    Werner Krättli (1951 CH)
    Retail salesman

    Managing Director Migros Basel, Member since 1996

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Magazine zum Globus; Stiftung „Im Grünen“, Münchenstein (Board of Directors)

    Professional experience/career path
    1975 – 1980 Various function at Manor AG
    1980 – 1995 Various board function at Manor AG
    1996 – present Managing Director of Migros Basel


  • Marc Schaefer

    Marc Schaefer (1961 CH)
    Swiss Federal Diploma in Finance and Controlling

    Managing Director Migros Vaud, Member since 2007

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Micarna AG; Illem SA; Parking Pré la Tour SA; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Chairman)

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1988 Retail, sales, purchasing, importing at Head und Tyrolia and Schaefer Sport SA
    1989 – 1996 Accounting, controlling, production management in the railway industry
    1997 – 2000 Accounting at Migros Vaud
    2000 – 2007 Head of Finance Migros Vaud (Member of the Board of Directors)
    2007 – present Managing Director of Migros Vaud


  • Guy Vibourel

    Guy Vibourel (1951 F)
    lic. oec. University of Geneva

    Managing Director Migros Geneva, Member since 2000

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Centre Balexert SA; Ilem SA; Simga SA; Migros France SA (Chairman); Migros Distribution Centre Suhr AG; Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors)

    Professional experience/career path
    1979 – 1989 Various functions at Migros Geneva
    1989 – 2000 Managing Director of Migros France
    2000 – present Chairman Migros France, Balexert SA, Simga SA, Ilem SA


  • Beat Zahnd

    Beat Zahnd (1958 CH)
    phil. I Berne University

    Managing Director Migros Aare, Member since 2005

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Gäu Park AG (Chairman); Neue Brünnen AG (Chairman);Shopping Center Brünnen AG (Chairman); Flower Power AG (Chairman), ChaCha AG (Chairman); LFS Life Food System AG (Chairman); Denner AG; Gurten - Park im Grünen (Board of Directors)

    Professional experience/career path
    1988 – 1991 Secondary school teacher (Phil I) Meikirch
    1991 – 1997 Various functions at Migros Berne
    1997 – 2001 Head of sales region Migros Aare
    2001 – 2004 Head of Supermarkets North Executive Migros Aare
    2005 – present Managing Director Migros Aare


  • Fabrice Zumbrunnen

    Fabrice Zumbrunnen (1969 CH)
    lic. oec. Neuchâtel University; postgraduate study of statistics, Neuchâtel University

    ; Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg, Member since 2005

    Committee: Migros Cooperative Retailing

    Seats on the boards of: Marin Centre SA (Chairman); Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors)

    Professional experience/career path
    1993 – 1994 Store manager Coop
    1994 – 1996 Sales Manager Obtech Medical AG
    1996 – 2000 Various sales functions Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
    2001 – 2005 Head of Marketing & Logistics, Deputy Director Neuchâtel-Fribourg
    2005 – present Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg


External members

  • Roger Baillod

    Roger Baillod (1958 CH)
    business economist HWV & auditor, CFO Bucher Industries AG

    Member since 2008

    Committee: Audit

    Professional experience/career path
    1984 – 1993 Ernst & Young, accountant and auditor
    1993 – 1995 Galvaswiss Galvanising, Head of Finance and Administration, Member of the Board of Directors
    1995 – 1996 Benninger AG Uzwil, Head of Central Services, Member of the Board of Directors
    1996 – present Bucher Industries, CFO, Member of the Executive Committee


  • Andrea Broggini

    Andrea Broggini (1956 CH)
    Dr. iur. LL.M. Harvard University, lawyer

    Member since 2004

    Committee: Audit (Chairman)

    Seats on the boards of: Fastweb S.p.A., Milano; Fondiaria-SAI S.p.A. Florence; March Limited, Hamilton; Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH Munich

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1992 Various roles in the field of law and the financial sector in Switzerland and abroad
    1992 – present Self-employed lawyer; active in boards of directors of banks and insurance companies in Switzerland and Italy and in manufacturing companies in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.


  • Jean-René Germanier

    Jean-René Germanier (1958 CH)
    Ing. HES oenology, Member of the National Council since 2003

    Member since 2008

    Committee: Human Resources and Remuneration

    Seats on the boards of: Seba Aproz SA ; Veuthey & Co Martigny AG; CFO Jean-René Germanier SA, Vétroz

    Professional experience/career path
    1983 – 2009 Managing Director of Jean-René Germanier SA
    2003 – 2009 National Councillor


  • Paola Ghillani

    Paola Ghillani (1963 CH + I)
    Pharmaceutical Chemist Lausanne University, Proprietor of Paola Ghillani & Friends Ltd.

    Member since 2008

    Committee: Audit

    Seats on the boards of: Helvetia Holding AG, St.Gallen; Romande Energie Holding SA, Morges, Weleda AG, Arlesheim; PlanetSolar SA, Yverdon-les-Bains; International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva

    Professional experience/career path
    To 1999 Marketing and management functions at multinational companies
    1999 – 2005 CEO of Max Havelaar Foundation (Switzerland) Chairman of International Fairtrade Labelling Organisations
    2005 – present Owner of Paola Ghillani & Friends AG


  • Salomé Paravicini

    Salomé Paravicini (1943 CH)
    lic. iur. Basel University, lawyer, Geneva

    Member since 1984

    Committee: Audit

    Professional experience/career path
    1955 – 2007 Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne (Board of Directors)
    1994 – 1998 Swiss Railways (SBB), Berne (Board of Directors)
    1974 – present Independent lawyer, Geneva


  • Thomas Rudolph

    Thomas Rudolph (1962 D)
    Prof. Dr. oec St. Gallen University; Director of the Institute of Marketing and Retailing, University of St. Gallen

    Member since 2003

    Committee: Finance

    Seats on the boards of: Otto’s AG; Jeko AG

    Professional experience/career path
    1995 – 2000 Assistant professor at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), visiting professor in Utah and Florida, USA and elected professor for Marketing and Commerce at HSG
    2000 – 2008 Developing the Gottlieb Duttweiler Chair for International Commercial Management and the Retail Lab
    2009 – present Developing the Research Centre for Commercial Management at the University of St. Gallen


  • Ursula Schoepfer

    Ursula Schoepfer (1956 CH)
    lic. rer. pol., MBA INSEAD Fontainebleau/F, Managing Director Dispopharm Services GmbH

    Member since 2004

    Committee: Finance

    Seats on the boards of: Medial D&P Ltd. (Chairman); Pharmatrans Sanaq AG (Chairman)

    Professional experience/career path
    1982 – 1985 Continental Illinois Bank, Chicago, client business
    1986 – 1987 Union Bank of Switzerland, Basel, various functions
    1988 – 1991 Period abroad in Congo, Société Zaïro-Suisse des Produits Chimiques, Kinshasa (CIBA-GEIGY AG)
    1992 – present Founding and developing Dispopharm Group, Basel (pharma distribution and promotion in Europe, Africa, Middle East)
    1997 – present Burla Management Basel – strategic consulting focussing on life sciences – participation in mandate)
    2004 – present Founding and developing Medial D&P Ltd., Basel pharma marketing and distribution in CIS and Asia


  • Heinz Winzeler

    Heinz Winzeler (1951 CH)
    lic. oec. HSG

    Member since 2003

    Committee: Finance (Chairman)

    Seats on the boards of: Von Graffenried & Partner AG, Zürich; Shockfish SA; Sigma Holding AG; Trivon AG; Von Hoff AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG

    Professional experience/career path
    1979 Graduated from University of St. Gallen (lic.oec. HSG)
    1980 – 1985 UBS AG (formerly SBG) Corporate Finance
    1985 – 1995 Bank J. Vontobel & Co. AG (Head of Capital Market and M & A)
    1995 – present Shareholder and partner in Von Graffenried & Partner AG, Zurich


Employee representatives

  • Patrick Avanthay 1

    Patrick Avanthay1 (1967 CH)
    Baker and confectioner

    Head of In-Store Bakeries Migros Cooperative Valais, Member since 2009

    Professional experience/career path
    To 2006 Various functions in the Migros Cooperative Valais
    2006 – present Head of In-Store Bakeries in the Marketing Department of the Migros Cooperative Valais


  • Daniela Suter

    Daniela Suter (1956 CH)
    Director of Sales

    , Head of Category Management FMC, Member since 2004

    Member of: FMC Personnel Policy Committee

    Professional experience/career path
    1976 – 1994 Various functions at Christian Fischbacher Co AG St. Gallen, ending as Head of Regional Sales and Head of Exports
    1994 – 2001 PM Clothing Marketing Federation of Migros Cooperatives
    2001 – present Head of Category Management Federation of Migros Cooperatives


1 new for the remainder of the 2008-2012 term of office, elected by the Assembly of Delegates of 28 March 2009 (replaces Harold Sacher, who has retired)