4 Management
Management Board
Gérard Vaillant
Member of the Board of Directors since 2004
Acting Chief Executive Officer since February 2012
1942
US citizen, Degree in Marketing (École Supérieure de Commerce, Paris)
and MS (University of Sciences, Paris)
Professional background:
Various senior management positions within Johnson & Johnson (US), including Vice-President, J&J International, 1987 to 1992, Worldwide President Life Scan (a J&J company), 1992 to 1995, and Company Group Chairman Diagnostics Worldwide, 1995 to 2004. He was a member of the Medical Devices & Diagnostics Group Operating Committee of J&J until he retired in 2004.
Other activities:
Luminex Corporation, USA, member of the Board; Vivacta Ltd., UK, member of the Board; Biomedical Diagnostics SA, France, Board member; Safe Orthopaedics, France, Chairman of the Board
Dr. Rudolf Eugster
Dr. Rudolf Eugster
Chief Financial Officer of the Tecan Group
Member since 2002
Joined Tecan in 2002
1965
Swiss citizen, Degree in Chemistry (ETH Zurich),
PhD in Technical Science (ETH Zurich),
Postgraduate degree in Business Administration (ETH Zurich)
Professional background:
1993 to 1994 Strategic planning/controlling at Novartis; 1994 to 2002 several positions at Von Roll, the last of which was CFO of Isola Composites, a joint venture between Von Roll and Isola AG.
Other activities:
None
Dr. Martin Brusdeilins
Executive Vice President
Head Development & Operations and Chief Science Officer
Member since 2011
Joined Tecan in 2011
1952
German citizen, Dr. rer. nat. in Biochemistry (equiv. Ph.D., University of Tübingen and Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen, Germany)
Professional background:
1982 to 1984 research assistant at Robert Bosch Hospital, Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart; 1985 to 2003 various management and professional positions at Roche Diagnostics in Europe and the US, including Vice President Research & Development Near Patient Testing and Vice President and General Manager Business Unit Laboratory Systems, Roche Diagnostics USA, several senior positions at Boehringer Mannheim GmbH (acquired by Roche Diagnostics in 1998), including Senior Vice President Global Marketing & Technology Management, Senior Vice President Global Marketing Laboratory Diagnostics, Vice President Project Management Laboratory Diagnostics and Vice President System Development; 2003 to 2011 Vice President Product Development and Vice President Research & Development, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc., in Rochester, NY, USA.
Other activities:
None
Dr. Bernhard Grob
Executive Vice President
Head of Division Partnering Business
Member since 2011
Joined Tecan in 2010
1956
Swiss citizen, Dr.sc.techn., Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering (ETH Zurich)
Professional background:
2006 to 2010 Chief Executive Officer, Timaq Medical Imaging Inc.; 1996 to 2005 General Manager, Analytical Instruments Business Unit Mettler-Toledo; 1994 to 1996 Marketing Manager, Elektrowatt Engineering AG; 1984 to 1994 several business management positions with the Analytical Instruments and Process Analytics divisions of the Mettler-Toledo Group.
Other activities:
member of the Board, Biosynth AG, Switzerland
Markus Schmid
Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Human Resources & Internal Communications
Member since 2011
Joined Tecan in 2011
1968
Swiss citizen, teacher, Master in Psychology and Journalism (University of Freiburg, Switzerland)
Professional background:
1990 to 1993 consultant for occupational pension funds at an insurance company; 1994 to 1998 teacher and instructor at various educational levels, various consulting positions; 1998 to 2011 partner and operations manager, MANRES AG, Zurich.
Other activities:
None
Frederic Vanderhaegen
Executive Vice President
Head of Division Life Sciences Business
Member since 2008
Joined Tecan in 2008
1967
Belgian citizen, Biochemical Industrial Engineer (Meurice Institute, Brussels),
Chemical Process Engineer (University of Brussels),
MBA (Open University)
Professional background:
1992 to 1995 research activities at Meurice Institute (Brussels, Belgium); 1995 to 2008 several specialist and management functions at Millipore, such as Sales Representative Analytical Division (Brussels, 1995 to 1998), Global Product Manager and Sales Manager Applied Microbiology Division as well as Area Division Manager Biopharmaceutical Division (Strasbourg, France, 1998 to 2005), North American Director, Sales & Service Bioscience Division (2005 to 2008, Boston, USA).
Other activities:
None
Members who left Tecan
Thomas Bachmann
Until February 2012, Chief Executive Officer
Member from 2005 until February 2012
With Tecan from 2005 until February 2012
Dr. Jürg Dübendorfer
Until November 2011, Head of Division Development & Operations
Member from 2006 until February 2012
With Tecan from 2000 until February 2012
Management contracts
No agreements between the Company and third parties that are not part of the Tecan Group were entered into or renewed in the year under review for the purpose of delegating management responsibilities.
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