Governance Swatch Group Swiss Exchange

UHRN

CH0012255144

Apparel & Accessories

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08-12	Swatch: Demand improves, margin still lags
08-06	Powered by Hermès, Paris reaches uncharted highs

Executive Committee: Swatch Group

Manager

Positions heldSince

Georges Nicolas Hayek

71 year

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2002

Mireille König

General Counsel

31/12/2015

Matthias Breschan

Sales & Marketing

31/12/1995

Daniel Everts

General Counsel

31/12/2015

Jennifer Meyer-Kluge

Corporate Secretary

31/01/2004

Thierry Kenel

Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/2008
Investor Relations Contact	31/12/2008

Composition of the Board of Directors: Swatch Group

Director

CommitteesSince

Nayla Hayek

75 year

Compensation Committee	29/06/2010
Audit Committee Chair	29/06/2010

Andreas Rickenbacher

58 year

Compensation Committee	11/05/2026
HR Committee	31/12/2017
Compensation Committee Chair	31/12/2015
Governance Committee Chair

Marc Alexander Hayek

Compensation Committee

31/12/2023

Claude Nicollier

Compensation Committee

31/12/2004

Jean-Pierre Roth

80 year

Compensation Committee

31/12/2009

Georges Nicolas Hayek

71 year

Compensation Committee

31/12/2009

Daniela Aeschlimann-Schneider

Compensation Committee

31/12/2015

Ernst Tanner

80 year

Compensation Committee Chair

30/04/2014

Former Officers and Directors: Swatch Group

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

François Thiébaud

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2005

31/01/2025

Mougahed Darwish

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2004

31/03/2022

Hanspeter Rentsch

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1990

30/08/2016

Esther Grether

Director/Board Member	01/09/2009	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/1985	01/09/2009

Leo Eivisenhuber

Corporate Officer/Principal

Arlette-Elsa Emch

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/11/1992

14/07/2012

Roland Streule

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1990

29/02/2012

Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann

Director/Board Member	01/09/2009	30/05/2011
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/1997	01/09/2009

Peter Gross

Director/Board Member

31/12/1982

30/05/2011

Nicolas Georges Hayek

Chairman	01/09/2009	31/12/2009
Founder	31/12/1982	-
President	31/12/1993	01/09/2009

Sacha Gerber

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/2006

31/12/2009

Zhong Yang Shi

General Counsel

31/12/2005

Quentin Higham

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1998

31/12/2000

Manuel Emch

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2000

Thomas Johannes W. Dittrich

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1996

31/12/1997

Walter Häusermann

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	31/05/1994	28/02/1997
Treasurer	31/05/1994	28/02/1997

Rudolf Semrad

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1994

Andreas R. Herzog

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

31/12/1989

31/12/1994

Peter Steiger

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2018

Peter F. Baumberger

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1985

31/12/2006

Edgar Geiser

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	31/12/1977	01/09/2009
Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/1977	-
Investor Relations Contact	13/09/2011	-
Public Communications Contact	01/09/2009	-

Felix Knecht

Public Communications Contact	-	-
Treasurer	-	-

Joel Potter

Corporate Officer/Principal

Vincent Perriard

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bastien Buss

Public Communications Contact

Patrick Pierre Simon Ashworth

Sales & Marketing

Jerry Simonis

Corporate Officer/Principal

28/07/2011

Sascha Zahnd

Corporate Officer/Principal

Roland Bloch

Corporate Secretary

Edmond Capt

Corporate Officer/Principal

Frank Furlan

Sales & Marketing

Bob Moore

Corporate Officer/Principal

28/07/2011

Frank Müller

Director/Board Member	28/07/2011	28/07/2011
Corporate Officer/Principal	28/07/2011	-

Philippe Tavenot

Corporate Officer/Principal	-	28/07/2011
Sales & Marketing	28/07/2011	-

Rudolf Dinger

Director/Board Member	28/07/2011	28/07/2011
Corporate Officer/Principal	28/07/2011	-

Peter Kaufmann

Corporate Officer/Principal

Martin Köppel

Corporate Officer/Principal

Andre Cohen

Corporate Officer/Principal

Reto J. Stoeckli

Chief Operating Officer

George Georgiou

Sales & Marketing

Hélène Eberhard

Public Communications Contact

29/07/2009

Jody Donohue

Corporate Officer/Principal

Tom Sennhauser

Corporate Officer/Principal

Christoph Lohse

Human Resources Officer

Thomas Dürr

Public Communications Contact	01/09/2009	-
Treasurer	-	15/09/2010

Beatrice Howald

Public Communications Contact

Isabelle Béguelin

Public Communications Contact

29/08/2010

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	20
Female	4

Of which Executive Committee

Male	4
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	1

Swatch Group SA is a Switzerland-based holding company engaged in the apparel and accessories industry. Swatch Group is a diversified multinational holding company active in the manufacture and sale of finished watches, jewelry, watch movements and components. The Watches and Jewelry segment includes the production and sale of branded watches, jewelry and quartz movements, notably the brands Breguet, Harry Winston, Blancpain, Glashuette Original, Jaquet Droz, Leon Hatot, Omega, Longines, Rado, Union Glashuette, Tissot, Balmain, Certina, Hamilton, Calvin Klein watches and jewelry, Swatch and Flik Flak. The Electronic Systems segment includes the production and marketing of electronic components, notably batteries and sports timing equipment. The Company also supplies products from these segments to third-party watchmakers.

Employees

31,331

Sector

Apparel & Accessories

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