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Dr Robert Heberlein (1941)
Corporate Governance
Non-executive, independent member of
the Board of Directors since 2003, elected
until 2006
Swiss citizen, resident in Zumikon (CH)
Partner at Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich, Chairman
Board of Directors Bank am Bellevue,
Zurich, member of the Board of Directors
Gurit Heberlein, Wattwil
Dr Robert Heberlein studied law at the University of
Zurich and received his doctorate in law in 1969. He
graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
with a Master of Comparative Law (MCL) in 1970.
After working for various law firms, including in New York
and Paris, he joined Staehelin & Giezendanner, now
Lenz & Staehelin, in 1972. He has been a partner of that
law firm since 1977.
Rudolf Maag (1946)
Non-executive, independent member of
the Board of Directors since 2000, elected
until 2006
Swiss citizen, resident in Binningen (CH)
Chairman Board of Directors Straumann
Holding AG, Waldenburg, member of the
board Chamber of Commerce of Basel
Rudolf Maag holds a commercial diploma and graduated
with the degree of an INSEAD MBA. He started his
career in 1968 with UTC (Basler Handelsgesellschaft). In
1973, he joined Sandoz AG where he held various
management positions in the agricultural division, among
other functions, as Marketing and Sales Director USA
and Head of Division Brazil. In 1986, Rudolf Maag joined
Institut Straumann AG as a Director. Four years later,
he founded Stratec Medical by way of a management
buy-out. Following a successful Initial Public Offering
in 1996, Stratec merged with the US company Synthes
Ltd. to form Synthes-Stratec. Rudolf Maag became
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. In
2000, he left Synthes-Stratec to act as an independent
member of various Boards of Directors as well as a private
equity investor.
Klaus Weisshaar (1938)
Non-executive, independent member of
the Board of Directors since 1999, elected
until 2007
German citizen, resident in Frankfurt a.M. (DE)
Member Supervisory and Advisory Boards
of various German industrial enterprises,
among others Burg Bad AG, Schmallenberg,
Siepmann-Werke, Warstein and F.W.
Oventrop, Olsberg
Klaus Weisshaar holds a diploma in economics (University
of Freiburg i.Brsg.) and started his career as a
management consultant for industrial companies. After
three years in the packaging industry, he joined Friedrich
Grohe GmbH in 1977 where, until his retirement in 1998,
he held several major management positions, among
other functions, as Controller, Director Finance, Speaker
of the Board of Management, and, since 1993, Chairman
of the Board of Management.