Siegfried Annual Report 2009
Siegfried Annual Report 2009
Siegfried Annual Report 2009
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4.2 Portraits<br />
Dr. Rudolf Hanko, CEO<br />
On May 1, <strong>2009</strong>, Dr. Rudolf Hanko (1955) took over as CEO<br />
of <strong>Siegfried</strong>. He worked previously in the chemical-pharmaceutical<br />
industry in various management positions, prior to<br />
<strong>Siegfried</strong> with the German company, Evonik Industries AG as<br />
head of Custom Synthesis and Amino Acids division. Rudolf<br />
Hanko also headed the Pharmaceutical division of Bayer AG<br />
as head of Chemical Research and as General Manager of<br />
the Fine Chemicals division.<br />
Rudolf Hanko received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the<br />
University of Goettingen, Germany and completed postdoctoral<br />
studies at the Max Planck Institute (Germany).<br />
Hanspeter Brun, Head Human Resources<br />
Hanspeter Brun (1948) joined the <strong>Siegfried</strong> Group in 1989<br />
as Head of Human Resources, and since 2005, is also the<br />
Zofingen Site Manager. Previously, he was responsible for<br />
Human Resources and Training at an electrotechnical company<br />
in Zurich. He completed an apprenticeship as a lab assistant,<br />
and then graduated from the Institute for Applied<br />
Psychology (IAP) in Zurich with a degree in Industrial Psychology.<br />
Hanspeter Brun is on the Board of Directors of Parkhaus<br />
AG, Zofingen and the Housing Association (Wohnbau-<br />
Genossenschaft) Zofingen, and the Landenhof Foundation<br />
(Swiss School for the Hearing Impaired), Unterentfelden.<br />
Hanspeter Brun is a Swiss citizen.<br />
Rudolf Hanko is a German citizen.<br />
30 Corporate Governance
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