Edisun Power Europe Ltd. Corporate Governance Report 2010 ...

12 Corporate Governance Report 2010
5 Board of Directors
The Board of Directors may take decisions in all matters
that are not reserved for the general meeting of shareholders.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the ultimate
management of the Company as well as for the ultimate
supervision of the management. The Board of
Directors’ non-transferable and inalienable duties according
to Swiss corporate law include the establishment
of the organizational structure and the accounting system
of the Company, financial control and financial planning,
appointment and dismissal of management, overall
supervision of the management, preparation of the annual
report, as well as the shareholders’ meeting and notification
of the court in case of qualified indebtedness.
The Board of Directors can delegate the management entirely
or in part to individual members of the Board of Directors
or to third persons. To this end, the Company has
enacted organizational regulations, which further detail
the duties and competence of the Board of Directors in
particular with regard to planning, regulation, supervision
and personnel matters.
Heinrich Bruhin, Chairman of the Board
born 1948, Swiss national
non-executive member
Heinrich Bruhin has been a member of the Board of Directors
of Edisun Power Ltd. since 2000, Chairman of the
Board since 2003, a member of the Board of Directors of
the Company since its foundation and the Chairman of
the Board since August 2010. An electrical engineer (dipl.
Elektroingenieur FH from the University of Applied Sciences
in Zurich), he has extensive experience in plant
construction, in particular the infrastructure of constructions.
This knowledge was acquired with Sulzer and from
1989 to 2007 as the person in charge of the construction
infrastructure and from 2008 on as the responsible person
for large-scale projects with SIX Group (former Telekurs).
Since 1997 he acts as a member, thereof six years as the
president of the investment committee, of the foundation
board of the Telekurs Holding AG staff pension fund with
CHF 996 m of assets under management.
Peter Toggweiler, Vice-Chairman of the Board
born 1956, Swiss national
non-executive member
Peter Toggweiler is one of the founders of the Group. As
Electronical Engineer (El. Eng. HTL from the University of
Applied Sciences in Rapperswil) he has been working in
the field of solar energy and photovoltaics for over 25 years.
Since 2009 he works for Basler & Hofmann AG, which is one
of the leading engineering offices in Switzerland. His experience
ranges from research and development to planning,
conceptual work and strategies. He has been active in
Switzerland, Europe, America and Asia, working on projects
for the World Bank, the EU, IEA and other international
organizations. Since 2008 he is chairman of the national
committee for standards for photovoltaic power systems,
which is part of Electrosuisse and the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC). He is Chairman of the
Board of Enecolo AG and board member of EGON AG.