Annual Report 2011 (5.07 MB, PDF-File) - Oerlikon

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Leadership and accountability
The Oerlikon Executive Committee
1 Jürg Fedier
1955, Swiss citizen
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 1
Professional background and education
Jürg Fedier was appointed Chief Financial Officer
effective January 1, 2009. From 2007 to 2008 he
acted as CFO of Ciba, Switzerland. Between
2006 and 2007, he was Head of Finance of Dow
Europe and a Member of the Executive Board.
From 2002 to 2006, Jürg Fedier served as Vice
President Finance for Dow Chemical, Performance
Chemicals, USA, between 2000 and 2002
as Global Business Finance Director for Dow
Chemical, Thermosets. From 1978 to 2000, he
filled several management positions with Dow
Chemical in the USA and in Asia.
Jürg Fedier holds a Commercial Diploma from the
College of Commerce in Zurich, Switzerland, and
completed international executive management
programs at the IMD, Switzerland, and the University
of Michigan, USA.
Other activities and functions
none
2 Dr. Michael Buscher
1965, German citizen
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 1
Professional background and education
Dr. Michael Buscher was appointed Chief Executive
Officer effective May 19, 2010. From 2007 to
2010, Dr. Michael Buscher acted as President of
Bombardier’s Business Unit Propulsion & Controls,
Switzerland. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Michael
Buscher served as Vice President of the Business
Unit Locomotives, responsible for global Engineering,
and from 2004 until 2007, he additionally
served as Site Coordinator Zurich and Member of
the Management Team of Bombardier Switzerland.
Between 2000 and 2003, he acted as Engineering
Head of Mannheim and Hennigsdorf (Director)
at DaimlerChrysler Rail System GmbH (now
Bombardier Transportation), Germany. Between
1990 and 2000, he held several positions with
predecessor companies of Bombardier Transpor-
tation.
Dr. Michael Buscher graduated from the Technical
University Darmstadt, Germany, with a PhD and a
master’s degree in electrical engineering.
Other activities and vested interests
Dr. Michael Buscher is Deputy Chairman of the
Advisory Board of PCS Power Converter Solutions
GmbH.
3 Adrian Cojocaru
1964, Romanian citizen
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) 1
Professional background and education
Adrian Cojocaru was appointed Chief Human Resources
Officer effective November 10, 2010.
From 2009 to 2010, he served as Regional Chief
Human Resources Officer Middle East & Africa of
LG Electronics in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
From 2008 to 2009, he worked as Human Resources
Vice President Europe at Reader’s Digest
in UK. Between 2001 and 2008, Adrian Cojocaru
filled various HR management positions at
Mars Inc., based in Central Europe and UK, from
1992 to 2001, several management positions
with Unilever and Coca-Cola in Central & Eastern
Europe, the Netherlands and in the USA.
Adrian Cojocaru holds a Mechanical Engineer Diploma
from the Polytechnic University in Bucharest,
Romania and completed post-graduate studies
in organizational change at Ashridge Business
School, UK.
Other activities and vested interests
none
Thomas Babacan 2
1969; German citizen
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Professional background and education
Thomas Babacan was appointed Chief Operating
Officer effective October 1, 2008 and held this
position until his resignation on December 31,
2011. From 2009 to 2011, he additionally held
the position of CEO Oerlikon Textile. Between
2005 and 2008, he acted as CEO of Oerlikon
Vacuum, Germany, and in 2005, he acted as
CFO of Oerlikon Vacuum, Germany. From 2002
until 2005, he served as Regional Executive Europe
and member of the Extended Executive
Board of Unaxis Group (now Oerlikon Group).
Between 2000 and 2002, he served as Deputy
Group Treasurer of Unaxis Management AG (now
OC Oerlikon Management AG, Pfäffikon), Switzerland,
and was also responsible for special corporate
finance (M&A) projects and for setting up
the Greater China project. From 1999 until 2000,
he held a position with Balzers & Leybold
Deutschland Holding GmbH (now Oerlikon
Deutschland Holding GmbH).
Thomas Babacan holds a degree in economics
from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University,
Frankfurt, Germany.
Other activities and vested interests
none
1 A description of the role and authority of each member of the Executive Committee can be found in the company’s
Organizational and Governance Rules published on the Oerlikon website: www.oerlikon.com/corporate_governance/org.
2 Thomas Babacan left the Group on December 31, 2011.
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