Annual Report 2012 - Investor Relations

36Corporate Governance3. Board of Directors3.1 Members of the Board of DirectorsThe Board of Directors of Cham Paper Group Holding AG is composed of five non-executive members and one executive member. Noneof the serving members of the Board of Directors belonged to the Executive Management Board of Cham Paper Group Holding AG orthat of any of its subsidiaries or engaged in any significant business relations with any of its subsidiaries during any of the three financialyears preceding the reporting period.NamePositionElectionto the Board ofDirectors End of term Audit CommitteeCompensationand NominationCommitteePhilipp Buhofer Chairman 2004 2013 Member MemberUrs Ziegler Vice Chairman and Delegate 2007 2013 – MemberFelix Thöni Member 2008 2013 Chairman –Hans Schaller Member 2009 2013 Member ChairmanPeter J. Schmid Member 2011 2013 Member –Niklaus Peter Nüesch Member 2012 2013 – –NamePhilipp BuhoferYear of birth, nationality1959, Swiss citizenPositionChairman of the Board of Directors since 2006Member of the Board of Directors since 2004Professional backgroundSince 1997: independent businessman and Board of Directors member1987–1997: EPA AG, Zurich, Group Head Purchasing and Sales, overall responsibility for procurement,Executive Management Board member, Delegate and Chairman of the Board of Directors1984–1987: Purchasing, Metro International, Baar, Switzerland, Düsseldorf, Germany,and Hong Kong1978–1981: professional pilot in Louisiana, South Carolina, USAEducationBusiness Economics degree from the School of Economics and Administration of LucerneActivities in governing andsupervisory bodiesChairman of the Board of Directors, Kardex AG, ZurichChairman of the Board of Directors, Rapid Holding AG, DietikonDelegate of the Board of Directors, BURU Holding AG, HagendornCo-owner of DAX Holding AG, HagendornBoard member in various SMEs