48 Corporate GovernanceThe Executive Board of<strong>APG|SGA</strong>, left to right:Markus Ehrle, Daniel Strobel, Beat Holenstein,Daniel Hofer, Christian Gotter, Marcel Seiler,Beat Hermann, Thomas Rainer<strong>APG|SGA</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong>
Corporate Governance 49Daniel Strobel came to <strong>APG|SGA</strong> from the NZZ Media Group,where hewas responsible for the Magazines &Specials department.He enjoyed along career with Publigroupe SA, wherehe held avariety of senior management positions. From 2002 to2008 he was CEO of Publimedia AG, which at the time wasthe national key account company of Publicitas with over 100employees. He holds diplomas in marketing communicationplanning, marketing planning, media management and communicationmanagement.Beat Holenstein was employed by Zürcher Kantonalbank inmarketing and organization functions before joining <strong>APG|SGA</strong> in1996. Within the company, heheld consecutive positions asan agency manager, implementation manager, and manager ofthe Zürich branch with national key account managementresponsibility. In2009, he was appointed Head of Marketing/Acquisition and Deputy General Manager of <strong>APG|SGA</strong>. As amember of the Executive Board since 2011, he has been incharge of Partner and Product Management. He is amember ofthe board ofAWS Outdoor Advertising Switzerland and holdsSwiss federal diplomas in organization, marketing planning, andsales management.Markus Ehrle has had along career at Publigroupe SA, includingpositions as account director, marketing director and deputyCEO of Publimedia AG; he was also amember of the boardof various subsidiaries (including web-based companies). Mostrecently he worked for the NZZ Media Group, where hewas incharge of the Advertising Market &Business Developmentdepartment. He has degrees in communication managementand marketing management, and is amember of the boardof the AWS Outdoor Advertising Switzerland associations andof IAA International Advertising Association, Swiss Chapter.His previous roles enabled Christian Gotter (entry as of January1,<strong>2012</strong>) to acquire broad specialist knowledge of logistics, supplychain management and distribution. His former employersinclude ABB Turbo Systems, ABX Logistics, Central Station andPlanzer Transport. From 2009 he worked at Tobler Haustechnikwhere, as Head of Logistics and Transport, he had managerialresponsibility for 200 members of staff. Christian Gotter has undergonecommercial training, is aqualified forwarding agent andhas completed the Certificate of Advanced Studies SME managementcourse at the University of St. Gallen.Marcel Seiler graduated in business economics before takingapostgraduate master‘s degree in personnel management,as well as completing the VSKP (Swiss course for HRM executives)and an international Executive Programme at INSEAD (Fontainebleau/Singapore).He previously worked in avariety of managementfunctions in the human resources field, including eightyears with the Migros Group, nine with ABB and most recentlyaspell with SIX Group (financial sector). As of July 1, 2011,Marcel Seiler became the new Head of Human Resources forthe entire <strong>APG|SGA</strong> Group.Management contracts<strong>APG|SGA</strong> SA and its associated companies have concluded nomanagement contracts with third parties.Walter Robert Oeschger (left as of February 29, <strong>2012</strong>) joined<strong>APG|SGA</strong> in 1987 as operations manager. Before his function ashead of logistics, he served for seven years as implementationmanager and subsequently headed the Basel and Aarau branchoffices as branch office manager from 1995 to 2006. Aftercompleting atechnical apprenticeship and further education, heearned aHigher Business Management Diploma (HWD) and subsequentlyheld an executive position as head of manufacturingat Obrist AG, Magden, from 1977 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987,he served on the management committee of Chematec AG,Möhlin. He also completed in-service training, earning SwissFederal diplomas in sales management and logistics management.<strong>APG|SGA</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong>
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