Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Bellevue Group AG consists of the following persons as per December 31, 2020:

¹⁾ Further information on the committees is given below under «Internal organization».
²⁾ Chair Audit & Risk Committee.
³⁾ Chair Compensation Committee.

No member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group AG had any operational management responsibilities for the company or a subsidiary in 2020 or in the three preceding financial years, nor do they maintain any significant business relationships with the company or a subsidiary.

Board member Dr. Rupert Hengster did not stand for reelection at the Annual General Meeting on March 24, 2020.

Veit de Maddalena

born 1967

• Lic. rer. pol. (economics) from the University of Bern and MSc / Masters in Finance from London Business School
• Since 2018 owner of Candor Board Services GmbH in Zurich
• 2006–2017 Rothschild & Co Group, from 2016 as Executive Vice-Chairman Europe, previously member of Group Management Committee and Head of Wealth Management & Trust Division and CEO of Rothschild Bank AG in Zurich
• 1994–2005 Credit Suisse Group, last serving as Global CEO Credit Suisse Trust Group AG in Zurich, previously CEO Credit Suisse (Monaco) SAM and various positions as Client Relationship Manager in Switzerland and abroad

Mandates

• Chairman of Klosters Madrisa Bergbahnen AG
• Chairman of Quattro Stelle SICAV AG
• Chairman of VR Motion AG

Dr. Daniel H. Sigg

born 1956

• Degree in law, University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
• Since 2006 DHS International Advisors, LLC, Principal (advisor on financial issues)
• 2000–2005 TimesSquare Capital Management Inc., President
• 1997–1999 UBS, Global Head of Institutional Asset Management, Senior Managing Director
• 1990–1997 BEA Associates, CFO
• 1987–1990 Swiss American Securities Inc., Vice President, Head International Trading Department
• 1984–1987 Credit Suisse, Financial Analyst

Mandates

• Member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Funds (Lux) SICAV, Luxembourg
• Chairman of Laguna Trustees Ltd., Jersey
• Member of the Advisory Board of Metropolitan Partners Group, New York

Prof. Dr. Urs Schenker

born 1957

• Prof. Dr. jur. University of Zurich and Harvard (LLM)
• Since 2015 attorney at Wader Wyss AG, Zurich (corporate, financial and capital market law)
• 1985 –2015 attorney at Baker & McKenzie, Zurich (since 1991 partner)

Mandates

• Member of the Board of Directors of Capital Dynamics Holding AG
• Member of the Board of Directors of Geschäftshaus City AG

Katrin Wehr-Seiter

born 1970

• MBA, INSEAD Business School Fontainebleau, France, and Diplom-Ingenieurin, Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
• Since 2012 BIP Investment Partners SA, Managing Director, and since 2017 BIP Capital Partners, Partner und Managing Director Luxembourg
• 2010–2012 Bridgepoint Capital, independent advisor/senior advisor for mid-size companies and international private-equity companies
• 2000–2009 Permira Beteiligungsberatung, Principal, Germany
• 1995–2000 Siemens AG, strategy and corporate consultant as well as project leader Germany and US

Mandates

• Member of the Board of Directors of SES S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors and member of the advisory committee of several non-listed companies

Election procedures

All members of the Board are elected individually by the general meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors constitutes itself. The members of the Board of Directors are elected to a term of one year and may be reelected. There is no restriction in the number of reelections.

Statutory rules in relation to the number of permissible activities of the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 12(1)(1) VegüV

Pursuant to Article 32 of the Articles of Association, the members of the Board of Directors may each execute a maximum of 20 activities, of which a maximum of five in listed companies. Excluded from this are activities in legal entities controlled by the company or which control the company. Also excluded from the restrictions are activities in foundations, charitable institutions and employee pension funds; however, these are restricted to a maximum of ten such activities.

The term activity in the meaning of this provision describes the membership in the supreme managerial and administrative bodies of legal entities which are obliged to register themselves in the commercial register or in a corresponding foreign register. Several activities in legal entities which are under unitary control or under the control of the same beneficial owner are considered to be one activity.