Corporate Governance

4. Group Management

4.1 Members of Group Management

**Members of Emmi Group Management from left (as at the balance sheet date): Matthias Kunz, Ricarda Demarmels, Robin Barraclough, Urs Riedener (CEO), Natalie Rüedi, Thomas Morf, Kai Könecke, Marc Heim**

	Year of birth	Nationality	Education	Current function
Urs Riedener	1965	Swiss	Business Economist lic. oec. HSG Stanford Executive Program	Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Marc Heim	1967	Swiss	Business Economist lic. oec. HSG	Deputy CEO, Executive Vice President Switzerland
Robin Barraclough	1967	British/ Swiss	Economist	Executive Vice President Europe
Ricarda Demarmels	1979	Swiss	Business Economist lic. oec. HSG	Chief Financial Officer
Kai Könecke	1966	German	Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering	Chief Supply Chain Officer
Matthias Kunz	1960	Swiss	Certified Agronomics Engineer ETH MBA, Stanford Executive Program	Executive Vice President Americas
Thomas Morf	1974	Swiss	Business Economist lic. oec. HSG	Chief Marketing Officer
Natalie Rüedi	1971	Swiss	Certified Primary School Teacher EMBA, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts	Chief Human Resources Officer

4.2 Professional background and other activities and interests

Urs Riedener

CEO and Chairman of Group Management since 2008

Professional background
2000 – 2008	Migros Cooperative (MGB), from 2002 Head of Marketing and Member of the Executive Board
1995 – 2000	Lindt & Sprüngli Group, both in Switzerland and abroad, various management positions, latterly National Sales Manager and Member of the Board of Management for Switzerland
1992 – 1995	Kraft Jacobs Suchard Group, various positions, latterly Group Brand Manager

Other mandates
since 2015	SMG (Swiss Management Association), Member of the Executive Committee
since 2014	Conzzeta AG, Member of the Board of Directors
since 2010	Promarca (Swiss branded goods association), Member of the Executive Committee
since 2007	Institute of Marketing at the University of St. Gallen, Member of the Executive Committee

Marc Heim

Executive Vice President Switzerland and Deputy CEO since 2017, Member of Group Management since 2009

Professional background
2014 – 2016	Emmi Group, Executive Vice President Europe
2009 – 2013	Emmi Group, Head of Sales
2004 – 2009	Halter Bonbons AG, Managing Director
1999 – 2004	Kambly AG, various management roles
1992 – 1999	Effems AG (now Mars Schweiz AG), various positions

Robin Barraclough

Executive Vice President Europe since 2017, Member of Group Management since 2009

Professional background
2014 – 2016	Emmi Group, Chief Marketing Officer
2009 – 2014	Emmi Group, Head of Marketing
2008	Kraft Foods, in charge of the coffee business in German-speaking Europe
1991 – 2007	Mars Incorporated, various managerial marketing roles at national and international level, latterly Senior Member of the Marketing Leadership Team at the European Masterfoods headquarters in Bremen (Germany)

Ricarda Demarmels

CFO and Member of Group Management since 2019

Professional background
2015 – 2018	ORIOR Group, Chief Financial Officer
2009 – 2014	Capvis Equity Partners, Investment Director
2005 – 2009	Oliver Wyman Financial Services, Project Manager
2002 – 2003	Swiss National Bank, Research Assistant

Other mandates
since 2018	Sensirion, Member of the Board of Directors, Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Independent Directors’ Committee

Kai Könecke

Chief Supply Chain Officer and Member of Group Management since 2017

Professional background
2012 – 2016	Unilever Germany-Austria-Switzerland, Managing Director Supply Chain G-A-S
2011 – 2012	Amazon, General Manager, Fulfillment Center Rheinberg (Germany)
2006 – 2011	Mars (Effems) Germany, Plant Director of the facility in Viersen (Germany)
1993 – 2006	Mars (Effems) Germany, various roles in Supply Chain, including Head of Logistics Germany and Head of Development of Supply Chain Management Europe

Matthias Kunz

Executive Vice President Americas since 2014, Member of Group Management since 2002

Professional background
2009 – 2013	Emmi Group, Head of International Division
2002 – 2009	Emmi Group, Head of International Cheese Division
1999 – 2002	Swiss Dairy Food, Member of Group Management
1997 – 1999	Toni International AG, Managing Director

As part of its long-term succession planning, the Board of Directors in autumn 2020 named Jonas Leu as successor to Matthias Kunz, who is to gradually step back from Group Management at his own request. After a one-year induction period, Jonas Leu will assume operational responsibility on 1 January 2022 as Executive Vice President Americas, while Matthias Kunz will take care of strategic projects as a member of extended Group Management.

Thomas Morf

Chief Marketing Officer and Member of Group Management since 2017

Professional background
2012 – 2017	Danone Johannesburg, latterly Managing Director of the Mayo Dairy business unit
2010 – 2012	Danone Paris, Global Marketing Director Innovations
2007 – 2010	Danone Munich, various executive marketing roles
2000 – 2007	Procter & Gamble, Belgium, various executive marketing roles

Natalie Rüedi

Chief Human Resources Officer since 2014, Member of Group Management since 2011

Professional background
2009 – 2013	Emmi Group, Head of Human Resources, Member of extended Group Management until 2010
2004 – 2009	Emmi Group, responsible for developing and heading up staff development
2000 – 2004	Emmi Group, Human Resources Specialist
1992 – 2000	Teacher and headmistress at a primary school

Other mandates
since 2020	Opes Group, Member of the Board of Directors

Members of the extended Group Management

Othmar Dubach

Head of Cheese and Dairy Products Switzerland, Member of the Executive Board Switzerland and of the extended Group Management since 2014

Professional background
since 1993	Emmi Group, Head of the Cheese Division
1992 – 1993	Emmi Group, Head of Marketing
1983 – 1991	Central Switzerland Milk Association, various roles

Markus Willimann

Head of Industrial Business Switzerland, Member of the Executive Board Switzerland and of the extended Group Management since 2014

Professional background
since 2004	Emmi Group, Head of Industrial Business and Agricultural Policy
1998 – 2004	Emmi Group, Member of Group Management with responsibility for the Dairy Products Division
1990 – 1998	UFAG AG, Division Head, Member of the Executive Board
1987 – 1990	Jacobs Suchard AG, latterly Senior Project Manager Research & Development
1982 – 1987	Testing station, Schweizerische Brauereien, research assistant and doctoral student

Other mandates
since 2011	Advisory Committee for Agriculture and the Agriculture Research Council of the Swiss Confederation, Member
since 2009	Swiss Milk Sector Organisation (BOM), Vice President
since 2004	Swiss Dairy Industry Association (VMI), Chairman
since 2004	Federation of Swiss Food Industries (fial), Member of the Board
since 1998	Swiss Butter Sector Organisation (BOB), Member

4.3 Permitted number of activities

The members of Group Management may hold a maximum of two mandates in listed and ten mandates in non-listed legal entities. In practice, the limits permitted by the Articles of Association are far from fully used.

4.4 Management contracts

No management contracts exist.