Gilbert Achermann Chairman of the Board of Directors, Straumann Holding AG

In previous years, Gilbert Achermann served as Chairman and Co-CEO of the Vitra Group, a family-owned furniture and retail company; Chairman of the Siegfried Group, a listed pharma service company, and Vice Chairman of the Moser Group, a privately owned luxury watchmaking company. From 2002 to 2010, he was CEO of Straumann, which he joined as CFO in 1998. He started his professional life at UBS in Investment Banking in 1988.

Qualifications:

• Executive MBA from IMD; Bachelor’s degree from the University of Applied Science (HWV) in St. Gallen.