Board of Directors
Members of the Board of Directors
Philipp Buhofer
(since 2004, term expires in 2012)
Born 1959, Swiss citizen,
HWV Horw, Lucerne
Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting 2011
| since 1997 | Independent entrepreneur and active board member with the companies listed below |
| 1987-2004 | EPA AG Zurich, since 1993 member of Executive Management and since 1997 chairman |
| 1984-1987 | Metro International |
| other directorships | BURU Holding AG, DAX Holding AG (SME industrial interests), Cham Paper Group Holding AG and RAPID Holding AG |
Dr. Felix Thöni
(since 2011, term expires in 2012)
Born 1959, Swiss citizen,
Dr. oec. HSG
Vice president of the Board of Directors since Annual General Meeting 2011
| since 2010 | Board Member / Management Consultant, Cham |
| since 2008 | Member of the Board of Directors of Cham Paper Group |
| since 2007 | Member of the Board of Directors of Raiffeisenbank Cham |
| 2003-2009 | CFO Charles Vögele Group, Pfäffikon |
| 1992-2002 | CFO Gavazzi Group, Steinhausen |
| 1988-1991 | Area Controller, Schindler Management AG, Ebikon |
Leo Steiner
(since 2004, term expires in 2012)
Born 1943, Swiss citizen,
Grad. mechanical engineer, ETH Zurich,
Additional studies in business management
Non-executive member
| since July 2007 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Komax Holding AG |
| 1992-2007 | CEO of Komax Holding AG and Head of Executive Management with the Komax Group |
| until 1991 | Hayek Engineering & Management Consulting Zurich, Landis & Gyr Zug, Sulzer Escher-Wyss Zurich |
Walter T. Vogel
(since 2006, term expires in 2012)
Born 1957, Swiss citizen,
Grad. mechanical engineer, ETH Zurich
Non-executive member
| since 2007 | CEO of Aebi-Schmidt Group |
| 2003-2007 | CEO of Von Roll Holding AG |
| 1999-2003 | Von Roll Group, Head of Infratec division and member of Group management |
| 1995-1999 | HILTI AG, Head of Direct Fastening business unit and member of extended Group management |
| 1992-1995 | Aliva AG, Director of Marketing and Sales and member of Executive Management |
| other directorships | Schlatter Holding AG, Stadler Stahlguss AG |
Martin Wipfli
(since 2007, term expires in 2012)
Born 1963, Swiss citizen,
Lic. iur. University of Bern, Attorney-at-law
Non-executive member
| since 1997 | Managing Partner with Baryon AG |
| 1995-1997 | Head of tax department with Swiss private bank |
| 1990-1995 | Tax consultant with Ernst & Young AG, Zurich |
| other directorships | nebag, Elma Electronic AG, Metall Zug AG and others with non-listed companies |
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