Members of the Executive Committee
Philipp Buhofer
Since 1 June 2011 President of the Executive Committee
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 1 June 2011 member of the Executive Committee
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 |
Gerhard Mahrle
Since 1 April 2009 CFO of Kardex Group
Born 1957, Swiss citizen,
lic. oec. HSG
| 2000-2009 | CFO of sia Abrasives Holding AG |
| 1998-2000 | CFO of Batigroup Holding AG |
| 1992-1998 | CFO of and member of the senior management team of the Eugster/Frismag Group |
| 1991-1992 | Head of financial reporting of the Hilti Group |
| 1985-1991 | Financial executive positions with the Galenica Group |
Jens Fankhänel
Since January 2011 Head of Kardex Remstar Division
Born 1965, German citizen,
Grad. Electrical Engineering / Automation Engineering, University of Chemnitz
| 2008-2010 | Managing Director WDS Region Europe 1 Swisslog AG Buchs |
| 2005-2008 | Vice President & CEO Hub Central Europe Dematic GmbH & Co. KG Offenbach |
| 2002-2005 | Managing Director Swisslog Australia |
| 1994-2002 | Senior Consultant/Director I+O GmbH Heidelberg |
Jos De Vuyst
Since 1 June 2011 Head of Kardex Stow Division
Born 1963, Belgian citizen,
grad. electrical engineer, RU Gent,
MBA Vlerick Management School
| 2006-2011 | CEO of the Kardex Group |
| 2009-2010 | Head of the Kardex Remstar Division (Dynamic Storage and Retrieval Systems) |
| 2005 | COO of the Kardex Group |
| 2004 | CEO of the Stow Division (Static Storage Systems) and CEO of Stow International nv |
| 2001-2003 | General Manager of the Stow Division (Static Storage Systems) |
| 1996-2003 | General Manager of Stow International nv |
| 1989-1996 | Financial Manager of Stow International nv |
Hans-Jürgen Heitzer
Since 1 September 2011 Head of Kardex Mlog Division
Born 1962, German citizen,
Dipl. Ing. Maschinenbau, Technische Hochschule Aalen
| 2010-2011 | Managing Director Kardex Mlog, Neuenstadt |
| 2002-2009 | Managing Director Locanis AG, Unterföhring |
| 2000-2001 | Division Manager Distribution and Project management automatic high rack storages MAN Logistics, Heilbronn |
| 1996-2000 | Division Manager Systems Mannesmann Dematic, South-Africa |
| 1989-1996 | Project management "Entire projects" Mannesmann Dematic, Offenbach |
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