Corporate Governance

Professional background and education

Dr. Roland Fischer was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Oerlikon Group, effective March 1, 2016. Prior to Oerlikon, Dr. Fischer held senior management positions at Siemens AG, the most recent as CEO of the Power and Gas Division from 2013 to 2015. Between 2011 and 2012, Dr. Fischer served as CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division, and from 2008 to 2011, he was CEO of the Business Unit Fossil Power Generation – Products, Siemens, Germany. Before joining Siemens, Dr. Fischer spent 18 years at MTU Aero Engines AG in diverse management positions in Germany and Malaysia, lastly serving as Senior Vice President, Defense Programs in Germany. Dr. Fischer graduated from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and holds a Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Professional background and education

Mr. Fedier was appointed Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2009. From 2007 to 2008, he acted as CFO of Ciba, Switzerland. Between 2006 and 2007, he was Head of Finance of Dow Europe and a Member of the Executive Board. From 2002 to 2006, Jürg Fedier served as Vice President of Finance for Dow Chemical, Performance Chemicals, USA, and between 2000 and 2002 as Global Business Finance Director for Dow Chemical, Thermosets. From 1978 to 2000, he held several management positions with Dow Chemical in the USA and in Asia. Jürg Fedier holds a Commercial Diploma from the College of Commerce in Zurich, Switzerland, and completed international executive management programs at the IMD, Switzerland, and the University of Michigan, USA.

Other activities and vested interests

Jürg Fedier is a member of the Boards of Directors of Dätwyler Holding Inc. and Ascom Holding Inc.

Professional background and education

Anna Ryzhova (1979; Russian citizen) was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer of the Oerlikon Group, effective October 10, 2016. Ms. Ryzhova has over 15 years of experience in leading HR functions, 13 of which was at the Renova Group in senior HR executive roles. Most recently, Anna Ryzhova was Chief Human Resources Officer at Witel AG (former Renova Management AG), Zurich, Switzerland. From 2010 to 2015, she served as HR and Corporate Relations Director at the Witel Group Corporate Center in Moscow, Russia. Ms. Ryzhova holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow and an Executive MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Professional background and education

Dr. Helmut Rudigier was appointed Chief Technology Officer of the Oerlikon Group, effective November 1, 2017. Dr. Rudigier joined Oerlikon Balzers in 1986 as R&D Project Manager after completing his post doctorate research on low temperature physics at the ETH Zurich. Since then, he has built his career within Oerlikon in diverse research and management roles, including Manager, R&D Balzers Thin Films, Manager, Production Site Balzers; Manager, R&D Division Optics; Business Development Telecommunication (fiber optics), CTO ,Oerlikon Balzers, and most recently as the CTO of the Surface Solutions Segment. Dr. Rudigier represents Oerlikon on the Committee for Research and Technology of the Liechtenstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LIHK). He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Solid State Physics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and has completed executive management programs at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Other activities and vested interests

Dr. Rudigier is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of SFB TR 87 (Transregional Collaborative Research Center), a DFG (German Research Foundation) funded collaboration between RWTH Aachen, Ruhr University, Bochum and University of Paderborn. He is also a lecturer at the NTB Interstate University of Applied Sciences of Technology in Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.