Corporate Governance

Dr. Roland Fischer

1962, German citizen
Executive Committee
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)*
CEO, Surface Solutions Segment*

Professional background and education

Dr. Roland Fischer was appointed Chief Executive Officer 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 Fossil Power Generation Business Unit – 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.

Other activities and vested interests

None.

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Philipp Müller

1978, German citizen
Executive Committee
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)*

Professional background and education

Philipp Müller was appointed Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2020. Mr. Müller has more than 15 years of financial and strategic experience across multiple industries. Most recently, he led the investor relations functions at Baker Hughes in Houston, Texas, U.S. Prior to that, he served as CFO of GE’s oil & gas drilling business from 2014 to 2016. Previously, Mr. Müller held various financial leadership positions in GE’s industrial businesses. Prior to that, he spent five years on GE’s corporate audit staff, where he advanced to executive audit manager at GE Healthcare. Mr. Müller has extensive international experience, having worked in over ten countries during his career. He holds a Master’s degree in Business from the University of Mannheim, Germany.

Other activities and vested interests

None.

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Anna Ryzhova

1979, Russian citizen
Executive Committee
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)*

Professional background and education

Anna Ryzhova was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer effective October 10, 2016. Ms. Ryzhova has over 15 years of experience in leading HR functions, 13 of which were at the Renova Group in senior HR executive roles. Most recently, Anna Ryzhova was Chief Human Resources Officer at Witel Ltd (former Renova Management Ltd, Zurich), Switzerland. From 2010 to 2015, she served as HR and Corporate Relations Director at the Renova Group Corporate Center in Moscow, Russia. Anna 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.

Other activities and vested interests

None.

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Dr. Helmut Rudigier

1955, Austrian citizen
Executive Committee Member since November 1, 2017
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)*

Professional background and education

Dr. Helmut Rudigier was appointed Group Chief Technology Officer effective November 1, 2017. He joined Oerlikon Balzers in 1986 as R&D Project Manager after completing his postdoctoral research on low-temperature physics at ETH Zurich. Since then, he was promoted to diverse research and management roles, including Manager R&D Balzers Thin Films, Manager Production Site Balzers, Manager R&D Division Optics, Business Development Telecomm-unication (fiber optics), CTO of Oerlikon Balzers and as 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. He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Solid State Physics at 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 the University of Paderborn. Dr. Rudigier also lectures at the NTB Interstate University of Applied Sciences of Technology in Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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