Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of five members elected for a term of office of three years with the possibility of re-election. The Board of Directors is self-constituting. All four members are non-executive members.

The Board of Directors has certain non-transferable and inalienable duties according to Swiss company law.
The primary duties of the Board of Directors are defined in the Organization Policy and include:

• Establishment of the policy and the strategy of the Ypsomed Group.


• Sets its targets and priorities and allocates the resources for achieving the targets set.


• Defines the organisation of the Ypsomed Group.


• Supervises business activities, is responsible for appointments and dismissals of the persons entrusted with management duties.
  


• Monitors the business activities of the Group companies.

	Name	Nationality	Year	Position	Member since*	Elected until the AGM in
	Dr. h.c. Willy Michel	Swiss	1947	Chairman of the Board of Directors	1984	2010
	Anton Kräuliger	Swiss	1946	Member of the Board of Directors	2007	2010
	Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dres. h. c. Norbert Thom	German	1946	Member of the Board of Directors	2005	2010
	Gerhart Isler	Swiss	1949	Member of the Board of Directors	2008	2010

* Including membership of the Board of Directors of Disetronic

Dr. h.c. Willy Michel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ypsomed Holding AG, founded Disetronic together with his brother in 1984. They were together, until his brother’s departure from the business in 1995, and thereafter Dr. h.c. Michel was alone responsible for the development, production, distribution and sale of Disetronic products. Within the context of the sale of Disetronic to Roche Holding AG in 2003, Dr. h.c. Michel bought back the injection business of Disetronic, which has traded under the name Ypsomed since then. He has held the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Disetronic Group and now the Ypsomed Group without interruption.
Prior to the founding of Disetronic, Dr. h.c. Michel obtained a broad range of experience with several industry and pharmaceutical companies in the fields of development, sales & marketing and he was the head of Novo-Nordisk Switzerland for six years (from 1978 until 1984). He was a member of the city council of Burgdorf for three years (from 1998 until 2001), which in 2004 awarded him the medal of honour. In addition, he is the owner of several companies, including companies involved in the fields of art and gastronomy. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of BV Holding AG (since 2001), Member of the Board of Directors of Adval Tech Holding AG (since 2007), and is member of the Board of Directors with various non-listed companies. In 2005, Mr Michel was declared the “Master Entrepreneur of the Year“ for his overall business performance by Ernst &
Young AG, and in 2006 was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Economic and Social Science Faculty of Bern University (Dr. h.c.).

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Anton Kräuliger, Member of the Board of Directors of Ypsomed Holding AG since 2007. After graduating from ETH Zurich with a degree in mechanical engineering (Dipl. Masch. Ing.), Anton Kräuliger joined the family business in 1971 and went on to acquire a majority shareholding interest in the Lyss AG Metal Foundry and Fittings Factory (now Metalyss AG) in 1978. He developed this company into the Similor Group, which became Swiss market leader in the fittings sector. When the fittings business of this group was sold to Madison Private Equity Holding AG in 2002 and 2005, Mr Kräuliger bought back the industrial activity which is now once again part of Metalyss AG. Between 1993 and 2004, Mr Kräuliger was a member of the Board of Directors of Berner Kantonalbank (Cantonal Bank of Berne) BEKB I BCBE which is a listed company. He still has seats on several other Boards of Directors: he is Chairman of Metalyss AG (since 1978), Chairman of Sécheron SA (since 2005) and a member of the Board of Directors of the parent company Sécheron-Hasler Holding AG (since 2005). Mr Kräuliger is also a member of the local council of Kappelen local authority where he is in charge of the finance department. He is Chairman of the Swiss Galopprennsport Verband (Horse Racing Federation).

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Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dres. h. c. Norbert Thom, member of the Board of Directors of Ypsomed Holding AG since 2005. After studying economics and social sciences, he became scientific assistant, project manager and private tutor at the University of Cologne, Acting Professor at the University of Giessen and fulltime Professor at the University of Freiburg, Switzerland, of management, organization and human resources studies. Prof. Thom is the founder (in 1991) and director of the Institute for Organization and Human Resources at the University of Bern, as well as full Professor of Business Management Studies. From 1995 until 1997 he was Vice-Chancellor of Finance and Planning and member of the Board of Governors at the University of Bern. From 1997 until 2000 he was a member of the Swiss Scientific Board, the advisory body of the Bundesrat for questions concerning economic policy. Prof. Thom has three honorary doctorates for his academic achievements in the areas of Public Management, Organization and Human Resource Management. He received these awards from universities in Lithuania (Vilnius), Austria (Linz) and Germany (Halle-Wittenberg). Many years of practical experience as among other things, organization and human resources advisor to companies, authorities and governments. Member of Board of Directors at Maschinenfabrik WIFAG, Bern. Involvement in the further training of managers, lecturer on several Executive Master Courses. Vice-Chairman of the Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft des Kantons Bern.

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Gerhart Isler, Member of the Board of Directors of Ypsomed Holding AG since June 25, 2008. Gerhart Isler holds the degree of lic. oec. publ. of the University in Zurich and holds many years of experience as a businessman. Today he is particularly active as member of the administrative boards of PubliGroupe, the worldwide active advertisement mediator with approx. 3'000 employees, as well as of the Grand Casino Baden.




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