Management

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The management is responsible for the operative management of the Ypsomed Group within the scope of the guidelines laid down by the Board of Directors. Its duties are defined in the Organization Policy.



Name

Nationality

Position

Acting for Ypsomed
Richard Fritschi Swiss CEO 2006  
  Dr. Manfred Mäder German Senior Vice President Quality Management & Regulatory Affairs 2007  
  Niklaus Ramseier Swiss Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 2002  
  Yvonne Müller Swiss Senior Vice President Human Resources 2003  
  Dr. Beat Maurer Swiss Senior Vice President Legal & Intellectual Property, Secretary of the Board 1992  
  Simon Michel Swiss Senior Vice President Marketing & Business Development 2006  




Richard Fritschi: CEO, at Ypsomed since September 2006, previously active in the field of medical technology for several years, for example as President Europe/Australasia of Zimmer GmbH, Winterthur (from 2003 until 2005), President Europe/Asia/South America at Sulzer Orthopädie/Sulzermedica, Winterthur (from 2001 until 2003), Sales Manager of Sulzer Orthopädie/Sulzermedica, Winterthur, (from 1999 until 2001). At the beginning of his professional life he worked in the field of finance (finally as CFO of Allo Pro/Sulzer Orthopädie, Baar/Winterthur from 1991 until 1999) and he worked in England and France for a long time. Member of the Board of Directors of Vetropack AG, Bülach (since 2005), and holder of several Board of Director mandates of unlisted companies. Education: degree in Business Science/Controller SIB and Advanced Management Program „The General Manager“ at Harvard Business School.



Manfred Mäder: Dr. rer. nat., pharmacist, Quality Management & Regulatory Affairs, at Ypsomed since 2007, previously quality assurance management at Sanofi-Aventis for Frankfurt Injectables (from 2005 until 2006). Before then, global responsibility in the quality and regulatory sphere for one of the Aventis Blockbuster products (from 2002 until 2004). Education: degree and doctorate in pharmacy at the University of Würzburg.







Niklaus Ramseier: CFO, with Ypsomed (or pre-2003 with Disetronic) since 2002, prior to that head of finance and controlling for the industrial services product line of the Von Roll Group (from 1995 until 2002) and various advisory and accounting functions within a trust and auditing company. Education: Swiss certified expert for accounting and controlling.






Yvonne Müller: Human Resources, with Ypsomed since 2003, prior to that responsibility for training at BEKB from 2002 until 2003), and for human resources at X-Media and Scout24 (from 2000 until 2002) and at IKEA (from 1996 until 2000). Education: graduate human resources specialist.








Beat Maurer: Dr. iur., attorney-at-law, Legal & Intellectual Property, Secretary to the Board of Directors, with Ypsomed (or pre-2003 with Disetronic) since 1992, prior to that tax and legal consultant with a trust and auditing company. Education: Degree in law from the University of Freiburg i.Ue., doctorate in law from the University of Berne and admitted to the bar in the Canton
of Berne.







Simon Michel: Senior Vice President Marketing, with Ypsomed since October 2006. Member of management since 2008 and responsible for the business development and marketing of the injection, infusion and blood glucose meters as well as pen needles, before that Head of the Infusion Business Division. From 2003 until 2006, he worked for Orange Telecommunications in Zurich and Lausanne where he was responsible for, among other things, the introduction and marketing of UMTS. He has been on the Board of Directors at Sphinx Werkzeuge AG since 2006 and on the executive committee of the local trade and industry association since 2008. Education: studied Economics at the University of St. Gallen and completed a Masters with a focus on Media and Communications Management.

















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