Group CEO
Executive Committee
- Dr. Daniel Bossard
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Dr. Daniel Bossard (1970)
Swiss citizen
- Group CEO since 2019
Professional background
From 2009 to 2018, Dr. Daniel Bossard was CEO Northern
and Eastern Europe. From 2006 to 2008, he served as sales
& marketing manager of Bossard Group and was responsible
for the reorientation of Bossard’s sales strategy as well as the
development of international customer relations. From 2003
until 2006, he was CEO of Bossard Denmark. Dr. Daniel Bossard
joined Bossard in 2000 as an e-business manager, after having
worked as a consultant for Accenture (formerly Andersen
Consulting).
Educational background
- Business administration degree and doctorate in technology management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Other activities and vested interests
- Member of the board of directors, Schweiter Technologies AG, Steinhausen, Switzerland
- Member of the board of directors, BURU Holding AG, Cham, Switzerland
- Member of the board of directors, Ecoparts AG, Hinwil, Switzerland
- Stephan Zehnder
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CFO
Stephan Zehnder (1965)
Swiss citizen
- Group CFO since 2005
Professional background
Stephan Zehnder took over the function as group controller of
Bossard Group in 1998, remaining in this position until the end
of 2004. From 1996 to 1997, he was a controller in Bossard’s
corporate finance team. Prior to this, he held finance and
controlling positions in various international companies.
Educational background
- MBA in Finance, Graduate School of Business Administration and University of Wales, Zurich, Switzerland
- Dr. Frank Hilgers
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CEO Northern and Eastern Europe
Group CCO
Dr. Frank Hilgers (1966)
German citizen
- CEO Northern and Eastern Europe since 2019
- Group CCO since 2015
Professional background
Dr. Frank Hilgers has been CEO Northern and Eastern Europe
since May 2019. Since 2015, he has been responsible for the groupwide management of branded products and high quality fastening
solutions (Chief Category Officer, CCO). He has also headed the
business units of KVT-Fastening from 2012 until their complete
integration. From 2009 to 2012, he was a member of the KVTKoenig management team responsible for sales, product management and the fastening systems division. During his employment
at Continental between 2007 and 2009, he was in charge of all
national organizations of the spare parts business and key account
management in the Commercial & Special Vehicle area. From 2004
to 2007, Dr. Frank Hilgers headed Group Strategy and Corporate
Development at Siemens VDO Automotive and was instrumental
in the turnaround and sale of this Siemens segment. As senior
manager for strategy, Dr. Frank Hilgers headed major international
projects at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) from 1997
until 2004, and was responsible for automotive suppliers and the
shareholder value initiative in the German speaking countries.
Educational background
- Degree in chemistry and doctorate, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Executive MBA (Accenture Program), Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
Other activities and vested interests
- Member of the advisory board, enersis suisse AG, Bern, Switzerland
- David Jones
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CEO America
David Jones (1970)
Citizen of the USA
- CEO America since 2021
Professional background
From 2013 until 2020, David Jones was responsible for the global
automotive business as part of the Sika Group. Prior to that, from
2010 to 2013, he managed the industry- and automotive business
in North America for Sika Corporation. From 2004 to 2010, David
Jones served as a Key Account Manager and later as the Vice
President of Engineering for Sika Corporation. While living in
Switzerland, from 2000 to 2004, he was the Director of Engineering
and Global Account Manager, supporting the integration of newly
acquired automotive based business for Sika AG. Between 1995
and 2000, David Jones held positions as Project Manager & Key
Account Manager for Sika Corporation and was a Release Engineer
for General Motors in 1994.
Educational background
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, USA
- MBA, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
- Executive education, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Robert Ang
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CEO Asia
Robert Ang (1963)
Citizen of Singapore
- CEO Asia since 2009
Professional background
From 2005 until 2009, Robert Ang was responsible for Bossard
Greater China (China, Taiwan) and prior to that, the Southeast
Asia region. From 1997 until 1999, he was CEO of Bossard
Singapore. Robert Ang managed his own company from 1994
until it was acquired by Bossard in 1997. Prior to this, he was
product manager for Conner Peripherals and Optics Storage
Pte Ltd. in Singapore for four years. Between 1986 and 1989,
he worked as a buyer at Printronix AG.
Educational background
- Diploma in business administration, Thames Business School, Singapore, Singapore
- Diploma in mechanical engineering, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore
- MBA, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore, Singapore
- Rolf Ritter
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CEO Central Europe
Rolf Ritter (1969)
Dual Swiss-US citizen
- CEO Central Europe since 2023
Professional background
Rolf Ritter has been CEO Central Europe since January 2023.
Prior to that, he was VP of M&A and Business Development
(Chief Strategy Officer). In 2014, he founded his own consulting
company in Miami, USA, and started investing in tech start-ups
and providing strategic M&A advice to various companies. In
addition, Rolf Ritter taught an EMBA in Information Technology
at Florida International University. From 2009 to 2014, he was
CEO of BDT Media Automation GmbH, Rottweil, Germany, a
global technology leader in data archiving with production facilities
in Germany, Mexico, China and Singapore. Rolf Ritter joined
Bossard in 2004 as General Manager at Bossard France after
having worked as project manager and consultant for Volkswagen,
Accenture and SIG in Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Switzerland.
Educational background
- Business administration degree, HSG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Susan Salzbrenner
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VP of People & Organization
Susan Salzbrenner (1982)
German citizen
- VP of People & Organization since 2023
Professional background
Susan Salzbrenner has been VP People & Organization since
January 2023 and Functional Manager People and Organizational
Development at Bossard since June 2021. From 2017 to 2021, she
was a partner at the Scandinavian consulting firm Implement
Consulting Group, focusing on cultural transformation, leader
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ship and organizational development, and new forms of business.
Susan Salzbrenner was able to build on existing, multi-year
consulting mandates for major corporations such as Philips.
From 2012 to 2017, she gained sales as well as entrepreneurial
experience in setting up and expanding her own consulting
company “Fit across Cultures”. From 2009 to 2011, the trained
organizational psychologist worked in human resources at the
multinational logistics group A.P. Moeller Maersk.
Educational background
- Master of science in work and organizational psychology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
- Master degree in social psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Post-graduate degree in intercultural business communication, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Other activities and vested interests
The executive committee members do not perform any
other activities outside the Bossard Group apart from
the mandates listed on pages 95 to 98 (see Annual Report PDF). Furthermore,
they do not have any other significant vested interests.
Dr. Daniel Bossard is member of the Bossard families,
which have 100 percent control over Kolin Holding AG.
Individual members of the executive committee carry out
executive functions at Bossard Holding AG subsidiaries.
Allowed number of mandates
According to article 44 of the articles of association, a
member of the executive committee may at the same
time, alongside the function for the company, take on a
maximum of five material mandates, with a maximum
of one chairmanship, which counts as two mandates. A
maximum of two out of these five mandates may be in
listed companies. If the mandates assumed relate to legal
entities that belong to the same group or are similarly
related in terms of management, these mandates are
considered a single mandate. There are no restrictions
on the number of mandates (i) for mandates assumed in
legal entities that are directly or indirectly controlled by
Bossard Holding AG or that directly or indirectly control
Bossard Holding AG, or (ii) if, in exercising the function for
the Bossard Group, a mandate in another, related legal
entity is exercised. The actual number of additional mandates
are listed on pages 85 to 89.
Management contracts
There are no management contracts between the Group
and companies or persons to whom management tasks
have been delegated.