Committees Details

Christopher M. Chambers

Member of the Board of Directors

1961, London, UK

Position

Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2009

Committees

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee

Education

Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), UK

Professional activity

Christopher M. Chambers began his professional career in investment banking, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of global hedge fund Man Investments, which he left in 2005.

Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

Stock exchange-listed companies: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Leonteq AG, Zurich

Unlisted companies: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lonrho Ltd., London, UK; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oxford Sciences Enterprises PLC, Oxford, UK

Key skills

Leadership, Strategy, Real Estate, Asset Management, Finance, M&A, Risk Management

    Gabrielle Nater-Bass

    Member of the Board of Directors

    1968, Meilen

    Position

    Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2019

    Committees

    Chairwoman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee

    Education

    Lic. iur., University of Zurich; admitted to the Zurich bar; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law, USA

    Professional activity

    Gabrielle Nater-Bass has been working for Homburger, a leading Swiss corporate law firm, since 1997. She became a partner in 2006. She has many years’ experience conducting proceedings before national courts and courts of arbitration, both in Switzerland and abroad. As a member of Homburger’s specialist real estate team, she has extensive knowledge of infrastructure projects and real estate transactions.

    Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

    Stock exchange-listed companies: none

    Unlisted companies: Member of the Board of Directors of LGT Bank AG and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG

    Key skills

    Legal, M&A, Risk Management, Strategy, IT/Cybersecurity, Human Resources

      René Zahnd

      Chief Executive Officer

      1966, Berne

      «Turn challenges into opportunities.»

      Position

      Member of the Executive Board
      Chief Executive Officer
      Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG

      Education

      Lawyer

      Professional activity

      Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Prime Site AG since 1 January 2016. René Zahnd began his professional career at Bratschi Emch & Partner Attorneys at Law in Berne and Zurich from 1994 to 1996. Thereafter, he held the following positions: from 1996 to 1998 in Legal Services at BEKB and Dezennium AG; from 1998 to 2009 head of Legal Services and director of Project Development and member of the Executive Management at general contractor Losinger Marazzi; from 2009 to 30 October 2015 at Implenia, first as Head of Implenia Real Estate and from February 2014 as Head of Modernisation & Development, previously from 2010 as amember of the Executive Management and from 2013 as a member of the Group Executive Board of Implenia AG.

      Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

       Stock exchange-listed companies: Member of the Supervisory Board of DIC Asset AG, Frankfurt

        Oliver Hofmann

        Chief Executive Officer – Wincasa AG

        1970, Richterswil

        «Pursuing efficiency and focusing on the essentials are what make our business model successful.»

        Position

        Member of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer of Wincasa AG

        Education

        Banking studies, Bachelor in Economics and Business Administration, Master of Science in Real Estate from CUREM (University of Zurich)

        Professional activity

        Chief Executive Officer of Wincasa AG since 1 January 2013 and member of the Executive Board of Swiss Prime Site AG since 1 June 2013. In addition to spending a few years of his professional career in the finance department of IBM (Switzerland) Ltd, Oliver Hofmann previously worked at UBS AG for more than 15 years with other intermittent activities (investment advisor in Wealth Management, Corporate Finance, setting up a Swiss real estate advisory service). From 2007 to 2012, he held the position of head of Real Estate Advisory Switzerland at UBS AG. From 2010 to September 2013, he served as chairman of RICS Switzerland – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Oliver Hofmann is also a member of G15 – Group of Fifteen.

        Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

        Stock exchange-listed companies: none

        Unlisted companies: Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of H Invest & Consult AG, Freienbach; member of the Board of Directors of Crédit Agricole next bank (Suisse) SA, Lancy; member of the Board of Directors of the cooperative society ZFV-Unternehmungen, Zurich

          Florian Hauber

          Head Group Treasury & Investor Relations

          Bastian Zarske Bueno

          Head Group Corporate Ventures & Innovation

          Dominik Dobler

          Head Group IT

          Ton Büchner

          Chairman of the Board of Directors

          1965, Altendorf

          Position

          Chairman of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2020

          Committees

          Chairman of the Sustainability Committee

          Education

          Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands;
          Master of Business Administration, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland

          Professional activity

          From 1989 to 1993, Ton Büchner worked as an offshore construction project manager in Europe and Asia. From 1994 to 2017, he worked for Sulzer AG, which is listed on the stock exchange, and was its CEO from 2007 to 2011. Between 2012 and 2017, he was CEO and Chairman of the Management Board at AkzoNobel NV, a Dutch company listed on the stock exchange.

          Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

          Stock exchange-listed companies: Member of the Board of Directors of Novartis AG, Basel; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression AG, Winterthur

          Unlisted companies: Consultant to Ammega

          Key skills

          Leadership, Strategy, ESG, Sales & Marketing, Operations, M&A, Risk Management, R&D, Digitalisation

            Nina Müller

            Chief Executive Officer – Jelmoli AG

            1969, Zurich

            «We make shopping an experience!»

            Position

            Member of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer of Jelmoli AG

            Education

            Master of International Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business

            Professional activity

            In 1995, Nina Müller began her professional career as Sales & Marketing Manager Italy for Wolford. This was followed by positions in the retail sector in Vienna and London. In 2005, she moved to Swarovski where she held a number of different roles, including the jewellery and crystal company’s Head of Retail Concepts and Retail Marketing until 2010. In 2011, she took up the position of General Manager to establish a new brand within Swarovski. From 2016 to the beginning of 2020, Nina Müller was CEO of CHRIST watches and jewellery (Coop Group). Her key duties there included the introduction of  a new store concept as well as the expansion of the omnichannel approach. 

            Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

            Listed companies: none

              Martin Pfenninger

              Head Group Sustainability

              Anastasius Tschopp

              Chief Executive Officer – Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG

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              1979, Hünenberg

              «Change is inevitable! Let us use it.»

              Position

              Member of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG

              Education

              Master in Real Estate Management and Master in Banking and Finance from Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration

              Professional activity

              Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG since 1 May 2018 and member of the Executive Board of Swiss Prime Site AG since 1 January 2021. Anastasius Tschopp has worked at the Swiss Prime Site Group since 2014 - most recently as Head Portfolio Management and a member of the Management Board of Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG, where he shaped a portfolio worth CHF 10 billion. Prior to this, his career path led him via the development department of Zurich Airport to Credit Suisse. As Head Property Marketing Real Estate Asset Management there, he assumed management and specialist responsibility for marketing across Switzerland.

              Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

              None

                Thomas Studhalter

                Member of the Board of Directors

                1969, Horw

                Position

                Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2018

                Committees

                Chairman of the Audit Committee

                Education

                Business Economist, Certified Public Accountant

                Professional activity

                Thomas Studhalter has been at BDO in Switzerland since 2014 and became its CEO on 1 January 2021. Before joining BDO, Thomas Studhalter was a partner at KPMG.

                Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                Stock exchange-listed companies: Member of the Board of Directors of Datacolor AG, Lucerne

                Unlisted companies: Member of the Board of Directors at Bataillard AG, Rothenburg; member of the Board of Trustees of the Eisner-Stiftung, Hergiswil (comprising Kamillo Eisner-Stiftung, Hergiswil, Eisner-Stiftung, Hergiswil, Stiftung Eranaika, Hergiswil), and member of the Board of Directors of Eisner Holding AG, Hergiswil, and member of the Board of Directors of Inhag AG, Hergiswil

                Key Skills

                Leadership, Strategy, Finance, M&A, Risk Management, Digitalisation, Human Resources

                  Barbara A. Knoflach

                  Member of the Board of Directors

                  1965, Hofheim, DE

                  Position

                  Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2021

                  Committees

                  Chairwoman of the Investment Committee
                  Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
                  Member of the Sustainability Committee

                  Education

                  Business Economist

                  Professional activity

                  Until 2019, Barbara A. Knoflach was Global Head of BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) and Deputy CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate S.A. in Paris. Prior to this, she worked in the financial hub of Frankfurt and held several leadership roles at SEB Asset Management, BfG Bank and Deutsche Bank. She was also a member of the Steering Committtee of the German Property Federation (ZIA) in Berlin and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). In addition, she has founded or co-founded serveral sustainable, innovative, forward-thinking platforms focusing on real estate, including LifeWorkSpace, DealEvolution and tinyBE.

                  Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                  Stock exchange-listed companies: Chairwoman and Senior Independent Member of CTP NV, Amsterdam; Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden 

                  Unlisted companies: Managing Director of LifeWorkSpace GmbH, Hofheim am Taunus; member of the Supervisory Board of Landmarken AG, Aachen 

                  Key skills

                  Leadership, Strategy, Real Estate, Asset Management, ESG, Finance, M&A, Risk Management

                    Marcel Kucher

                    Chief Financial Officer

                    1971, Zurich

                    «Digitalisation is one step into the future. The most important one!»

                    Position

                    Member of the Executive Board, Chief Financial Officer

                    Education

                    Dr. oec. publ. University of Zurich

                    Professional activity

                    Marcel Kucher has been Chief Financial Officer of Swiss Prime Site AG since 1 July 2021. He graduated with a doctorate in economics from the University of Zurich in 2000 before starting his professional career at McKinsey & Company. From 2004 to 2011, he was CFO and Head of Corporate Development at recruitment company a-connect. From 2011 to mid-2021 he worked for the listed Peach Property Group, from 2012 as CFO and from 2015 also as COO.

                    Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                    None

                      Urs Baumann

                      Chief Investment Officer

                      «Project development means knowing the customer of tomorrow.»

                      Position

                      Chief Investment Officer

                      Education

                      Dipl. Architect
                      Executive MBA

                      Professional activity

                      Urs Baumann has been Chief Investment Officer of Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG since April 2021. Prior to this, he was Head Development since 2018 and Head Sustainability & Innovation since 2016 at Swiss Prime Site AG. From 2002 to 2007, Urs Baumann worked in various architectural offices in Baden, Dublin and Zurich. From 2007 to 2016, Urs Baumann was responsible for the project development business of Implenia Schweiz AG, initially in project management and from 2008 in various management functions.

                      Ton Büchner

                      Chairman of the Board of Directors

                      1965, Altendorf

                      Position

                      Chairman of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2020

                      Committees

                      Chairman of the Sustainability Committee

                      Education

                      Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands;
                      Master of Business Administration, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland

                      Professional activity

                      From 1989 to 1993, Ton Büchner worked as an offshore construction project manager in Europe and Asia. From 1994 to 2017, he worked for Sulzer AG, which is listed on the stock exchange, and was its CEO from 2007 to 2011. Between 2012 and 2017, he was CEO and Chairman of the Management Board at AkzoNobel NV, a Dutch company listed on the stock exchange.

                      Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                      Stock exchange-listed companies: Member of the Board of Directors of Novartis AG, Basel; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression AG, Winterthur

                      Unlisted companies: Consultant to Ammega

                      Key skills

                      Leadership, Strategy, ESG, Sales & Marketing, Operations, M&A, Risk Management, R&D, Digitalisation

                        Brigitte Walter

                        Member of the Board of Directors

                        1959, Feldkirchen-Westerham, DE

                        Position

                        Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2022

                        Committees

                        Member of the Audit Committee
                        Member of the Investment Committee

                        Education

                        Diploma in Savings Banking Administration

                        Professional activity

                        Brigitte Walter has more than 40 years’ expertise in all areas of banking and in real estate. She was on the Board of REAL I.S. AG Gesellschaft für Immobilien Assetmanagement until mid-2019. Most recently, she was responsible for asset and fund management following a number of years working in the areas of finance and risk (including research, compliance and auditing).

                        Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                        Stock exchange-listed companies: none

                        Unlisted companies: Member of the Advisory Board of ASSIDUUS Development GmbH, Berlin; member of the Advisory Board of TME Associates GmbH, Munich; representative for the southern region (Bavaria) for the German Property Federation (ZIA), Berlin

                        Key skills

                        Leadership, Strategy, Real Estate, Asset and Fund Management, Finance, Risk Management, Regulatory Matters

                          Barbara A. Knoflach

                          Member of the Board of Directors

                          1965, Hofheim, DE

                          Position

                          Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2021

                          Committees

                          Chairwoman of the Investment Committee
                          Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
                          Member of the Sustainability Committee

                          Education

                          Business Economist

                          Professional activity

                          Until 2019, Barbara A. Knoflach was Global Head of BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) and Deputy CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate S.A. in Paris. Prior to this, she worked in the financial hub of Frankfurt and held several leadership roles at SEB Asset Management, BfG Bank and Deutsche Bank. She was also a member of the Steering Committee of the German Property Federation (ZIA) in Berlin and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). In addition, she has founded or co-founded several sustainable, innovative, forward-thinking platforms focusing on real estate, including LiveWorkSpace, DealEvolution and tinyBE.

                          Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                          Stock exchange-listed companies: Chairwoman and Senior Independent Member of CTP NV, Amsterdam; Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden 

                          Unlisted companies: Managing Director of LifeWorkSpace GmbH, Hofheim am Taunus; member of the Supervisory Board of Landmarken AG, Aachen 

                          Key skills

                          Leadership, Strategy, Real Estate, Asset Management, ESG, Finance, M&A, Risk Management

                            Gabrielle Nater-Bass

                            Member of the Board of Directors

                            1968, Meilen

                            Position

                            Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2019

                            Committees

                            Chairwoman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee

                            Education

                            Lic. iur., University of Zurich; admitted to the Zurich bar; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law, USA

                            Professional activity

                            Gabrielle Nater-Bass has been working for Homburger, a leading Swiss corporate law firm, since 1997. She became a partner in 2006. She has many years’ experience conducting proceedings before national courts and courts of arbitration, both in Switzerland and abroad. As a member of Homburger’s specialist real estate team, she has extensive knowledge of infrastructure projects and real estate transactions.

                            Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                            Stock exchange-listed companies: none

                            Unlisted companies: Member of the Board of Directors of LGT Bank AG and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG

                            Key skills

                            Legal, M&A, Risk Management, Strategy, IT/Cybersecurity, Human Resources

                              Reto Conrad

                              Member of the Board of Directors

                              1966, Binningen (BL)

                              Position

                              Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2023

                              Education

                              Lic. iur., University of St. Gallen; Certified Public Accountant

                              Professional activity

                              Reto Conrad has been a member of the management committees of Bachem Holding AG, Emmi Holding AG and the Coop Group since 2001. Most recently, he headed the IT, Production and Services Directorate at the Coop Group (2016 – 2022) and was previously its CFO (2012– 2016). Throughout this period, he was also a mem¬ber of the pension fund’s investment committee.

                              Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

                              Stock exchange-listed companies: none

                              Unlisted companies: none

                              Key Skills

                              Leadership, Strategy, Real Estate, Finance, M&A, Risk Management, ESG, Digitalisation, IT/Cybersecurity

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