Corporate Governance

Prof. Dr. Michael Suess

1963, German citizen
Executive Chairman (since July 1, 2022)

Professional background and education

Prof. Dr. Michael Suess was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors at the 2015 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, the same year he joined the Board. In 2022, Prof. Dr. Suess took on the role of Executive Chairman to oversee all Group-level management topics and lead the Executive Committee and the Board. From 2015 to 2016, he was also CEO of Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH, a German steel company. Prior to that, he was a Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Energy Sector. From 2008 to 2011, he was CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division of the Energy Sector and a Member of the Group Executive Management of Siemens AG Power Generation Group from October 2006 to December 2007. After holding various positions at BMW, IDRA Presse S.p.A. and Porsche AG, Prof. Dr. Suess was appointed to the Managing Board of Mössner AG in 1999. Following the Georg-Fischer Group’s takeover, he was named Chairman of the Managing Board of GF Mössner GmbH. From 2001 to 2006, he was COO at MTU Aero Engines AG and significantly involved in the company’s IPO. From May 2009 to July 2018, he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Herrenknecht AG. Prof. Dr. Suess graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from TU Munich, Germany, and completed his doctorate in 1994 at the Institute for Industrial Science/Ergonomics at the University of Kassel (Dr. rer. pol.), Germany. On October 29, 2015, he was awarded an honorary professorship from TU Munich.

Other activities and vested interests

Prof. Dr. Suess is a Member of the Advisory Board of Kinexon Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.

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Paul Adams

1961, US citizen
Member of the Board of Directors
Chair of the Human Resources Committee (since April 1, 2025)
Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Audit & Finance Committee

Professional background and education

Paul Adams was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Precision Castparts Corp., Portland, Oregon, USA, a worldwide manufacturer of complex metal components and products for critical aerospace and power generation applications, from 2016 to 2018. He brings with him over 30 years of leadership experience in the aviation industry. From 2014 to 2016, he was President of Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. From 1999 to 2014, he served in a number of senior management positions, including as Chief Operating Officer and SVP Operations and Engineering. Prior to joining Pratt & Whitney, he held various engineering, operations and program management roles for more than 15 years at Williams International, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, USA, and completed the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, California, USA. In 2013, Mr. Adams was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C., USA. In 2015, Mr. Adams was awarded the “Public Service Star” from the government of Singapore for his work with Singapore’s Economic Development Board. Mr. Adams holds 11 patents.

Other activities and vested interests

Mr. Adams is a Member of the Board of Aclara Resources* and Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC, as well as a Senior Advisor of VulcanForms.

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Stefan Brupbacher

1967, Swiss and Italian citizen
Member of the Board of Directors
Lead Independent Director (since April 1, 2025)
Chair of the Governance Committee (since April 1, 2025)

Professional background and education

Stefan Brupbacher Trivigno was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Brupbacher is Director of Swissmem and Arbeitgeberverband der Schweizer Maschinenindustrie, positions he has held since January 2019. Since 2020, Mr. Brupbacher is also a member of the Board of Directors of Orgalim, the voice of Europe’s technology industries in Brussels, where he served as Vice Chairman in 2021 to 2022 and Chairman in 2023 to 2024. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Brupbacher was Secretary General of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of the Swiss Government. He was responsible for the day-to-day business of the ministry and was the most important strategic advisor to the Federal Councilor. From 2008 to 2014, he was Secretary General of the Swiss liberal party FDP.Die Liberalen. Prior to that, from 2005 to 2008 he was Issue Manager at economiesuisse. Mr. Brupbacher started his career in 1996 with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), where he held various management positions in international labor issues. After his tenure at SECO, he served as Secretary General for the Economic Affairs and Taxation Committees of the Swiss Parliament. Mr. Brupbacher has a Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Zurich, an MA in International Relations and International Economics from P. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, and an Executive Master in International and European Business Law from the University of St. Gallen.

Other activities and vested interests

Mr. Brupbacher is the Director of Swissmem and Arbeitgeberverband der Schweizer Maschinenindustrie and member of the Board of Directors of Orgalim.

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Jürg Fedier

1955, Swiss citizen
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit & Finance Committee (since April 5, 2022)

Professional background and education

Jürg Fedier was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. He was Chief Financial Officer of the Oerlikon Group from January 2009 to December 2019. From 2007 to 2008, he acted as CFO of Ciba, Switzerland. Prior to that, Mr. Fedier held senior financial management positions at Dow Chemical for 30 years. Between 2006 and 2007, he was Head of Finance of Dow Europe and a member of its Executive Board. Before that, Mr. Fedier served as Vice President Finance for Dow Chemical Performance Chemicals, USA, and between 2000 and 2002 as Global Business Finance Director for Dow Chemical, Thermosets. From 1978 to 2000, he filled several management positions with Dow Chemical in the USA, Europe and Asia. Mr. Fedier holds a Commercial Diploma from the College of Commerce in Zurich, Switzerland, and completed international executive management programs at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, and the University of Michigan, USA. He has various turnaround experience, including the major refinancing of the Oerlikon Group in 2009, was in the lead for various capital market transactions, including IPO transactions, has vast experience in strategy development work and M&A transactions throughout his career, was the lead in creating an international treasury and trading center for a globally acting company in Singapore and established offshore corporate finance centers in India and Poland.

Other activities and vested interests

Mr. Fedier is a Member of the Board of Directors of Dätwyler Holding AG* and Ascom Holding AG*.

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Inka Koljonen

1973, Finnish citizen
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
Member of the Human Resources Committee
Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee (since March 21, 2023)

Professional background and education

Inka Koljonen was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mrs. Koljonen is Chief Financial Officer of MAN Truck & Bus SE, a position she holds since February 2022. Since 2022, Mrs. Koljonen is also a member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Audit Committee of Stabilus SE, a global provider of motion control solutions, mainly for the automotive industry. From 2020 to 2022, Mrs. Koljonen was CFO of the publicly-listed commercial vehicle supplier SAF Holland SE. 2015 to 2020, she was CFO of the Catalyst Business Unit at Clariant AG, a leading specialty chemical company. Prior to that, from 2011 to 2015, she was CFO for Siemens Russia and Central Asia. Mrs. Koljonen started her career in 1998 with MTU Aero Engines (previously DaimlerChrysler Aerospace), where she held various management positions in finance and strategy. After the takeover of MTU by the private equity investor KKR in 2005, she headed the restructuring program in preparation for the IPO and was appointed Head of Investor Relations. Mrs. Koljonen has a diploma in Business Administration from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. She has significant experience in strategy and finance, including M&A, digitalization, IPOs and investor relations, as well as substantial expertise in the automotive and aerospace industries.

Other activities and vested interests

Mrs. Koljonen is a member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Audit Committee of Stabilus SE.

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Alexey V. Moskov

1971, Cypriot and Israeli citizen
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Human Resources Committee

Professional background and education

Alexey V. Moskov was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. From 1998 to 2004, Alexey V. Moskov was Vice-President and Member of the Executive Board of Tyumen Oil Company (TNK-BP) in Moscow, Russia. From 2004 to 2022, he served as Chief Operating Officer and later as the Chief Executive Officer of a private investment fund in Zurich, Switzerland. From 2019 to 2020, Alexey V. Moskov was a Member of the Board of Directors of SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH AG (now Swiss Steel Holding AG), Lucerne, Switzerland. Since April 2020, Alexey V. Moskov has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Sulzer AG, Winterthur, Switzerland and since 2022, he is the President of the Board of Directors of Liwet Holding AG, Zurich, Switzerland. Starting from 2021, he is the CEO of A2-Link AG, a private investment company in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexey V. Moskov holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and Development from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (Technical Cybernetics Department), Moscow, Russia.

Other activities and vested interests

Mr. Moskov is the President of the Board of Directors of Liwet Holding AG, Zurich, Switzerland, and a Board member of Sulzer AG*, Winterthur, Switzerland.

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Marco Musetti

1969, Swiss and Italian citizen
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit & Finance Committee

Professional background and education

Marco Musetti was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Since 2017, Mr. Musetti has been a member of the Board of Directors of Octo Telematics, and since 2018, he has been the President of the Board of Directors of GEM Capital Ltd. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of United Kalahari Minerals since 2014 and Kalahari Minerals Marketing Ltd since 2021. From 2011 to April 2021, Mr. Musetti was a member of the Board of Directors of Sulzer Ltd. He also served on the Board of Directors of Schmolz+Bickenbach AG (today Swiss Steel Holding AG) from 2013 to 2019, United Company Rusal Plc (today United Company RUSAL, an international public joint-stock company) from 2016 to 2023, and Kalahari Trading Ltd from 2017 to November 2021. Previously, he was COO and Deputy CEO of Aluminium Silicon Marketing (Sual Group) from 2000 to 2007, Head of Metals and Structured Finance Desk for Banque Cantonale Vaudoise from 1998 to 2000, and Deputy Head of Metals Desk for Banque Bruxelles Lambert from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Musetti holds a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and a Major degree in Economics from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Other activities and vested interests

Mr. Musetti is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Medmix AG, member of the Board of Directors of Octo Telematics, President of the Board of Directors of GEM Capital Ltd, member of the Board of Directors of United Kalahari Minerals and member of the Board of Directors of Kalahari Minerals Marketing Ltd.

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Eveline Steinberger

1972, Austrian citizen
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Human Resources Committee

Professional background and education

Dr. Eveline Steinberger was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Dr. Steinberger is Founding and Managing Partner of The Blue Minds Company GmbH, a position she has held since 2014. From 2011 to 2014, Dr. Steinberger was Sector Cluster Lead Energy at Siemens AG, responsible for 19 countries in Central Eastern Europe, including Israel and Turkey. From 2007 to 2009, she was Managing Director of the Climate and Energy Fund of the Austrian Federal Government. Prior to that, from 1998 to 2007, she was Managing Director of Austrian Power Sales GmbH at VERBUND AG. Dr. Steinberger started her career in 1998 with VERBUND AG, where she held various management positions in strategic marketing and portfolio management. Dr. Steinberger has a Doctorate and a Master in Business Administration from Karl-Franzens University Graz.

Other activities and vested interests

Dr. Steinberger is a member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Risk/Credit Committee of Bank Austria UniCredit.

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Oerlikon is committed to the principles of good corporate governance as they are defined in the Swiss Code of Best Practices for Corporate Governance issued by the Swiss business federation, economiesuisse. Through this commitment, Oerlikon seeks to underpin the trust placed in it by the company’s present and future shareholders, lenders, employees, business partners and the general public. Responsible corporate governance requires transparency with regard to the management organization and control mechanisms at the uppermost level of the enterprise. Therefore, the SIX Swiss Exchange’s “Directive on Information relating to Corporate Governance” (DCG) requires issuers to make available to investors certain key information, in an appropriate form, pertaining to corporate governance.

* Publicly listed company.

Directors' Dealings

The law requires that the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee Board notify the Swiss Stock Exchange in writing of any significant transactions associated with the Company’s shares and other financial tools.

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Corporate Governance

Prof. Dr. Michael Suess

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Paul Adams

Professional background and education

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Stefan Brupbacher

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Jürg Fedier

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Inka Koljonen

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Alexey V. Moskov

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Marco Musetti

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Eveline Steinberger

Professional background and education

Other activities and vested interests

Directors' Dealings

Articles of Association and Internal Regulations

Articles of Association of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Pfäffikon

Organizational and Governance Rules

HR Committee Rules and Regulations

Audit & Finance Committee Rules and Regulations

Governance Committee Rules and Regulations

Code of Conduct

Contact

OC Oerlikon Management AG

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