Swiss Management Society SMG with new president

The Swiss Management Association, which emerged in 1961 from the Institute of Management Sciences (BWI) at the ETH, is by its own account the most important association of leading decision-makers in Swiss business. It is committed to ensuring that Switzerland's business leaders are at the forefront of global competition by virtue of excellent corporate management. At this year's General Assembly, new board members and a new president were elected: Nora Teuwsen and Thomas Amstutz are new members of the SMG board and Sarah Kreienbühl is the new president. This gives women a majority on the SMG board for the first time.

The new members of the SMG Board

Nora Teuwsen has been Chief Executive Officer of ABB Switzerland Ltd since August 2022. She holds a Master's degree in law from the University of Zurich and is admitted to the Swiss bar as well as an Executive Master of European and International Business Law from the University of St. Gallen. Teuwsen previously held various positions at SBB, most recently as Group General Counsel from 2013 to 2019. In 2019, she founded Beyondlegal, a consulting firm for legal departments. Nora Teuwsen is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the "Menschen für Menschen" foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of Raiffeisenbank St. Gallen. Thomas Amstutz has been CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Feldschlösschen Getränke AG since 2012. After completing his business administration studies at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), he joined Unilever and worked as a brand manager in Zurich and as European Innovation Manager in Paris. From 1998, Amstutz was Head of Marketing at Hero and took over as General Manager of Hero Switzerland in 2001. From 2005 to 2008, he was already CEO of Feldschlösschen Getränke AG, before serving as CEO of Brasseries Kronenbourg in Paris for four years and simultaneously holding the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Feldschlösschen Getränke AG.

Sarah Kreienbühl is the new president of SMG

Lukas Braunschweiler, member of the Board of Directors of various companies, is handing over the office after the maximum term of office of 8 years as a member of the Board, 5 years of which as President. Under his aegis, close networking between business, science and young entrepreneurs was promoted and suitable platforms were created. SMG's operations and presence were also consistently digitalized and ways were found to reach and network members with new forms and offers, even under the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic. Sarah Kreienbühl was elected President after a first term of office of 4 years on the Board: "Especially in these exciting and challenging times, we want to offer our members a platform for inspiration and networking in order to take advantage of opportunities together - for a strong Swiss economy". Sarah Kreienbühl will become a member of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel International AG and CHRO with additional responsibility for sustainability on April 1, 2023. She was previously a member of the Executive Board of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives for five years and was responsible for HRM, corporate communications and social commitment at the Migros Group. From 2004 to 2017, she was a member of the Executive Board of Sonova (formerly Phonak) with global responsibility for HRM, and from 2012 she was also in charge of corporate communications, corporate branding and sustainability. Since April 2022, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Rieter Holding Ltd. and Chairwoman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Urs Riedener, CEO Emmi Group, Emmi Management AG (until the end of 2022), also stepped down from the SMG Board of Directors as scheduled after two terms of office totaling eight years and great commitment. Marco Gadola, Chairman of the Board of Directors, DKSH Holding AG, Kamila Markram, CEO and co-founder, Frontiers, and Monika Rühl, Chairwoman of the Executive Board, economiesuisse, were confirmed for a second term of office of four years. Source and further information: SMG

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