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On the occasion of the 10 April 2008 meeting of the Admission Board, various personnel changes have resulted in a reconstitution of the Admission Board’s Presidium.
After 12 years in office, Peter E. Merian, member of the board of directors of Bank Sarasin & Cie AG, ceded his seat as Chairman of the Admission Board to his successor Andreas von Planta, attorney-at-law and partner at Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva.
Bruno Pfister, CEO of Swiss Life, Zurich, succeeds as new Vice Chairman the Admission Board’s longstanding member Raymund Breu, CFO and member of the Executive Committee at Novartis, Basel.
In addition, other new members of the Admission Board were won in the persons of David Frick, Nestlé; Christian Gell, Credit Suisse; Michel Juvet, Banque Bordier & Cie; Martin Sieg Castagnola, Zurich Cantonal Bank; Matthias Währen, Givaudan Ltd and Thomas Werlen, Novartis. They replace Messrs. Rémy Best, Hans Fischer, Urs Rohner, Othmar T. Vock and Hermann A. Wirz, who have stepped down from the Admission Board in recent months.
SWX Swiss Exchange Limited would like to express its thanks to all departing gentlemen for their valuable commitment to the strengthening of self-regulation in the Swiss securities industry.
Further information in this regard can be accessed at: http://www.swx.com/admission/board/members_en.html
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