The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG is entrusted with the overall management of the company and the CPH Group. The Board has created two committees, "Finance & Auditing" and "Personnel & Compensation".

Peter Schaub, lic. iur., attorney-at-law, born 1960 and a Swiss national, is Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2010.

Peter Schaub has been a partner at Weber Schaub & Partner AG, tax and legal consultants, Zurich since 1994. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scobag Privatbank AG, Basel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zindel Immo Holding AG, Chur, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mobimo AG, Lucerne, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Industrial Finance AG, Zurich, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBV Holding AG, Uetikon and a member of the Board of Directors of Ru?egg Cheminée Holding AG, Zumikon. He serves as a member of the boards of directors of various foundations.

He was previously a tax commissioner at the Cantonal Tax Office, Zurich (1990-1993) and a junior associate at the Schellenberg Wittmer law firm, Zurich (1987-1988).

Tim Talaat, MSEE and MBA, born 1960 and a Swiss national, is Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2015 and Chair of its Personnel & Compensation Committee since 2020.

Majority shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Industrial Holding AG, Uetikon; Chairman of the Advisory Board of Single Holding GmbH, Hochdorf (Germany); Member of the Board of Directors of Bachofen AG, Uster.

2009–2015 CEO of Looser Holding AG, Arbon; 2007–2009 Managing Partner at Swiss Industrial Finance AG, Pfäffikon SZ; 2003–2007 CEO of SR Technics Switzerland and 1996–2003 Member of the SR Technics Group Executive Board, Zurich Airport.

Kaspar W. Kelterborn, lic. oec. HSG, born 1964 and a Swiss national, is Chair of the Finance & Auditing Committee since 2015.

Kaspar Kelterborn is a member of the Board of Directors of Suhner Group AG, Lupfig, of RUAG International Holding AG, Bern and of Wipf Holding AG, Brugg, and is a trustee of the Conzzeta Pension Fund, Zurich.

He was previously interim CFO and a member of the Executive Committee of the dormakaba Group, Rümlang (2022), CFO and a member of the Executive Board of the Conzzeta Group, Zurich (2006?2021) and CFO and a member of the Executive Board of the Unaxis Group, Pfäffikon (2002-2005), and held various executive finance and controlling functions in and outside Switzerland for the Clariant Group, Muttenz between 1996 and 2002.

Claudine Mollenkopf, born 1966, is a German and French citizen and has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Human Resources and Compensation Committee since 2021.

Claudine Mollenkopf has been Head of the Specialty Additives Division at Evonik Industries and a member of the Executive Board of Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen since 2022. She can draw on more than 25 years of experience in the chemicals industry.

She served as Senior Vice President and General Manager Silicas at Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (2019-2022), as a member of the Executive Committee of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., Luxembourg (2011-2019) and as President of Orion Engineered Carbons France SAS, Berre l’Étang (2018-2019), and she held various further executive positions within the Evonik Group between 1996 and 2010.

Manuel Werder, lic. iur. and LL.M., attorney-at-law, born 1974 and a Swiss national, has been a partner at Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zurich since 2015.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of UBV Holding AG, Uetikon, serves on the boards of directors of various further unlisted companies and is a trustee of several foundations.

He was previously a senior associate at Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zurich (2010-2015), a secondee to Allende & Brea Abogados, Buenos Aires (2007-2008), an associate at Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zurich (2004- 2007) and a foreign associate at Fox Horan & Camerini LLP, New York (2002-2004).

Christian Wipf, lic. oec. HSG, born 1957, is a Swiss national.

Christian Wipf is Chairman and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Wipf Holding AG, Brugg and chairman of the boards of directors of various subsidiaries within the Wipf Group.

He previously served as CEO of the Wipf Group, Brugg (1997-2020), as CEO of Wipf AG, Volketswil (2001-2007) and as a member of Executive Management at Seetal Schaller AG, Brugg (1991-1997), and held various executive functions at Philips AG, Zurich and at Philips Electronics Ltd, Montreal between 1982 and 1991.

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Peter Schaub, Chairman of the Board of Directors