Board of Directors
André Kudelski
André Kudelski began his career in 1984 as a Research & Development (R&D) engineer with Kudelski SA. In 1986, after working for several months with a firm in Silicon Valley, he returned to work in the family business firstly as Pay TV Product Manager then as Director of Nagravision SA, a company in charge of the Pay TV sector. Mr Kudelski then took over from his father Stefan Kudelski and from 1991 became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the parent company of a fast growing Group.
- Edipresse SA (Switzerland)
Board member, Chairman of the Audit Committee - Nestlé SA (Switzerland)
Board member, member of the Audit Committee - HSBC Private Banking Holdings SA (Switzerland)
Board member - Dassault Systèmes SA (France)
Board member, member of the Audit Committee and of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee - Committee of economiesuisse (Switzerland)
Member
Claude Smadja
After fifteen years with Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) as Deputy Editor of the Information Department, Claude Smadja joined the management of the World Economic Forum in 1987, a position that he held until 1992. He then returned to TSR as Director of Information until 1996, in which year he was appointed Managing Director of the World Economic Forum. In June 2001, Claude Smadja set up his own strategy consultancy Smadja & Associates, Strategic Advisory, which collaborates on strategic issues with multinationals and government bodies and organizes international events.
- Edipresse SA (Switzerland)
Board member, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee - Infosys Technologies Ltd. (United States)
Independent Director, Chairman of the Nomination Committee - International Board of Overseers of the Illinois Institute of Technology
Member
Norbert Bucher
Norbert Bucher began his professional career as an engineer with Sulzer, in Winterthour and in New York, then moved to Syska & Hennessy Inc, Consulting Engineers in New York. He then joined Philip Morris Europe SA as Deputy Managing Director. After eleven years as Deputy Managing Director at Interfood SA in Lausanne, he held the position of Senior Vice President with Jacobs Suchard in Zurich for seven years.
Laurent Dassault
After a thirteen-year career in the banking sector, Laurent Dassault joined the Dassault Group in 1992 and held important positions in subsidiaries of the group. Today he is entrusted with approximately thirty mandates, including those of the Dassault Group, mainly in the financial, industrial and wine-producing sectors.
- Dassault Systèmes SA (France) (since 1992)
Boardmember - Sogitec Industries SA (France) (1992)
Board member - Société de Véhicules Electriques SAS (SVE) (France)
Board member - Immobilière Dassault SA (France) (since 2003)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board - Dassault Investissements Sàrl (France) (since 1991)
Managing Director - Château Dassault SAS (France) (since 1994)
Chairman - Terramaris SA (Switzerland)
Board member - Power Corporation (Canada)
Company incorporated under the Canadian law on joint stock companies
Board member - 21 Centrale Partners SA (France)
Mmember of the Supervisory Board - Generali France SA (France)
Member of the Account Committee - Financière Louis Potel & Chabot SAS (France)
Board member - Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe SA (Luxembourg)
Board member - Fauchier Partners Management Ltd. (England)
Board member - Catalyst Investments II L.P. (Israel)
Chairman of the Advisory Board - Lepercq, de Neuflize & Co. Inc. (United States)
Board member - Association des Amis du Centre Georges Pompidou (France)
Board member - Arqana (France)
Member of the Supervisory Board - Artcurial Développement (France)
Co-Managing Director - Comité de Développement du Groupe Artcurial (France)
Président - Financière Louis Potel & Chabot SAS (France)
Managing Director - Génération Entreprise (France)
Member of the Supervisory Board - Laurent Dassault Rond Point (LDRP) SCI (France)
Associé Gérant - Leperq, de Neuflize & CO. Inc. (Etats-Unis
Board member - Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité (OPC) (France)
Board member - Pechel Industries SAS (France)
Membre du comité de suivi - Sagard Private Equity Partners SAS (France)
Member du Comité Consultatif - SGAM Alternative Investments SA (France)
Prestataire
Patrick Foetisch
Patrick Fœtisch is an independent lawyer specialized in contracts and finance at an international level. He acts as legal counsel to Group companies as and when required, employing the benefit of his in-depth knowledge of their activities to provide assistance and legal advice.
- Renault Finance SA (Suisse)
Board member
Marguerite Kudelski
From 1991 to 1999, Marguerite Kudelski began her professional career with the Laboratory of Electromechanics and Electrical Machines of the EPFL and worked in parallel as development engineer within the Nagra Audio division of the Kudelski Group.
In 1999, she became the Head of R&D with Précel SA in Neuchâtel (at the time a Kudelski Group company) before being appointed as CEO and Board member of the same company in 2000, positions that she held until the end of 2002.
After completing a number of marketing and financial analysis projects for NagraID in 2003, she took responsibility for certain key projects for the Group within the Finance Department from 2004 to 2006. Since March 2007, Marguerite Kudelski has worked as a consultant, offering various services (business development, counseling) to national and international companies.
Pierre Lescure
Aside from a two-year period (1972-1974) as a television news presenter for Antenne 2, Pierre Lescure spent the first fifteen years of his professional career with the RTL, RMC and Europe 1 radio stations where he held successively several positions, in particular Deputy Editor and Director of Programs. In 1981 he returned to television as Editor in Chief of Antenne 2. From 1984, he worked with André Rousselet on launching the pay TV channel Canal+, where he was appointed Director and then Chief Executive Officer. From 1993 to 2002, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Canal+ Group. From 2000 to 2002 Pierre Lescure was also co-Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi-Universal. Since 2002, Pierre Lescure has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Anna Rose Production, a company active in audiovisual and cinematographic production as well as communication consultancy services. He is also director of the Théatre de Marigny in Paris.
- Lagardère SCA (France)
Member of the Supervisory Board - Thomson SA (France)
Board member, member of the Remuneration Committee - Havas SA (France)
Board member - Le Monde SA (France)
External member of the Supervisory Board - Le Monde Presse SAS (France)
Chairman
Alexandre Zeller
Alexandre Zeller began his professional career in 1984 with Nestlé as a Management Auditor. Three years later he joined Credit Suisse where he assumed various positions in the field of loans and asset management at the Swiss and international level, while at the same time managing various branches. In 1999 he was appointed to the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Private Banking. In November 2002, he joined the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise as Chief Executive Officer. Since July 2008 Alexandre Zeller is Chief Executive officer of HSBC Private Bank (Switzerland).