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Group Management

  • Lukas   Winkler
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Lukas   Winkler

    Mr. Winkler became President and Chief Executive Officer of INFICON Holding AG January 1, 2004. Mr. Winkler joined the company in January 1993 and served as our Vice President, Vacuum Control from January 1997 to December 2003. From January 1995 to January 1997, Mr. Winkler served our Balzers AG subsidiary as General Manager Production. Mr. Winkler has a Masters Degree in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich) and an Executive MBA from Syracuse Un...
  • Matthias   Tröndle
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    Matthias   Tröndle

    Matthias Troendle joined INFICON as Chief Financial Officer in September 2008. For the prior 13 years, Mr. Troendle held several positions within Solectron Corporation, serving as Senior Director Finance Europe since June 2003. Between 1988 and 1995, he worked for Hewlett Packard GmbH in Boblingen, Germany in various positions within the main finance department. Earlier in his career, Mr. Troendle worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in Stuttgart, Germany, as Financial Ana...

Board of Directors

  • Dr. Beat E.   Lüthi
    Chairman of the Board of Directors
    Dr. Beat E.   Lüthi

    Educational Background 1980-1986 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Master in Electrical Engineering 1987-1990 Ph.D. at ETH/BWI on “Management of Industrial Software Projects” 1994 INSEAD, Fontainebleau France, International Executive Program Executive Experience 1987-1990 Zellweger Uster (Quality Control Products), Project Manager 1990-1998 Mettler-Toledo (Weighing Equipment): Business Unit Leader for System Business General Manager of Mettler-Toledo (Switzerland) AG 1998-...
  • Dr. Richard   Fischer
    Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee
    Dr. Richard   Fischer

    Educational Background 1973-1979 Technical University of Vienna, Master of Science in Electrical and Electronical Engineering 1979-1982 Technical University of Vienna, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. with excellence Executive Experience 1982-1984 Gama, Access Systems, Austria, R&D Manager and Technical Director 1984-2004 VAT Holding AG, Switzerland, Chief Executive Officer Previous Board Mandates 1990-2011 ARS GmbH, Member 2008-2009 Netservice AG, Chairman 2003-2014 VAT Holding AG, ...
  • Vanessa   Frey
    Director, Member of the Audit Committee
    Vanessa   Frey

    Educational Background 2000-2002 University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Undergraduate Studies in Economics, Business Administration and Law 2003-2004 Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Master of Science in International Economics and Business. Major in Finance Executive Experience 2004-2006 Handelsbanken Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Stockholm, Sweden 2007 HSZ Group, Asset Manager, Hong Kong Since 2007 CEO of Corisol Holding AG, Family Office, Zug Previous Board Mandates 201...
  • Beat   Siegrist
    Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee
    Beat   Siegrist

    Educational Background 1980-1985 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Master in Electrical Engineering 1987-1988 INSEAD, Fontainebleau France, MBA Executive Experience 1985-1986 Contraves AG (Defense Equipment), Development Engineer 1987-1993 McKinsey&Co. (Consulting), first McKinsey Fellows in Switzerland, Consultant and Project Manager 1993-1995 Outsourcing AG (Reorganisation and Outsourcing of Productions), Founder and CEO 1996-2008 Schweiter Technologies (Machinery Eq...
  • Dr. Thomas   Staehelin
    Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee
    Dr. Thomas   Staehelin

    Educational Background 1967-1971 University of Basel, lic. iur. (Master in Law) 1972-1974 University of Basel, Ph.D. in Law 1973-1975 Various traineeships 1975 Admission to the Bar Professional Experience 1973 Swiss Bank Corporation, London 1974 SG Warburg & Co., Ltd., London (Portfolio Management, Corporate Finance) 1975-today FROMER Advokatur und Notariat, Swiss Corporate and Tax Attorney, and Partner Previous Board Mandates 1991-2012 Siegfried Holding AG, Vice-Chairman (199...

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

INFICON conducts business in an environment of the utmost integrity and honesty, adhering to the highest ethical and legal standards. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics demonstrates that commitment to these principles and to our accountability.

Corporate Governance, Remuneration and Sustainability Reports

We believe that good corporate governance benefits our shareholders, our customers, and our employees. It helps ensure that our business strategies and practices are optimized for the creation of long-term economic value and that we conduct our business with excellence in corporate responsibility. Here we provide our most recent Corporate Governance Report.

Articles of Association (only in German)

Articles of Association (only in German)