Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Reitzel SA:
-    Chairman of REITZEL SA since 1987
-    Grandson of the founder Hugo Reitzel
-    EPFL engineer

Date of Birth 23/6/1954

French

Master’s in Economics Université de Paris – 1976

Sciences Po – Paris (IEP) – 1977

1978 – 1982:

UNILEVER France: Organisation and management department

1982 – 1986:

GENERALE BISCUIT: Budget department

Since 1986:

CEO of Reitzel

President of Handicap International Switzerland

French citizen

Advanced studies diploma (DEA) in Finance, Paris X, Nanterre
Master’s in Management, Paris XVI, Dauphine

1978-1987:

XEROX

- Head of Management Control

- Manager of the Pricing department

Since 1987:

REITZEL Groupe

Managing Director

Born in 1955

Civil engineer with a diploma from EPFL

MBA from Université de Lausanne

Managing Director and partner of DEFI Gestion
29 years of experience
23 years in Private Equity including 20 years with DEFI Gestion.

Multiple seats on Boards of Directors. Bartech, Cepasco, Plumettaz, Captain Tortue, Européenne Food, France Hélices, Emera, Le Parc and Reitzel.
Partner of DEFI Holding SA, VDCapital and DEFI EuroCap III.

Swiss

Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)

Ecole des Sciences Sociales et Politiques
Bachelor’s Degree and PhD (“Education, a factor of productivity and social progress”)

Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales
Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees (concentration: “Business management”)

Arthur Andersen – Chicago (USA) then Geneva (Switzerland)

Manager, Audit & Admin. Services (consulting)

First National Bank of Chicago – Chicago (USA) then Zurich (Switzerland)

Vice-President

SC Johnson & Son Inc – Racine, Wisconsin (USA)

Vice-President

Europe Financial Director

Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee for Banque Franck S.A., Geneva

Finortrust Group - Geneva (Switzerland)

Chairman

Swiss citizen

Graduating diploma from Haute École de Gestion, Switzerland
Graduating diploma from London Business School, Great Britain

1977-2001:

Miscellaneous management functions, including sales and marketing director for Emmi Group; CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors for Hero Suisse

1996:

IFM Food Marketing Foundation, Lucerne, Switzerland

Since 2001:

Mövenpick Foods Switzerland Ltd., Cham, Switzerland: Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO
Mövenpick Holding AG, Cham, Switzerland: CEO

Advanced studies diploma (DEA)/Post-graduate diploma (DESS) in Pharmaceutical Law

PhD in Pharmacy

Since 2002: AFNOR

Member of Scientific Commissions for AFNOR, the French Standardisation Agency, organised around 4 main areas of expertise: standardisation, certification, specialised publishing and training

Since 2003: OXY’PHARM

Managing Director and Head Pharmacist for OXY’PHARM, a company that distributes devices and products for the disinfection of surfaces by air dispersion

Since 2007: COMIDENT

Manager of the “New Technologies” department for COMIDENT, an association of manufacturers and distributors of all materials and dental materials for dental surgeons and dental prosthetists

Born in 1953

Sales representative in the Paris region.

Creation of the company VALDUE in 1976: condiment activity.

In 1997, Mr. CHRIST took over the management of the company CHRIST, a family-owned company specialising in ready-cooked meals and gherkins.

Merger of the two companies in 2003.

Acquisition of the company Gillet Contres in 2006.

In 2011, Mr. Christ bought a stake in Reitzel.