The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is appointed by the Board of Directors and confirmed as a member of the Board of Directors by the Assembly of Delegates. The CEO has the right to give directions and has overall responsibility for the operational management of the FMC. The remaining members are responsible for the six Departments: HR, Cultural and Social Affairs, Leisure; Marketing; Logistics and IT; Industry and Wholesaling; Finance; Commerce.
The Management
The management is responsible for the operational leadership of the FMC. It consists of the CEO
and the members of the Executive Board as well as the heads of the management divisions of the
six departments.
The seven-member Executive Board oversees the operational management of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives and is responsible for directing the management divisions.
Lic. oec. University of Zurich Major Mandates
Migros Bank AG (Chairman); Hotelplan Holding AG (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG (Chairman); Interio AG; Park «Im Grünen» Gurten (Board of Directors), Foundation «Im Grüene» Rüschlikon (Board of Directors); Adele Duttweiler Prize Foundation (Board of Directors); Galaxus AG
Professional experience/career path
To 1987 Various functions at Bayer (Schweiz) AG, FMC and PCW Group 1987 – 1994 Head of Finance/IT Migros Berne, Member of the Board of Directors 1994 – 1997 Head of IT Migros Group
1997 – 2005 Managing Director Migros Aare 2005 – present Chief Executive Officer FMC
Members
Herbert Bolliger (1953 CH) Chairman
FMC Chief Executive Officer member since 2005
Joerg Zulauf (1958 CH) Vice Chairman Head of Finance (V)
Lawyer, lic. iur. University of Zurich, MBA Major Mandates
Ex Libris AG; Hotelplan Holding AG; Interio AG; Liegenschaften-Betrieb AG; Magazine zum Globus AG; Migros Bank AG; Migros Beteiligungen AG; OWiba AG; TKL Tiefkühllager AG; Eurocentres Stiftung Sprach- und Bildungszentren (Board of Directors); Migros Pension Fund (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Professional experience/career path
1989 – 1990 Corporate Finance, Roche Basel
1990 – 1993 Head of Finance & Administration Roche Korea 1993 – 1995 Head of Finance & Law, Roche Germany 1996 – 2000 Head of Vitamin World Service, Roche
2000 – present Deputy CEO FMC and Head of Finance Department
Dr. rer. pol. University of Cologne Major Mandates
Denner AG; Ex Libris AG (Chairman); Hotelplan Holding AG; Interio AG (Chairman); LeShop SA (Chairman); Magazine zum Globus AG (Chairman); Migrol AG (Chairman); migrolino AG (Chairman); OWiba AG (Chairman); m-way AG; Gries Deco Holding GmbH (Chairman Advisory Board); Depot CH AG (Chairman); Galaxus AG
Professional experience/career path
1991 – 1999 Various functions at Metro AG
1999 – 2004 Various functions at REWE Group (incl. CEO)
2004 – 2006 Member of the Board of Directors Denner AG / Rast Holding AG 2007 Chairman of the Board of Directors Denner AG / Member of the Board of Directors Rast Holding AG
2008 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Commerce Department
Mach. engineer FH, MBA Major Mandates
Aproz Sources Minerales SA (Chairman); Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG (Chairman); Chocolat Frey AG (Chairman); Delica AG (Chairman); Estavayer Lait SA (Chairman); Gastina GmbH (Vice Chairman Advisory Board); Jowa AG (Chairman); Mérat + Cie AG (Vice Chairman); Mibelle AG (Chairman); Mibelle Ltd.; Micarna AG (Chairman); Midor AG (Chairman); Mifa AG Frenkendorf (Chairman); Mifroma SA (Chairman); Riseria Taverne SA; Saviva AG (Chairman); tegut… Holding GmbH; SweetWorks Inc.; Migrol AG; migrolino AG; external mandate: Auto AG Group
Professional experience/career path
member since 2000
Dieter Berninghaus (1965 D) Head of Commerce Department (VI) member since 2008
Walter Huber (1957 CH)
Head of Industry and Wholesaling Department (IV) member since 2008
To 1999 Various functions at Alfa-Laval, Motor-Columbus and Beiersdorf 2000 – 2003 Emmi Group: Head of CH Market and CEO Emmi Interfrais AG 2004 – 2007 Emmi Group: CEO
2008 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Industry and Wholesaling
EL.-Ing. ETH Zurich Major Mandates
Betriebsgesellschaft Zentrum Glatt AG (Chairman); Gries Deco Holding GmbH (Advisory Board); Liegenschaften-Betrieb AG (Chairman); Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG (Chairman); Migros Verteilzentrum Suhr AG (Chairman); Saviva AG; migrolino AG; EHI Retail Institute; Gruppe Grosser Stromkunden (GGS) (Chairman); Advisory Board ETH juniors Professional experience/career path
1985 – 1989 BBC/ABB Project Planning and Sales Engineer, Head of Engineering Department
1989 – 1994 ASCOM Head of Business Unit
1994 – 1999 SWISSLOG Managing Director of DIGITRON AG, Member of the Board of SWISSLOG
2000 – 2002 SULZER/AXIMA Managing Director of Sulzer Infra building technology 2002 – 2004 FEINTOOL CEO
2004 Self-employed business consultant
2005 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Logistics Department
Bachelor in Purchasing Management University of St Gallen; Bachelor in Business Administration KLZ Zurich
Major Mandates
Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG; Chocolat Frey AG; Delica AG; Estavayer Lait SA; Jowa AG; Micarna AG; Midor AG; Mifroma SA; Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG; Migros
Verteilzentrum Suhr AG; LeShop SA; Riseria Taverna SA Professional experience/career path
1988 – 1989 Planner VB Food International AG 1989 – 1993 Product Manager Meat Denner AG
1993 – 1998 Product Manager Meat/Fresh Produce, from 1996 Head of Hardware and Home Textiles at EPA AG, Zurich
1998 – 2001 CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors workfasion.com AG 2002 – 2005 CEO VB Food International AG Dübendorf
2005 – 2006 Founder/Proprietor of one21 AG / Ltd. Zurich & Sao Paulo
2006 – 2010 Member of the Board of Directors Ernst Sutter AG and Managing Director Suttero GmbH, Konstanz & Hamburg
2010 – 2013 Head of Fresh Division FMC
01.01.2014 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Marketing Department
Andreas Münch (1957 CH)
Head of Logistics and IT Department (III) member since 2005
Hansueli Siber (1966 CH) Head of Marketing Department (II) member since 01.01.2014
Lic. oec. Neuchâtel University, postgraduate course in statistics, Neuchâtel University Major Mandates
Medbase AG (Chairman); Migros Vita AG (Chairman), Gries Deco Holding GmbH (Advisory Board); Fondation Signal de Bougy (Board of Directors); Ferrovia Monte Genoroso (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Park «Im Grünen» Gurten (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Eurocentres Stiftung Sprach- und Bildungszentren (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Foundation «Im Grüene» Rüschlikon (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Professional experience/career path 1993 – 1994 Store Manager Coop
1994 – 1996 Sales Manager Obtech Medical AG
1996 – 2000 Various sales functions Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
2001 – 2005 Head of Marketing & Logistics, Deputy Director Neuchâtel-Fribourg 2005 – 2012 Managing Director Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
2012 – present Member of the FMC Executive Board, Head of Human Resources, Cultural and Social Affairs, Leisure Department
The Federation of Migros Cooperatives is organised into six departments. A total of 29 management divisions are assigned to these and to the Chief Executive Officer. Each one is managed by a different member of the Executive Board.
Executive Board Related Management Divisions and their Heads (as at: 31.12.2014) Chief Executive Officer Herbert Bolliger Number of employees: 279
Annina Arpagaus, General Secretariat Lorenz Bruegger, Migros Media
Cornelia Diethelm, Sustainability & Issue Management Monica Glisenti, Corporate Communications Jann Hatz, Corporate Development Andrea Moser, Legal & Compliance
Marcel Schaniel, Customer and Web Intelligence (to 16.01.2015) Martin Schläpfer, Economic Policy
Department I HR, Cultural & Social Affairs, Leisure Fabrice Zumbrunnen Number of employees: 269
Hans-Rudolf Castell, Human Resources Management Hedy Graber, Cultural and Social Affairs
Marlène Honegger, FMC Human Resources Andrea Ming, Club Schools Coordination & Leisure
Department II Marketing Hansueli Siber Number of employees: 1'073
Manfred Bötsch, Sustainability & Quality Management Marc Engelhard, Marketing Communication
Markus Gisiger, Specialist Markets Thomas Schmid, Fresh Produce Alex Sieber, Near-/Non-Food Lorence Weiss, Food
Head of Human Resources, Cultural and Social Affairs, Leisure Department (I)
member since 2012
Department III Logistics and IT Andreas Münch Number of employees: 672
Martin Haas, Migros IT Services Bernhard Metzger, Logistics Transport Markus Neukom, Planning/Expansion
Thomas Paroubek, MES (Migros Engineering Solutions, to 31.12.2014) Peggy Schuhmann, SQTS (Swiss Quality Testing Services)
Department IV Industry and Wholesaling Walter Huber Number of employees: 21
Noel Matos, Strat. Export Marketing
Department V Finance Joerg Zulauf Number of employees: 81
Beat Arbenz, Corporate Finance
Matthias Kneubühl, FMC Accounting & Controlling Beda Ledergerber, Treasury Migros Community£ Bernd Messerer, Controlling Migros Community Wolfgang Pfaffeneder, Accounting Migros Community
Department VI Commerce Dieter Berninghaus Number of employees: 11