CALIDA Group announced that having reached retirement age, the long-standing Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Alfred M. Niederer is stepping down from the Board at CALIDA's 2014 Annual General Meeting. The AGM is being asked to elect Christian Haas, a French citizen, to the Board of Directors. CALIDA Group has appointed Manuela Ottiger as Head of Group HR.

She will also be joining Group Management in this role.