MEDIA RELEASE
New Member of the Geberit Board of DirectorsGeberit AG, Rapperswil-Jona, January 27, 2012
The Board of Directors of Geberit AG has decided to nominate Jeff Song for election to the Board of Directors at the 2012 General Meeting.
The Geberit AG Board of Directors will nominate Jeff Song as
a new member of the Board of
Directors at the Ordinary General Meeting on April 4, 2012.
The nomination will be made as part of
the ongoing succession plan of the supervisory body. Jeff
Song and the previously announced Jørgen Tang-Jensen (cf.
media release of November 8, 2011) will replace Robert
Heberlein and Randolf Hanslin, the two members who will be
stepping down at the 2012 General Meeting after reaching
retirement age, on the Board of Directors.
Jeff Song (65), a US citizen born and raised in China, has a
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He has been responsible for
the China business of Ingersoll Rand since 2004, with around
7000 employees and sales of USD 1 billion. Ingersoll Rand is
a global diversified industrial group that is active in
various sectors including solutions to enhance the quality
and comfort of air as well as secure residential and
commercial buildings. From 1988 to 2004, Jeff Song held
different positions at Honeywell as a development engineer,
marketing and sales director as well as managing director,
first in the USA and later in China.
The Board of Directors is pleased to have found an important
new board member in Jeff Song. Jeff Song brings a wide
industrial background combined with a distinctive
international orientation and his renowned personality to the
Board. In the opinion of the Board of Directors, his wide
range of professional experience and his excellent network in
the China business make him an ideal candidate who will make
a major contribution to the future success of the Geberit
Group.
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