Governance Swatch Group Swiss Exchange

UHRN

CH0012255144

Apparel & Accessories

Market Closed - Swiss Exchange Other stock markets 11:30:41 2026-06-19 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
41.95 ^CHF	+0.60%		+1.45%	+21.74%

06-18	Swiss trade surplus at CHF 6.11 bln in May	RE
06-13	Gold fever sends some vintage luxury watches to the melting furnace	RE

Executive Committee: Swatch Group

Manager

Positions heldSince

Georges Hayek

71 year

Chief Executive Officer

2002-12-31

Jennifer Meyer-Kluge

Corporate Secretary

2004-01-31

Daniel Everts

General Counsel

2015-12-31

Mireille König

General Counsel

2008-12-31

Peter Steiger

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2018-12-31

Zhong Yang Shi

52 year

General Counsel

2005-12-31

Felix Knecht

Public Communications Contact	-
Treasurer	-

Calogero Polizzi

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2004-12-31

Thierry Kenel

Director of Finance/CFO	2008-12-31
Investor Relations Contact	2008-12-31

Composition of the Board of Directors: Swatch Group

Director

CommitteesSince

Nayla Hayek

75 year

Compensation Committee
Audit Committee Chair

Andreas Rickenbacher

58 year

Compensation Committee	2015-12-31
Nominating Committee	2015-12-31
Compensation Committee Chair	2015-12-31
Governance Committee Chair

Ernst Tanner

80 year

Audit Committee	2011-06-28
Compensation Committee Chair	2014-04-30
Nominating Committee Chair

Claude Nicollier

Audit Committee	2004-12-31
Compensation Committee	2004-12-31

Jean-Pierre Roth

80 year

Audit Committee	2009-12-31
Compensation Committee	2009-12-31

Georges Hayek

71 year

Audit Committee	2009-12-31
Compensation Committee	2009-12-31

Marc Alexander Hayek

Director/Board Member

2024-05-07

Daniela Aeschlimann-Schneider

Director/Board Member

2015-12-31

Former Officers and Directors: Swatch Group

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Mougahed Darwish

Corporate Officer/Principal

2004-12-31

2022-03-31

Hanspeter Rentsch

Corporate Officer/Principal

1990-12-31

2016-08-30

Esther Grether

Director/Board Member	2009-09-01	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	1985-12-31	2009-09-01

Leo Eivisenhuber

Corporate Officer/Principal

Arlette-Elsa Emch

Corporate Officer/Principal

1992-11-30

2012-07-14

Roland Streule

Corporate Officer/Principal

1990-12-31

2012-02-29

Peter Gross

Director/Board Member

1982-12-31

2011-05-30

Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann

Director/Board Member	2009-09-01	2011-05-30
Corporate Officer/Principal	1997-12-31	2009-09-01

Nicolas Georges Hayek

Chairman	2009-09-01	2009-12-31
Founder	1982-12-31	-
President	1993-12-31	2009-09-01

Sacha Gerber

Director of Finance/CFO

2006-12-31

2009-12-31

Quentin Higham

Corporate Officer/Principal

1998-12-31

2000-12-31

Manuel Emch

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

Thomas Johannes W. Dittrich

Corporate Officer/Principal

1996-12-31

1997-12-31

Walter Häusermann

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	1994-05-31	1997-02-28
Treasurer	1994-05-31	1997-02-28

Andreas R. Herzog

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

1989-12-31

1994-12-31

Rudolf Semrad

Corporate Officer/Principal

1994-12-31

Peter F. Baumberger

Corporate Officer/Principal

1985-12-31

2006-12-31

Edgar Geiser

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	1977-12-31	2009-09-01
Director of Finance/CFO	1977-12-31	-
Investor Relations Contact	2011-09-13	-
Public Communications Contact	2009-09-01	-

Sascha Zahnd

Corporate Officer/Principal

Frank Furlan

Sales & Marketing

Vincent Perriard

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joel Potter

Corporate Officer/Principal

Edmond Capt

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jerry Simonis

Corporate Officer/Principal

2011-07-28

Bob Moore

Corporate Officer/Principal

2011-07-28

Frank Müller

Director/Board Member	2011-07-28	2011-07-28
Corporate Officer/Principal	2011-07-28	-

Patrick Pierre Simon Ashworth

Sales & Marketing

Roland Bloch

Corporate Secretary

Rudolf Dinger

Director/Board Member	2011-07-28	2011-07-28
Corporate Officer/Principal	2011-07-28	-

Peter Kaufmann

Corporate Officer/Principal

Martin Köppel

Corporate Officer/Principal

Andre Cohen

Corporate Officer/Principal

Hélène Eberhard

Public Communications Contact

2009-07-29

Jody Donohue

Corporate Officer/Principal

Tom Sennhauser

Corporate Officer/Principal

Christoph Lohse

Human Resources Officer

Thomas Dürr

Public Communications Contact	2009-09-01	-
Treasurer	-	2010-09-15

Beatrice Howald

Public Communications Contact

Philippe Tavenot

Corporate Officer/Principal	-	2011-07-28
Sales & Marketing	2011-07-28	-

George Georgiou

Sales & Marketing

Reto J. Stoeckli

Chief Operating Officer

Isabelle Béguelin

Public Communications Contact

2010-08-29

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	17
Female	4

Of which Executive Committee

Male	7
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	1

Swatch Group SA is a Switzerland-based holding company engaged in the apparel and accessories industry. Swatch Group is a diversified multinational holding company active in the manufacture and sale of finished watches, jewelry, watch movements and components. The Watches and Jewelry segment includes the production and sale of branded watches, jewelry and quartz movements, notably the brands Breguet, Harry Winston, Blancpain, Glashuette Original, Jaquet Droz, Leon Hatot, Omega, Longines, Rado, Union Glashuette, Tissot, Balmain, Certina, Hamilton, Calvin Klein watches and jewelry, Swatch and Flik Flak. The Electronic Systems segment includes the production and marketing of electronic components, notably batteries and sports timing equipment. The Company also supplies products from these segments to third-party watchmakers.

Employees

31,796

Sector

Apparel & Accessories

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