Rudolf K. Sprüngli

Mr. Sprüngli has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1988. He is the Chair-man of the Compensation & Nomination Committee and the Corporate Sustainability Committee. He completed his studies with a doctorate in economics. Due to his former executive activities for the Group and for an international premium food-trading company, Mr. Sprüngli is an expert authority in the chocolate business. Today, he manages his own consulting firm. Mr. Sprüngli is also a member of the Council of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Board of Directors of Peter Halter Liegenschaften AG, an Advisory Board member at the lnstitut für Wirtschaftsberatung as well as Chairman of Freies Gymnasium Zurich.