Pierre-Alain Graf, born in 1962, has been on the SV Group Board of Directors since 2021. He is Senior Vice-President of the Global Security Business for Hitachi ABB Power grids Ltd. In this function, he was appointed co-chair of the “Cyber resilience in the Energy Industry” working group of the World Economic Forum. Before that, he was CEO of Swissgrid, General Manager of Cisco Systems Switzerland, and held various positions at COLT Telecom and the Credit Suisse Group in London and Switzerland. He holds various board mandates, including Chairman of the Board of Directors of DEPSys Ltd. Pierre-Alain Graf holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Basel, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen, and has completed various advanced training courses, business Hitachi ABB Power grids Ltd. In this capacity, he was appointed as co-chair of the working group "Cyber resilience in the Energy Industry" the World Economic Forum appointed. Previously, he was CEO of Swiss Grid, General Manager of Cisco Systems Sch we iz, and held various positions at COLT Telecom and Credit Suisse Group in London and in Swit we iz. He holds various board mandates, including Chairman of the Board of Directors of DEPSys Ltd. Pierre-Alain Graf has a master's in law from the University of Basel, a master's in B us iness Administration from the University of St. Gallen and has various Weiterbildungen completed, including at Harvard B us iness School and the International Banking School.