Corporate governance

Executive Board*

Kurt Bobst (b. 1965)

Swiss citizen; federally certified controller

CEO since 2008

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Head of administration at SABAG Hägendorf (1985–92)
  • Head of financial accounting at Atel (1992–95)
  • Business consultant at PwC and A.T. Kearney (1995–2001)
  • Head of management consulting at Pöyry, CEO of Pöyry Switzerland (2002–08)

POSITIONS ON BOARDS OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

  • Vice chairman of the board of directors of Grischelectra AG
  • Member of the board of directors of Repartner Produktions AG

PERMANENT POSITIONS WITH IMPORTANT INTEREST GROUPS

  • Member of the management board of the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE)

Felix Vontobel (b. 1958)

Swiss citizen; dipl. Elektroingenieur FH

Since 1987: Kraftwerke Brusio (now Repower AG)
Since 1992: deputy director of Kraftwerke Brusio AG
Since 2000: Deputy CEO
Head of Generation/Grid

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Commissioning engineer at BBC (ABB) (1982–85)
  • Project manager and commissioning engineer for biotechnology research and production installations at Bioengineering AG (1985–87)

POSITIONS ON BOARDS OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

  • Member of the boards of directors of EL.IT.E S.p.A. (from 2007), Kraftwerke Hinterrhein AG and Swisscom Energy Solutions AG

PERMANENT POSITIONS WITH IMPORTANT INTEREST GROUPS

  • Member of the management board of the Swiss Water Management Association

Brigitte Krapf (b. 1981)

Swiss citizen; FH degree in business and economics/bachelor of science in business administration, MAS in corporate finance, CAS Swiss Certified Treasurer SCT®

Since 2014: Head of Treasury
Since 1 February 2017: Member of the Executive Board
CFO (Head of Finance)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Various roles at UBS AG (1997–2003)
  • Clerk, St. Gallen cantonal unemployment bureau (2003–07)
  • (Junior) corporate client advisor at UBS AG (St. Gallen, Zurich, New York and Chur) (2007–14)

Stefan Kessler (b. 1973)

Swiss citizen; lic. iur., HSG, lawyer, LL.M., MAS in corporate finance

Since 2005: Rätia Energie (now Repower AG)
Until 31 January 2017: Member of the Executive Board, CFO (Head of Finance)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Legal counsel at LGT Group (2001–04)
  • Lawyer at Baker & McKenzie (2004–05)

Fabio Bocchiola (b. 1964)

Italian citizen; diploma in business administration, piano diploma from the conservatory in Brescia

Since 2002: Rezia Energia Italia S.p.A. (now Repower Italia S.p.A.)
Since 2010: Member of the Executive Board
Head of Italy

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • DALKIA, Regional Manager, Central and Southern Italy, with one year’s experience in France (1990–95)
  • ASTER, assistant operations manager (1990–96)
  • EDISON, key account manager (1996–99)
  • EnBW, head of sales (2000–02)

PERMANENT POSITIONS WITH IMPORTANT INTEREST GROUPS

  • Member of the Energia Concorrente Committee
  • Member of the committee of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Italy

* Details of mandates are correct as of 31 December 2016.