Corporate Governance

Executive management*

Kurt Bobst (b. 1965)

Swiss citizen; federally certified controller

CEO since 2008 and Head of Market

Previous senior 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 boards of directors of Repartner Produktions AG and Enkom AG

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 2017: member of the executive board and CFO (Head of Finance & Services)
Since 2018: Deputy CEO

Previous senior 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)

Positions on boards of major corporations, organisations and foundations

  • Vice-chairwoman of the board of directors of Swibi AG

Samuel Bontadelli (b. 1979)

Swiss citizen; degree in electrical engineering, Executive MBA

Since 2003: Asset Management, Transmission
Since 2007: Head of Generation, Switzerland
Since 2011: Head of Trading
Since 2018 member of the executive board and COO
(Head of Service Provision)

Positions on boards of major corporations, organisations and foundations

  • Chairman of the board of directors of Repartner Produktions AG
  • Member of the boards of directors of tiko Energy Solutions AG, AKEB and EL.IT.E S.p.a
  • Managing director of Mera S.r.l
  • Member of various operating, financial and technical committees at Swiss partner plants

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 senior positions

  • DALKIA, regional manager, Central and Southern Italy, with one year’s experience in France (1990–95)
  • ASTER, assistant operations manager (1995–96)
  • EDISON, key account manager (1996–99)
  • EnBW, head of sales (2000–02)

Permanent positions with important interest groups

  • President of ConTe Cooperativa Sociale
  • 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 2018.