The FINANCIAL — Roche announced on December 13 that Walter Frey and Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors.
Paul Bulcke (CEO of Nestlé), Christoph Franz (Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO Deutsche Lufthansa AG as of January 2011) and Peter Voser (CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc) will be proposed for appointment to the Board of Directors at the 2011 Annual General Meeting.
At its December meeting, the Board of Directors (BoD) of Roche Holding adopted initial proposals for decision by the AGM, scheduled for 1 March 2011. Walter Frey (born 1943, on BoD since 2001) and Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer (born 1950, on BoD since 2007) have announced that they no longer wish to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors would like to thank both Members for their valuable contribution to the successful continuing development of the company.
Prof. Bruno Gehrig, Prof. Pius Baschera, Lodewijk de Vink and Andreas Oeri will be proposed for a further period of office.
The following will be nominated as new members for election to the Board of Directors:
Paul Bulcke (born 1954), Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé since 2008 Christoph Franz (born 1960), Chairman of the Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Lufthansa AG as of 2011 Peter Voser (born 1958), Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc since 2009Additionally, the Board of Directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting that the term of office of Board members be reduced from three to two years.
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