5月 5, 2026
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Ad hoc
VAT announces change in the Group Executive Committee
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
VAT集团股份公司定期审查其公司治理框架，并按照瑞士证券交易所关于公司治理信息披露的指令、瑞士关于上市公司高管薪酬限制的条例以及瑞士公司治理最佳实践守则的要求，披露公司治理相关信息。此外，VAT集团已制定行为准则，明确阐述了VAT集团的关键原则。
董事会
Dr. Martin Komischke
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Martin Komischke was elected to VAT’s board of directors as its chairman at the AGM in May 2017 and has been re-elected annually since. From 2004 to 2016, he served as CEO of HOERBIGER Holding AG, having previously headed the company’s Drive Technology strategic business unit and served as a member of the executive board from 1996 to 2003. Before that, he held various functions at Kolbenschmidt AG and Mannesmann-Sachs AG. Dr. Komischke currently chairs the boards of HOERBIGER Holding AG (a position he has held since 2016) and HOERBIGER GmbH (since 1993). He is also a member of the board of directors of Stäubli Holding AG (since 2016), a member of the supervisory board of Aixtron SE (since 2013), and vice-president of the board of trustees of the HOERBIGER Foundation (since 2016). Dr. Komischke holds a degree and a doctorate in electrical and mechanical engineering from the University of Aachen (Germany).
Urs Leinhäuser
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Urs Leinhäuser was elected to VAT’s board of directors in March 2016 and has been re-elected annually since. He became vice-chairman in May 2022. From 1995 to 1999, he was head of Corporate Controlling at Georg Fischer AG and later CFO of the company’s Piping Systems division. From 1999 to 2003, he served as CFO of Mövenpick Holding AG. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Leinhäuser was CFO and head of the corporate center at Rieter Holding AG. After the spin-off of Autoneum Holding AG from Rieter Holding AG in 2011, he served as CFO and deputy CEO of Autoneum Holding AG until 2014. Since 2014, Mr. Leinhäuser has been self-employed, becoming a partner in Adulco GmbH in 2016 and managing partner in 2017. Since 2013, he has served on the board of directors of Ammann Group Holding AG. In 2017, he joined the board of directors of Avesco AG, and in 2019 the board of directors of PENSADOR Partner AG. Since 2017, Mr. Leinhäuser has also been a member of the advisory board of EAC International Consulting. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Zurich (Switzerland).
Libo Zhang
Member of the Board of Directors
Libo Zhang was elected as a member of the board of directors of VAT in May 2018 and has been re-elected annually since. Ms. Zhang is an independent senior consultant in finance, controlling, and corporate structuring. Previously, she had CFO roles at FFG Europa & Americas, MAG IAS GmbH (a German machine manufacturer), and Borgward Group AG (a German auto manufacturer). From 2010 to 2015, she held various senior financial management positions in Germany and Asia at SGL Group, a leading global manufacturer of carbon-based products, where her roles included regional CFO and senior manager of corporate development, mergers, and acquisitions. For more than ten years prior to that, she held senior positions in finance and commercial operations in the German engineering and aerospace sector. Currently, Ms. Zhang serves as a member of the advisory board of SPT Roth AG and as a member of the board of LEM International SA. She holds a PhD in economics and an MBA from Georg-August University in Göttingen (Germany).
Daniel Lippuner
Member of the Board of Directors
Daniel Lippuner was elected to the VAT board of directors in May 2020 and has been re-elected annually since. From 2017 to 2019, he was the chief operating officer of Meyer Burger Group, a global technology leader in the solar photovoltaic industry. Before that, he served as CEO of Saurer AG, and over the course of more than 25 years held senior management positions at other international companies including OC Oerlikon, Hilti Group, and Rieter Automotive. Mr. Lippuner is currently chairman of the board of directors of Heberlein Technology AG and a member of the board of directors of Komax Holding AG, also sitting on the board of trustees of Remnex Anlagestiftung investment foundation. He holds a degree in economics and business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen (Switzerland).
Petra Denk
Member of the Board of Directors
Petra Denk was elected as a member of the board of directors of VAT in May 2023 and has been re-elected annually since. She is currently professor of energy and economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Landshut, (Germany) and director and founder of the Institute of Systemic Energy Consulting Ltd, also in Landshut. Prior to her professorship, she held a number of senior management positions at E.ON Energie in Munich, with experience in mergers and acquisitions, business development, and strategy development. Ms. Denk is a member of the supervisory board of Pfisterer AG. She also sits on the board of directors of Berner Kraftwerke AG and on the scientific board of the Center of Applied Energy Studies, a German institution focused on reducing CO2 emissions through renewable energy and efficiency measures. Ms. Denk holds a PhD in physics from the University of Munich (Germany)and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in Paris (France).
Thomas Piliszczuk
Member of the Board of Directors
Thomas Piliszczuk was elected as a member of the board of directors of VAT in May 2024 and has been re-elected annually since. He is a member of the executive board of Imec, the world’s biggest research and development center for nanoelectronics and digital technologies, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. From 2009 to 2023, he held various senior and executive management positions at Soitec S.A., a global leader in the design and manufacture of engineered substrates for the semiconductor industry, based in Bernin (France). Prior to his role at Soitec, Mr. Piliszczuk worked at KLA Corporation in San Jose (USA), a global leader in yield management solutions for the semiconductor industry, and Sematech International in Austin, Texas, a worldwide development center for semiconductors. In 2024, he became a member of the board of NEXDOT, and since 2025 has sat on the board of the SEMI Board of Industry Leaders. He holds an engineering degree from Gdansk University of Technology (Poland), a PhD in Physics from Heidelberg (Germany), and an executive MBA from Stanford (United States).
Clara-Ann Gordon
Member of the Board of Directors
Clara-Ann Gordon was elected as a member of the board of directors of VAT in April 2025 and re-elected in April 2026. She is a legal professional with a long career in technology, data protection, and corporate law. Since 2016, she has been a partner at Niederer Kraft Frey AG in Zurich (Switzerland), where she co-leads the technology team and is responsible for technology-focused M&A, data protection compliance, CRM, legaltech implementation, and cloud migration initiatives. Previously, she was a partner at Pestalozzi Rechtsanwälte AG after roles at several Zurich- and London-based law firms. Ms. Gordon serves as a member of the board of Niederer Kraft Frey AG and as chair of the Board of Privado Networks AG. She chairs the legal chapter of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of the Swiss Cancer League. She holds a master of laws (LLM) from Queen Mary & Westfield College, London (UK), and a degree in law from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and is an attorney-at-law in Canton Bern.
Mike Allison
Member of the Board of Directors
Michael (Mike) Allison was elected as a member of the VAT Board of Directors in April 2025 and re-elected in April 2026. He is an executive with extensive leadership experience in the semiconductor and vacuum technology industries. From 2018 to 2023, he served as CEO of VAT Group, where he played a central role in the company’s transformation and growth. Earlier, he held senior global leadership positions at Edwards/Atlas Copco, including President of the Semiconductor Division, and spent two decades at KLA‑Tencor in executive roles across the US, Europe, and Asia. Since 2023, he has acted as a strategic advisor to Tinicum Private Equity Group, New York, advising on semiconductor-related assets and platform strategies. He served as a member of the board of WGNSTAR, Dublin (Ireland), and is also a member of the board of Attolight AG. Mr. Allison holds a BSc honors in electrical & electronic engineering from Glasgow University (UK).
集团执行委员会
Urs Gantner
CEO
自2024年1月起被任命为VAT集团首席执行官。此前，他自2022年 8月起担任VAT半导体解决方案集团执行副总裁。格兰特纳先生 (Mr.Gantner) 于2004年加入 VAT，担任产品经理和开发工程师，并于2015年被任命为半导体业务部主管。在加入VAT之前，格兰特纳先生 (Mr.Gantner) 曾在哈美顿医疗公司 (Hamilton Medical AG) 担任研发工程师。他还曾在瑞士保罗谢勒研究所 (PSI) 担任能源系统综合评估科学家。格兰特纳先生 (Mr.Gantner) 拥有瑞士联邦理工学院 (ETH) 的机械工程理学硕士学位。
Fabian Chiozza
CFO
于 2021 年被任命为 VAT 集团的首席财务官，任命自 4 月初起生效。加入VAT之前，乔扎先生 (Mr. Chiozza) 在汽车行业声学和热管理领域的全球领先企业欧拓集团 (Autoneum Group) 担任南美、中东和非洲业务集团的部门首席财务官。在此之前，乔扎先生 (Mr. Chiozza) 还在立达集团 (Rieter Group) 担任过多个高级财务职位，包括集团财务总监，并在企业发展和并购方面取得了成功。他拥有瑞士圣加仑大学 (HSG) 的会计与财务硕士学位。
Thomas Berden
COO
于2020年10月被任命为VAT集团首席运营官。此前，他曾担任德国考弗林建筑和施工产品公司喜利得集团 (Hilti AG) 的全球制造主管。他还曾在德国博西家用电器集团 (BSH Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte) 和西门子股份公司 (Siemens AG) 担任管理职务。托马斯·伯登 (Thomas Berden) 拥有德国亚琛工业大学的机械工程博士学位和德国哈根大学的商业经济学学位。
董事交易
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