The CEO is responsible for managing the Group. He co-ordinates the activities of the individual divisions and chairs the Group Executive Management committee. The other members of Group Executive Management report to the CEO.
The division heads run their divisions with a view to achieving sustainably profitable performance. They define the specific management tools their divisions require in addition to the Group-wide guidelines which are in place.
Rolando Benedick, 1946, Swiss citizen, Chairman
Previous activities: CEO of Innovazione, CEO of the Manor Group, Board Chairman of the Manor Group, Member of the Board of Directors of Manor Sud (Innovazione SA), Jacobs Holding AG.
Current activities: Board Chairman of Manor Sud (since 1999), Member of the Boards of Directors of Barry Callebaut (since 2001), of MCH Messe Schweiz AG (since 2004).
CEO of Valora on an ad interim basis since May, 2012.
Dr. Lorenzo Trezzini, 1968, Swiss citizen, Doctorate in Economics from the University of Zurich and Federally qualified Swiss chartered accountant.
Previous activities: Group CFO of the Valartis Group and member of the executive committees of the Valartis Group and Valartis Bank AG, venture capital and private equity manager at Invision AG, corporate finance manager at Ernst & Young, audit manager at Deloitte.
CFO of Valora since December 4, 2008.
Andreas Berger, born 1966, German citizen, Graduate in business administration from the University of St. Gallen.
Previous professional activities: Managing director of ALDI GmbH & Co. KG Weimar, Assistant to the Board of Directors and Proprietor of ALDI Nord, Dealership business advisor with BMW AG Munich.
Appointed Head of Valora’s Retail division with effect since January 17, 2011.
Alexander Theobald, 1964, German/Swiss dual national, M.A. Zurich University
Previous activities: Member of group executive management of Ringier AG, serving as publishing country manager for Hungary and Rumania, and head of Ringier AG’s Swiss magazines division prior to that, member of senior management of the Tamedia publishing group, holding various management positions in the fields of publishing and marketing, chief publisher of Ringier AG’s Schweizer Woche magazine.
Head of the Valora Services division with effect since May 1, 2010.
Alex Minder, 1957, Swiss citizen, Graduate in Business Administration, Executive MBA.
Previous activities: senior management positions at Bally International Ltd, client service director and executive committee member at Impuls Saatchi & Saatchi, Managing Director of Cadbury Switzerland, Board member of Cadbury Western Europe.
Head of Valora's Trade division since May 1, 2004.
