Group Executive Management

Dr. Thomas Vollmoeller, 1960, German citizen, Master's degree in Economics from the University of Stuttgart, doctorate in Economics from the University of St. Gallen.
Previous activities: consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Hamburg and Düsseldorf, Chief Executive of Tchibo direct GmbH, CFO, Head of Operations and Member of the Executive Committee of Tchibo.
CEO of Valora since June 16, 2008. In addition, assumes interim management responsibility for the Valora Media division.

Kaspar Niklaus, 1968, Swiss citizen, Master's degree in Agronomy from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, MBA from the Erasmus Graduate School of Business in Rotterdam, Master of Business Informatics (MBI).
Previous activities: various management roles with Switzerland's major retailers, consultant with McKinsey & Co., COO of Coop City in Zurich, Chief Executive of Coop Bau+Hobby, Basle.
Head of Valora's Retail division since June 23, 2008.

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 from 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.