Siegfried Holding AG in Zofingen, Switzerland (SIX: SFZN) announces the appointment of Michael Hüsler as Chief Financial Officer. The 37-year-old Swiss citizen holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Basel. After completing his studies in 1997, Hüsler worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the audit department. From late 2000 until June 2005, he was employed by Straumann Holding AG as Corporate Controller, and subsequently as Head of Corporate Controlling. In addition, he successfully completed training as a Certified IFRS Accountant in 2004. Hüsler joined Bachem Holding AG in 2005 as CFO and member of the Corporate Executive Committee. In this function, he introduced optimized budgeting and reporting instruments and added new aspects to performance measurement.
Siegfried CEO Rudolf Hanko remarked: “We are very pleased to have found in Michael Hüsler a highly qualified professional with a wide range of experience in our industry, the last four years of which also in the field of life sciences. He is therefore the ideal addition to the Siegfried team, and he will help us achieve our ambitious goals.” Michael Hüsler will assume his new position on July 1, 2009.
