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Ilias Läber, a Swiss national born in 1974, was elected to the Board of Directors of Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2022.
 

Background

He holds an MSc in Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, and an MA in Economics from University of Zurich, where he obtained a doctorate in 2004.

Ilias began his professional career at McKinsey & Company, where he served from 2001 to 2008, ultimately as Associate Principal. From 2008 to 2019 he was with Cevian Capital as a Partner and Managing Director of the Swiss office. From 2013 until 2019, he was on the Board of Directors of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG, where he served as Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. In 2019, he joined Quercis Pharma AG as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairperson of the Board of Directors.

In 2021, Ilias joined Spectrum Value Management Ltd as CEO and Partner — the firm administers the industrial and private investments of the Thomas Schmidheiny family. In this capacity he serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Spectrum Value Management Ltd., of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AG and as Chairman and Managing Partner of SEO Management AG.

Other activities and functions

• Member of the Board of Directors of dormakaba Holding AG, Rümlang, Switzerland
• Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Swiss Automotive Group AG, Cham, Switzerland