Trusted Stewardship

Andreas Umbach, Chairman, is a Swiss and German citizen, born in 1963. Mr. Umbach has been the non-executive chairman of Landis+Gyr Group AG since July 20, 2017. Between April 1, 2017, and July 20, 2017 Mr. Umbach acted as executive chairman of the board of directors of Landis+Gyr AG, the operating subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Umbach has been with Landis+Gyr for over 18 years. Between 2002 and 2017 he served as President and CEO/COO of the Group. Prior to serving as CEO, Mr. Umbach served as President of the Siemens Metering Division within the Power Transmission and Distribution Group. Before his activities in the Metering Business Mr. Umbach held other positions within Siemens. From 1995 and until 1999, he was the Commercial Manager of an industrial sensor business within the Automation and Drives Group and from 1991 to 1995 he was a consultant at the Corporate Management Audit at Siemens’s corporate headquarters. Mr. Umbach currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Ascom Holding AG (director since 2010) and has been a board member of WWZ AG since April 2013. He has been the president of the Zug Chamber of Commerce since 2016. Mr. Umbach holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science (Diplom-Ingenieur) in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.

Eric Elzvik, Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, is a Swiss and Swedish citizen, born in 1960. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017. Mr. Elzvik also currently serves as board member of AB Volvo, board member and chairman of the audit committee at LM Ericsson Telephone Company, board member of Global Gateway South, and member of the board of the CFO Circle Switzerland. Between 2013 and 2017, Mr. Elzvik served as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd. Prior to his role as CFO of ABB, Mr. Elzvik served as Division CFO ABB Discrete Automation & Motion (2010-2013) and division CFO Automation Products Division (2006-2010) at ABB Ltd, Zurich. Earlier in his career, Mr. Elzvik had various positions within the ABB Group beginning 1984, including senior management positions within finance, mergers & acquisitions, and new ventures. He has also served as a member of the board of the Swiss Swedish Chamber of Commerce and on the foundation board of IMD Foundation. Mr. Elzvik holds a Master of Business Administration (Civilekonom), Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Dave Geary, Independent Member, is a US citizen, born in 1955. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017. Mr. Geary founded DJGeary Consulting, LLC in 2016. Mr. Geary has an international management background and extensive experience in the telecom industry and has previously served as Executive Vice President Business Integration at Nokia Networks (2016), following the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia Networks. Prior to this, he was the President of the Wireless Networks business at Alcatel-Lucent and was also the President of Wireline Networks. Prior to the Alcatel-Lucent merger, Mr. Geary held several senior leadership positions within Lucent Technologies and AT&T Network Systems. Mr. Geary holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Bradley University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

Pierre-Alain Graf, Independent Member, is a Swiss citizen, born in 1962. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017. Mr. Graf also currently serves as member of the board of directors of Broadband Networks AG. He is a Senior Vice President of ABB Ltd. and is also the owner of PAG Consulting & Services GmbH, a venture and consulting firm. Prior to this, Mr. Graf served as CEO of Swissgrid, chairman of the TSC – TSO Security Cooperation and as General Manager at Cisco Systems Switzerland. Mr. Graf holds a Master of Law from the University of Basel and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

Andreas Stanley Spreiter, Independent Member and Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, is a Swiss and British citizen, born in 1968. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017. Mr. Spreiter also currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Reichle & De-Massari Holding AG, where he is chairman of the audit committee. Mr. Spreiter served as Group CFO and Member of the Executive Board of Forbo from January 2013 until May 2017. Prior to this, between 1993 and 2012, Mr. Spreiter worked at Landis+Gyr/Siemens Metering, first as a Business Unit Controller/Head of Finance & Controlling (1993-2000), then as Business Unit Head Digital Meters/Head of Center of Competence Electronic Meters (2000-2002) and then as Group CFO (2002-2012). Mr. Spreiter holds a Master of Industrial Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

Christina Stercken, Independent Member, is a German citizen, born in 1958. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017. Ms. Stercken currently serves as member of the board of directors of Ascom Holding AG and as Non-Executive Director of Ansell Ltd., Australia. Ms. Stercken is also the Vice Chairman of Myanmar Foundation, a nonprofit organization for social projects in Myanmar. Until 2017, Ms. Stercken was a partner of EAC – Euro Asia Consulting PartG (“EAC”). Before joining EAC in 2006, Ms. Stercken served as Managing Director Corporate Finance M&A of Siemens AG. Among other management positions within Siemens AG, she was responsible for the Siemens Task Force China, Beijing, and Head of Public Sector Business Unit at Siemens Business Services. Ms. Stercken started her career in Marketing and Sales with BMW Pty. Ltd. South Africa. She holds a Diploma in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Bonn and Technical University of Berlin and an Executive MBA from Duke University, North Carolina, USA.