Professional career

Bernhard Merki (1962, Swiss citizen, Dipl. Masch. Ing. HTL) has been voted as the chairman of the Board of Directors of EMS CHEMIE HOLDING AG in August 2020. From, August 2014 to August 2020 he has been non-executive member of the Board of Directors of EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG. From 1988 to 2013 he held different management positions within the Netstal Group, Nafels, Switzerland; the last ten years as CEO. From 2014 to 2018 he was CEO of the 4B AG in Hochdorf, Switzerland. From 2003 to 2012, Bernhard Merki served as member of the Executive Committee of the Krauss Maffei AG, Germany, and from 2006 until 2012 as Vice President of the Board of Directors of Netstal-Maschinen AG. From 2005 to 2012 he was President of EUROMAP, the European association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers. Since 2010, he has been a member and since 2020 Chairman of the Board of Directors of RONDO Burgdorf AG and of the Seewer Holding AG, Switzerland. Also since 2019, Bernhard Merki has been a member of the Board of Directors of Ferrum AG, Switzerland. Since 2021, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of FST Beteiligungen AG and Fostag Formenbau AG, Switzerland. Since 2022, Bernhard Merki has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georg Utz Holding AG, Switzerland. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of IPZ Property AG, Switzerland and since 2024, a member of the Board of Directors of Forbo Holding AG, Switzerland.