From left to right: Hans Ziegler, Alain Caparros, Prof. Dr. Peter Littmann, Jan C. Berger
Hans Ziegler
1952, Swiss
Chairman since 13 September 2011,
Term of office 2008–2011, first elected 2008
Master of Business Administration. Since 1997 independent management consultant with international mandates in crisis management, restructurings and repositionings. From August 2009 to May 2010 Delegate of the Board of Directors and CEO of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG. 2000 to 2005 CFO of the Pragmatica Group. In 2003 CEO of the Erb Group. 1991 to 1995 Head of group finance, IT and group development at the Globus Group, and 1988 to 1991 CFO and CIO at the Usego-Waro Group.
Jan C. Berger
1946, Dutch,
Vice Chairman since 13 September 2011
Term of office 2008–2011, first elected 2008
Studied marketing and science and attended various management courses at Babson College, Harvard and Nyenrode Business School. Since 2006 independent retail consultant. 1996 to 2006 CEO of the leading Dutch department store De Bijenkorf; this group includes department stores as well as clothing and DIY chains. Jan C. Berger is a member of the advisory boards of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and of Visual Retailing, an organization that concentrates on the visual presentation of goods in the retail industry.
Alain Caparros
1956, French
Term of office 2007–2011, first elected in 2007
Master of Business Administration. Since 2010 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH. CEO of REWE Group since 2006. From 2003 until
the takeover by REWE, CEO of the BON APPETIT Group Switzerland. From 2001, member of the Executive Board of BON APPETIT Group Switzerland. From 1999 President of ALDIS ASP in France. 1994 to 1999 Managing Director of Aldi France, and from 1991 Vice Chairman of Yves Rocher in Paris.
Prof. Dr. Peter Littmann
1947, German
Term of office 2006–2011, first elected in 2006
Qualified in business management and engineering. Peter Littmann is the Managing Partner of Brandinsider Strategic Brand Consulting GmbH in Hamburg, and since 1993 has been Honorary Professor in the Marketing Faculty of the University of Witten/Herdecke (Germany). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Nyenrode University, the Netherlands, and a member of the Harvard University
Art Museum's Visiting Committee, Cambridge, USA. 1996 to 2005 member of the
Board of Directors of Bata Shoe Corporation. 1992 to 1997 Chairman of the Managing Board of Hugo Boss AG; prior to this he worked from 1982 to 1992 for
the international textiles company Vorwerk & Co, latterly as President and CEO.