Annual Report 2010/11 - Sonova

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Hansjürg Emch
GVP Medical
HAnSJürG EMCH
(born in 1968, Swiss citizen) joined the Sonova Group as
Group Vice President Medical in March 2011. Before joining
Sonova, he was President of the global Spine division
of the implant manufacturer Synthes. During his time at
Synthes he held various positions and gained broad
specialist and management skills.
Hansjürg Emch acquired experience in general management,
sales, product and business development as well as
clinical and regulatory affairs in the uS and Europe. Hans-
jürg Emch has a Master of Science and Engineering from the
Swiss federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and
completed the Program for Management Development at
Harvard Business School.
Other activities:
Vice President of the Board of Directors at Emch Aufzüge
Sarah Kreienbühl
GVP Corporate Hr
SArAH KrEIEnBüHL
(born in 1970, Swiss citizen) is Group Vice President Corporate
Human resources Management since August 2004.
Before that, Sarah Kreienbühl was Head of Global Human
resources and member of the Executive Board of the Tecan
Group in Männedorf, Switzerland. Prior to that she was
a consultant with Amrop International, Zurich, Switzerland,
where she did executive search projects and also introduced
new assessment and management audit services. She
started her career as a psychologist with Swissair, where
she was involved in the selection of pilots and air traffic
controllers.
Sarah Kreienbühl studied Applied Psychology at the
university of Zurich, Switzerland, and obtained a masters
degree, followed by a number of additional qualifications
in the field of human resources management.