Executive Committee
The Board of Directors has delegated the management of the company to the CEO, who has delegated certain powers to the members of the Executive Committee. The Organizational Regulations of the Board of Directors govern, among others, the delegation from the Board of Directors to the CEO and the sub delegation by the CEO. The regulations can be viewed on medmix.swiss/en/Investors/Governance (Under Downloads).
Members of the Executive Committee
Girts Cimermans, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Committee, is a Latvian citizen born in 1969.
Binding interests: Member of the Board of Directors of Alpcot Ltd since 2019.
Girts Cimermans has been the CEO of medmix since Sept 2021. Before the incorporation and separate listing of medmix Ltd, Girts Cimermans was Division President of Sulzer Ltd’s Applicator Systems division and member of the Sulzer Executive Committee from 2019. From 2013 to 2018, Girts Cimermans served as CEO of Hoya Vision Care in Bangkok and Amsterdam. From 2011 to 2013, he was President Europe Middle East & Africa of Pentax Medical in Germany, and from 2009 to 2011 Director Eastern Europe of Danaher Group’s Kavo Dental GmbH. Prior to this, Girts held several positions at GE Healthcare in Germany, including President Northeastern Europe.
Girts Cimermans holds a Master’s degree from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Jennifer Dean, Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee is an Australian citizen born in 1968.
Binding interests: Member of Board of the Australian Swiss Chamber of Commerce since 2022.
Jennifer Dean has been the CFO of medmix since September 2021. Prior to the incorporation and separate listing of medmix Ltd, Jennifer Dean acted as the Chief Financial Officer for the Applicator Systems division of Sulzer Ltd (from 2017). She was CFO for Product Lines at GE Power Services from 2015 to 2017. Prior to this, she held a number of positions at Alstom, including Vice President Finance for the Thermal Services division (2013 to 2015), Finance Director for Gas Turbine Product Line (2010 to 2013), and Finance Director for Environmental Control Systems & Carbon Capture Systems (2006 to 2010).
Jennifer Dean holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and is a chartered accountant (Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand) and associate member of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Itee Satpathy, Chief Human Resources, Sustainability and Communications Officer, and member of the Executive Committee, is a Swiss citizen born in 1978.
In addition to HR, she also leads the Sustainability and Communication efforts at medmix.
Binding interests: none.
Before joining medmix Ltd in December 2021, Itee Satpathy was appointed Global Head of People Development and Internal Communications at Sulzer in 2018. Prior to joining Sulzer, she led Talent Development and Diversity at Syngenta (2013 to 2017). Previously, she held various roles of increasing responsibility at Novartis across the Human Resources function, including leadership and organization development, talent management, and diversity and inclusion (2003 to 2012). Itee started her career in India with ICICI Bank before moving to Switzerland in 2003.
Itee Satpathy holds a Master’s degree (Diploma) in Human Resources Management from XLRI School of Management, Jamshedpur, India.
Xavier Schops, Chief Legal Officer, Company Secretary, Head of Corporate Affairs and member of the Executive Committee is a French citizen born in 1968.
Binding interests: Member of the Board of ACC Europe - Association of Corporate Counsel.
Xavier Schops has been heading the Legal and Compliance department and serves as Company Secretary since August 2022. He joined the Executive Committee on November 1, 2023, as of then also serving as Head of Corporate Affairs and is in charge of Mergers & Acquisitions. He joined medmix from Sonova AG (2019-2022), where he also served as General Counsel, then supported Mergers & Acquisitions. Previously, he was General Counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa at PPG Industries (2009-2016) and Vice President & Chief Counsel Europe for Mondelez International (2016-2019). Xavier Schops started his career at the Michelin Group, for which he worked in Europe and Asia.
Xavier Schops holds a post-graduate degree in Corporate Law and Tax from Paris University (Pantheon-Assas) and a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance and Accounting from the Neoma Business School.
Number of permitted activities
No member of the Executive Committee may hold more than five mandates, of which no more than one may be in listed companies (see Art. 33 of the Articles of Association on medmix.swiss/en/Investors/Governance; under Downloads). Exceptions (e.g., for mandates held at the request of medmix) are also defined in Art. 33 of the Articles of Association. All members of the Executive Committee comply with these requirements and no exceptions were granted in the reporting period.
Management contracts
There are no management contracts existing with third parties. None of the Executive Committee members has a contract with a notice period exceeding 12 months.