Board of directors

The HeiQ Board of Directors offers strong industry know-how and expertise . With proven business track records, the directors add a solid foundation to HeiQ.

H. Georg Hahnloser

lic.oec.publ., MBA

Georg studied economics at the University of Zurich and earned his MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau. He started his career as controller at the Swiss company Zellweger/Uster, an electronic device manufacturer. Afterwards he served for many years at the Swiss industrial conglomerate Von Roll as CFO where he was distinguished for his M&A and restructuring activities. He continued working as an independent consultant for some of the finest Swiss companies. Today he serves on several boards and is Chairman of the international boarding school Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz.

 

Richard Carrick

Dipl. Ing. KTH

Dick has studied civil engineering at the Royal Institute for Technology, KTH in Stockholm. He started his career as a product manager for the Swedish Cellulose Company and built the first major paper recycling plant in Sweden. He has served as a sales manager for leading manufacturers of equipment for the pulp and paper industry like MoDo Mecan, KMW and Rauma-Repola. In 1999 he bought the pulp mill Domsjö toghether with 5 partners and is today active as a partner and board member.

 

Emanuele Centonze

Dr. oec. HSG

Emanuele graduated in economics at the University of St.Gallen where he earned his Ph.D. He attended the Senior management program at Harvard Business School. After several years at Von Roll as Assistant to the Board he became Export Director at Bizerba Werke in Germany. He then worked for Lonza/Alusuisse and is now CEO of the Emanuele Centonze S.A., the largest Swiss-owned chemical distributor.

 

 
Anders Härfstrand
M.D. , Ph.D.
Anders Härfstrand is a leader in the pharmaceutical industry with a sustained global track record of success in commercial operations, global marketing management and product development. He successfully built franchises in several therapeutic categories across the U.S., Japan and the European Union with revenue budgets at the billion-dollar level and has 22 years of significant experience in leading and managing change through the course of organizational growth, restructuring and multiple mergers at corporate executive management as well as country levels. Anders is a member of the Board of Directors of private and public Swiss Companies.