Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the strategic and financial management of Swisscom and for management oversight. Its members have extensive and broad-based experience and competence in Swisscom’s core business and growth areas.
Experience & competence
The members of the Board of Directors have extensive expertise and broad-based experience in Swisscom’s core business and growth areas. The diagram indicates the competences contributed by the respective members.
Telecommuncations, IT, Media, Entertainment
Innovation, technology, digitisation
Residential Customers (B2C)
Business Customers (B2B)
International business experience
Finance, Risk Management, M&A
Strategy, Transformation
Human Resources
Law
Sustainability
Leadership position in top management
Member of the Board of Directors in stock exchange listed companies
Remuneration of the Board of Directors
The remuneration system for members of the Board of Directors is designed to attract and retain experienced and motivated persons to exercise board duties. It is also aimed at aligning the interests of the board members with those of the shareholders. The remuneration reflects the level of responsibility and scope of activities of the individual members of the Board of Directors and is commensurate to remuneration for comparable posts conforming to market standards.
Compensation
| CHF in thousands | Cash remuneration | Share-based remuneration |
Meeting attendance fees |
Employer contributions to social security |
Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansueli Loosli | 314 | 186 | 31 | 29 | 560 |
| Roland Abt | 144 | 85 | 23 | 14 | 266 |
| Alain Carrupt | 96 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 181 |
| Frank Esser 1 | 128 | 76 | 20 | - | 224 |
| Barbara Frei | 112 | 66 | 18 | 11 | 207 |
| Sandra Lathion-Zweifel 2 | 64 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 144 |
| Anna Mossberg 3 | 90 | 54 | 18 | 32 | 194 |
| Catherine Mühlemann 4 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 41 |
| Michael Rechsteiner 2 | 64 | 56 | 15 | 8 | 143 |
| Renzo Simoni | 136 | 80 | 22 | 14 | 252 |
| Total remuneration to members of the Board of Directors | 1,179 | 719 | 186 | 128 | 2,212 |
1 Frank Esser is subject to German social security regulations. No employer or employee contributions are due.
2 Elected to the Board of Directors on 2 April 2019.
3 Anna Mossberg is subject to Swedish social security regulations. No employee contributions are charged.
4 Stepped down from the Board of Directors on 2 April 2019.
Compensation 2018
| CHF in thousands | Cash remuneration | Share-based remuneration |
Meeting attendance fees |
Employer contributions to social security |
Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansueli Loosli | 314 | 186 | 34 | 29 | 563 |
| Roland Abt | 127 | 85 | 26 | 14 | 252 |
| Valérie Berset Bircher 1 | 102 | 57 | 24 | 11 | 194 |
| Alain Carrupt | 96 | 57 | 19 | 10 | 182 |
| Frank Esser | 130 | 80 | 22 | 13 | 245 |
| Barbara Frei | 112 | 66 | 18 | 11 | 207 |
| Anna Mossberg 2, 3 | 60 | 52 | 13 | 24 | 149 |
| Catherine Mühlemann | 96 | 57 | 19 | 10 | 182 |
| Theophil Schlatter 4 | 52 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 65 |
| Renzo Simoni | 136 | 80 | 22 | 14 | 252 |
| Total remuneration to members of the Board of Directors | 1,225 | 724 | 203 | 139 | 2,291 |
1 The fee (including meeting attendance fees) of CHF 6,500 for the Board of Directors mandate at Worklink AG is included.
2 Elected to the Board of Directors as of 4 April 2018.
3 Anna Mossberg is subject to payment of social insurance contributions in Sweden. No employee contributions are included.
4 Resigned from the Board of Directors as of 4 April 2018.
Shareholding
| Members of the Board of Directors | Number of shares as at 31.12.19 | Number of shares as at 31.12.18 |
|---|---|---|
| Hansueli Loosli | 3,474 | 3,113 |
| Roland Abt | 544 | 379 |
| Valérie Berset Bircher 1 | - | 329 |
| Alain Carrupt | 439 | 329 |
| Frank Esser | 798 | 642 |
| Barbara Frei | 1,047 | 919 |
| Sandra Lathion-Zweifel 2 | 114 | - |
| Anna Mossberg | 222 | 112 |
| Catherine Mühlemann 3 | - | 1,559 |
| Michael Rechsteiner 2 | 109 | - |
| Renzo Simoni | 480 | 324 |
| Total shares held by members of the Board of Directors | 7,227 | 7,706 |
Management transactions
All transactions in Swisscom registered securities, stock options or other financing instruments based on Swisscom shares or stock options are published by the SIX Swiss Exchange in compliance with the directive concerning the disclosure of management transactions.
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