About Us
Together for “Food for Life”
Around 350 employees ensure that HOCHDORF products meet the highest standards of quality, safety and sustainability every day.
Nutritionists, food technologists, production and quality managers, plant operators, sales and marketing specialists, logisticians and many more work hand in hand.
Job profiles and career opportunities at HOCHDORF are diverse. The design spaces are large, the distances short. Collegiality and teamwork are part of the corporate culture.
Would you like to contribute your professional experience and personal commitment to HOCHDORF? Here you can find our current vacancies.
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Management
1966, Swiss citizen
Profession: political scientist and economist; place of residence: Wolfhausen, ZH; First election to the Board of Directors: 2020; Voted until: General Assembly 2024; education/degree: degree in political science/international relations at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) (lic. rer. publ.) and master's degree in economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (MSc Economics); Professional career: 1993 to 1995 research assistant in goods transport at the EDA/ EVD integration office, Bern and Brussels, 1995 to 2006 working for Nestlé Suisse SA, Vevey and Nestlé Australia Ltd., Sydney, most recently as Vice President Exports; 2006 to 2016 CEO of Confiseur Läderach AG, Ennenda; 2016 to 2018 Managing Director, Group Management & Operations, Läderach Group, Ennenda; Further activities: Since 2018 self-employed management consultant at Experts for Leaders AG, Zurich; since 2010 on the Board of Directors of Gübelin Holding AG, Lucerne; since 2013 on the Board of Directors (President 2016 to 2020) of Bank Linth LLB AG, Uznach; since 2020 President of Zibatra Beteiligungen AG, Rickenbach SO; since 2022 member of the Board of Directors of Laflor AG, Zurich; since 2023 President of the SwissBoardForum association. Further activities at the HOCHDORF Group: President of the Board of Trustees of the HOCHDORF Group pension fund, Hochdorf, since 2022.
1968, Swiss citizen
Place of residence: Wettingen, AG; function: CFO of the HOCHDORF Group since May 1, 2023. Education/diploma: Business economist HWV. Professional career: 1997 to 2004 various management positions in finance and controlling at ABB Switzerland, ABB Thailand and ABB subsidiaries (Micafil); 2005 to 2015 CFO Plastics Technology Division at WEIDPLAS (formerly WEIDMANN Kunststofftechnik) and later as CEO responsible for implementing the EXIT strategy with the conclusion of the sale in May 2014; 2016 to 2019 Deputy Managing Director and Head of Automotive at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn, and later as Business Director at SIKA Automotive AG, Romanshorn KA India Ltd, SIKA Automotive & Global Industry; 2020 to 2023 CFO & managing director of the division and all companies in Germany at STADLER Germany, Berlin. Further activities: Founder and independent management consultant of Linked Concept Management GmbH since 2016; member of the Board of Directors of Mäder und Partner AG, Zurich since 2016.
1983, Swiss citizen
Place of residence: Steinhausen, ZG; position: CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) of the HOCHDORF Group since April 1, 2022; Education/degree: Master of Science in Food Sciences at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and Master of Business Administration MBA at the University of St. Gallen (HSG); Professional career: 2009 to 2013 project manager in research and development at Nestlé, Orbe, in the Product Technology Center in the Infant Cereal Nutrition division, responsible for the development and implementation of recipes and processes in various factories worldwide; 2013 to 2015 process engineer at Nestlé Suisse S.A., Konolfingen, responsible for the development, implementation and start-up of an investment project for the production of infant powder formula; 2016 member of an early start-up in the area of sustainable probiotic feed additives as a business Development Manager, Root; Head of Baby Care Development from 2017 to 2022 and VP Innovation and R&D at the HOCHDORF Group since 2021. Further activities: none
1978, Hungarian citizen
Place of residence: Güttingen, TG; position: COO (Chief Operation Officer) of the HOCHDORF Group since July 1, 2020; Education/degree: food engineer; Professional career: 2002 to 2003 Development Engineer and Head of Production at Mars Inc. Bokros (H); head of production at several plants from 2015 to 2020 and responsible for the registration of German plants and recipes as a prerequisite for market entry in China at Danone/Milupa, Fulda (D); Further activities: none
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