Board of Directors

Marco Gadola

Swiss (born 1963)
Board member since 2020
Vice Chair of the Board since 2024
Chair of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee
Member of the Audit & Risk Committee
Non-executive member, independent

Other main activities:
Chairman of the Board of DKSH Holding AG, Medartis Holding AG¹ (both listed) and Volpi Group (non-listed); Board member of Bühler Group and AVAG; Operating Partner of Endeavour Vision Ltd. He also leads his own company CJG Consulting GmbH specializing in cultural transformation and executive coaching.

Key attributes to the Board:
Having served many years as CEO and CFO of Straumann, Marco Gadola has in-depth knowledge of the company and the industry. He also brings a wealth of experience from other companies and industries and has worked in many countries around the world, all of which is highly valuable.

Career highlights:
During Marco Gadola’s tenure as CEO of Straumann Group (2013 – 2019), the Group doubled its revenue, more than doubled profits and more than tripled its workforce. Previously, he was CFO and EVP Operations at Straumann Group (2006 – 2008). Marco spent the interim years at Panalpina, as CFO and Regional CEO Asia Pacific. Prior to his first term at Straumann Group, he spent five years at Hero as CFO and was responsible for IT and Operations. Before that, he spent nine years at Hilti in senior commercial, sales and finance positions. Earlier in his career, he worked for Sandoz International Ltd as an Audit Manager and Swiss Bank Corporation in Corporate Finance. He also served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Calida Group.

Qualifications:
Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Basel; Executive Coaching and Change Management program at INSEAD, Paris, and various programs at the London School of Economics and International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne.