(since 2022), member since 2021 Matthias Bichsel, Member and Vice Chairman (since 2014) Markus Kammüller, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2022) David Metzger, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021) Alexey Moskov, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020) Hanne Birgitte Breinbjerg Sørensen, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2018) There are currently four standing committees in the Board of Directors: the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Strategy and Sustainability Committee. Executive committee The Executive Committee consists of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer and two Division Presidents. The current members of the Executive Committee of Sulzer Ltd are: Suzanne Thoma, CEO (since November 2022) Thomas Zickler, CFO (since 2022) Armand Sohet, Chief Human Resources Officer (since 2016) and Chief Sustainability Officer (since 2021) Tim Schulten, Division President Services (since 2022) Torsten Wintergerste, Division President Chemtech (since 2016) In February 2021, Sulzer appointed Armand Sohet, the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer, as Chief Sustainability Officer, leading the development and delivery of the Group’s sustainability strategy on behalf of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors’ Strategy and Sustainability Committee. History Formation and growth The company "Gebrüder Sulzer, Foundry in Winterthur" was founded in 1834 by Johann Jacob Sulzer. His sons, Johann Jakob and Salomon produced cast iron, built fire extinguishers, pumps, and apparatus for the textile industry; later they also started installing heaters. In 1836 the workforce grew to around forty journeymen, subworkers and apprentices. In 1839 a foundry was added, a mechanical workshop was set up and the first steam engine was built and installed in Winterthur (1841). In 1845, the company's own "Sick Support Association for Factory Workers" was founded. This later became the Sulzer Health Insurance Fund, which was renamed Provita in 1997 and now operates as an independent health insurance fund as part of the SWICA insurance company. In 1851, the English engineer Charles Brown joined Sulzer. With the development of new steam engines, he was instrumental for the early successes and growth of the company. In 1859, the first "partnership agreement" between the Sulzer brothers was signed. New products were introduced, first steam engines, later also ships, new organization, and production methods. Around 1860 Sulzer opened its first foreign sales office in Turin, and in 1867 the company participated in the