Extended Executive Committee

Lukas Ackermann
Chief IT & Digital Services Officer

• Born 1972, Swiss citizen
• Diploma in Natural Sciences Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
• MAS MTEC Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
• 1999 to 2002 Product Manager Helsana Insurance Company Ltd., Deputy Head of Product Management
• 2002 to 2007 CEO of Medicall Ltd. (personal assistance)
• 2008 to 2010 Head of Health Care Market, Synesix Ltd.
• 2010 to 2012 Head of I-Lab at the University of St.Gallen, ITEM-HSG
• 2013 to 2020 General Manager / CEO of amétiq Ltd.
• Since 2020 Managing Director of HCI Solutions Ltd., since 2021, Head of IT & Digital Services at Galenica Ltd.

Marianne Ellenberger
Head of Human Resources

• Born 1963, Swiss national
• Business Economist (technical college)
• Postgraduate studies in Strategic Personnel Management
• Training in Management Coaching / Coaching Advanced
• Active in the HR field since 1986 (including Ascom, CSL Bering, Swisscom)
• Since 2001 Head of Human Resources Retail

Christina Hertig
Head of Corporate Communications

• Born 1966, Swiss citizen
• Federal Diploma in PR Consultancy / Federal Diploma in Translation, Interpreters’ School, Zurich
• HR Strategy in Transforming Organisations, London Business School
• 1985 to 1986 Lesch + Frei advertising agency, 1991 to 1994, Schweizerische Metallunion (Swiss metal union), editorial members’ newsletter
• 1995 Publisuisse Ltd., Head of Sponsoring
• 1996 Prodega Ltd. (later Bon appétit Group), Head of Corporate Communications
• 2002 Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Head of Communication
• Since 2006 Head of Corporate Communications Galenica Group, since 2017, member of the expanded Corporate Executive Committee, since 2021, member of the expanded Executive Committee
• Since 2019 Member of the GEWA Advisory council, Bern

Jürg Pauli
Chief Transformation Officer

• Born 1964, Swiss citizen
• Studied law at the University of Bern, qualified as an advocate/attorney at law
• Executive MBA, Bern-Rochester
• Transformation for Executives, IMD Lausanne
• CAS in Agile Leadership
• 1993 to 1995 Lawyer at the Swiss Bank Corporation
• 1995 to 1999 Lawyer and member of the Executive Committee at a law firm
• 1999 to 2005 Various roles at Swisscom Mobile
• 2005 to 2008 First Head of Marketing Communications and then Head of Marketing, Swisscom Mobile
• 2008 Joined the Swisscom Group as Head of Pricing and Portfolio Design, 2013 to 2016, Head of Marketing Swisscom and member of the Executive Board for Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd., 2016 to 2020, Head of Business Transformation Swisscom
• Since 2020 Head of Transformation and Organisational Development at Galenica Ltd. and member of the expanded Executive Committee

Barbara Wälchli
General Counsel & Secretary of the Board of Directors

• Born 1981, Swiss citizen
• MLAW, LLM, attorney at law
• 2011 to 2018 Attorney at law in various corporate law firms in Bern and Zurich
• 2018 Joined the Galenica Group as Senior Legal Counsel; from October 2019 General Counsel of the Galenica Group; since August 2020, General Secretary
• Since 2021 Member of the extended Executive Committee