4.1 Members of the Group Executive Board
In accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, the Group Executive Board must comprise one or more members who may not simultaneously be members of the Board of Directors of Swisscom Ltd. Temporary membership of the Board of Directors is only permitted in exceptional cases. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has delegated responsibility for overall executive management of Swisscom Ltd to the CEO. The CEO is entitled to delegate his powers to subordinates, in the first instance to other members of the Group Executive Board. The members of the Group Executive Board are appointed by the Board of Directors.
On 23 July 2013, the CEO of Swisscom Ltd, Carsten Schloter, passed away. Urs Schaeppi, CEO of Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd and deputy CEO Swisscom Ltd assumed control of the Group Executive Board ad interim. On 7 November 2013, the Board of Directors appointed him as the new CEO of Swisscom Ltd. Jürgen Galler, head of the Group division Group Strategy & Innovation left the Group Executive Board as of 7 November 2013.
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As part of the reorganisation as of 1 January 2014 the Group Executive Board was enlarged and was composed of the CEO Swisscom Ltd, the heads of the Group divisions Group Business Steering (CFO) and Group Human Resources (CPO) and the heads of the divisions Residential Customers, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Enterprise Customers and IT, Network & Innovation.
An overview of the composition of the Group Executive Board at 1 January 2014, including the function of each member within the Group and the year of their appointment, is given below.
4.2 Education, professional activities and affiliations
Details of career and qualifications are provided below for each member of the Group Executive Board. Other activities and affiliations such as mandates in important companies, organisations and foundations, and permanent functions in important interest groups are also shown.

Urs Schaeppi
Swiss citizen
Education: Degree in engineering (Dipl. Ing. ETH) and business administration (lic. oec. HSG).
Career history: 1987–1991 Iveco Motorenforschungs AG; 1991–1994 Head of Marketing, Electronics Production, Ascom AG; 1994–1998 plant manager, Biberist paper factory; 1998–2006 Head of Commercial Business and member of the Executive Board, Swisscom Mobile Ltd; 2006–2007 CEO, Swisscom Solutions Ltd; 2007–August 2013 Head of Corporate Business, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; January–December 2013 Head of Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; 23 July–6 November 2013 acting CEO Swisscom Ltd ad interim; since 7 November 2013 CEO Swisscom Ltd
Since March 2006 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Other mandates: Member of the Board of Directors, BV Group, Berne, until December 2013; deputy member of the Executive Board, Swiss Telecommunications Association (asut), since September 2013 (not yet formally elected)

Mario Rossi
Swiss citizen
Education: Certified public accountant
Career history: 1998–2002 Head of Group Controlling, Swisscom Ltd; 2002–2006 Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Swisscom Fixnet Ltd; 2006–2007 CFO and member of the Group Executive Board, Swisscom Ltd; 2007–2009 CFO, Fastweb S.p.A.; 2009–2012 CFO, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; since January 2013 CFO Swisscom Ltd
Since January 2013 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Other mandates: Member of the Sanctions Committee, SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd, Zurich; Vice President of the Board of Trustees, comPlan, Baden

Hans C. Werner
Swiss citizen
Education: PhD in business administration, Dr oec.
Career history: 1997–1999 Rector, Kantonsschule Büelrain; 1999–2000 Head of Technical Training and Business Training; 2001 Divisional Operation Officer, Reinsurance & Risk Division, Swiss Re; 2002–2003 Head of HR Corporate Centre and HR Shared Services, Swiss Re; 2003–2007 Head of Global Human Resources, Swiss Re; 2007–2009 Head of HR and Training, Schindler Aufzüge AG; 2010–2011 HR Vice President Europe North and East, Schindler; since September 2011 Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Swisscom Ltd
Since September 2011 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Other mandates: Member of the Board of Trustees, comPlan, Baden; member of the Board, Swiss Employer’s Association, Zurich; member of the Advisory Board of the international institute of management in technology (iimt) at the University of Fribourg, since June 2013

Andreas König
Austrian citizen
Education: Degree in mechanical engineering (Dipl. Ing. ETH)
Career history: 1989–1990 MacNeal-Schwendler; 1990–1996 Silicon Graphics, 1996–October 2012 various positions at NetApp, including as Vice President, Central and Eastern Europe from 2001–2004; 2004–2007 Vice President, Sales, EMEA; 2007–September 2012 Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA; October 2012–December 2013 CEO, Swisscom IT Services.; since 1 January 2014 Head of the division Enterprise Customers Swisscom
Since October 2012 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board

Marc Werner
Swiss citizen
Education:Swiss certified marketing executive; Senior Executive Programme (London Business School); Senior Management Programme (University of St. Gallen)
Career history: 1997–2000 Head of Marketing and Sales and member of the Board of Directors, Minolta (Schweiz) AG; 2000–2004 Head of Marketing & Sales, member of the Executive Board, Bluewin AG; 2005–2007 Head of Marketing & Sales Residential Customers, Swisscom Fixnet Ltd; 2008–2011 Head of Marketing & Sales Residential Customers and Deputy Head of Residential Customers, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; 2012–2013 Head of Customer Service Residential Customers and Deputy Head of Residential Customers, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; since September 2013 Head of the division Residential Customers Swisscom
Since January 2014, member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Other mandates:Member of the Board of Directors, Net-Metrix AG, Zurich; member of the Executive Board, simsa (industry association of Swiss internet business), Zurich; member of the Executive Board, IAA (International Advertising Association) Swiss Chapter, Zurich

Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler
Swiss citizen
Education: Degree in electronic engineering (HTL), Executive MBA HSG
Career history: 2000–2005 Head of Business Customer Sales, Swisscom Mobile Ltd; 2006–2007 Head of Marketing and Sales, Swisscom Solutions Ltd; 2008–2010 Head of Marketing and Sales, Swisscom Corporate Business, and CEO, Webcall GmbH; 2011–2013 Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; 2012 Member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board; since January 2014 Head of the division Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Swisscom
Since January 2014, member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Other mandates: Member of the Board of Directors, Raiffeisenbank am Ricken Genossenschaft, Eschenbach

Heinz Herren
Swiss citizen
Education: Degree in electronic engineering (HTL)
Career history: 1986–1988 Hasler AG; 1988–1991 XMIT AG; 1991–1993 Ascom Telematik AG; 1993–1994 Bedag Informatik; 1994–2000 3Com Corporation; 2000 Inalp Networks Inc.; 2001–2005 Head of Wholesale Marketing, Swisscom Fixnet Ltd; 2005–2007 Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Swisscom Fixnet AG; 2007-2010 Head of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; 2011–December 2013 Head of Network & IT, Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd; 2012 member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board; since January 2014 Head of the division IT, Network & Innovation Swisscom
Since January 2014, member of the Swisscom Group Executive Board
Other mandates: Member of the Board of Directors, Belgacom International Carrier Services S.A., Brussels, since December 2013
4.4 Management agreements
Neither Swisscom Ltd nor any of the Group companies included in the scope of consolidation have entered into management agreements with third parties.