CEO of the Year 
Large Companies: Switzerland – 2017
Published: July 24, 2017
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Switzerland, 2017. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:
Criteria to participate: Companies with revenues above $2 bn.
All Winners in the Market
The gold winners are the top three on the list. These CEOs receive an Obermatt gold pin – an 18-karat gold pin that is personally presented to the winners in recognition of their outstanding performance. The next best CEOs up to 10th place are the silver winners. The bronze winners are all those CEOs that outperformed the market with a ranking over 50.
Combined Performance 
These CEOs showed the best overall performance in growth, operating efficiency and investment performance.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | |
| Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
| Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | |
| Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
| Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
| Anton Affentranger (Implenia) | ||
| Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | ||
| Riet Cadonau (dormakaba) | ||
| Dr. Lukas Braunschweiler (Sonova) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Julián Díaz González (Avolta) | |
| Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
| Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
| Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Growth Performance
These CEOs drove the highest growth among their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Dr. Lukas Braunschweiler (Sonova) | |
| Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
| Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) | |
| Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
| Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
| Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
| Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
| Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
| Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
| Jan Jenisch (Holcim) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Operating Performance
These CEOs managed their companies most efficiently and delivered the strongest profit growth compared with their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | |
| Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
| Julián Díaz González (Avolta) | ||
| Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | |
| Urs Schaeppi (Swisscom) | ||
| Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
| Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Investment Performance
These CEOs pursued strategies and made investments which attracted investors the most. As such, they achieved the highest Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) amongst their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | |
| Anton Affentranger (Implenia) | ||
| Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Michael Mueller (Valora) | |
| Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
| Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
| Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
| Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
| Riet Cadonau (dormakaba) | ||
| Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Ulrich Spiesshofer (ABB) | |
| Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
| Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
| Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
| Julián Díaz González (Avolta) | ||
| Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
| Dr. Lukas Braunschweiler (Sonova) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
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