CEO of the Year
Large Companies: Switzerland – 2020
Published: July 19, 2020
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Switzerland, 2020. 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 |
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Gold Podium |
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | |
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | |
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) | ||
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Dr. Vasant Narasimhan (Novartis) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Paul Schuler (Sika) | |
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Thomas Oetterli (Schindler) | ||
Julián Díaz González (Avolta) |
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | |
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | |
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) | ||
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | |
Dr. Vasant Narasimhan (Novartis) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Jérôme Lambert (Richemont) | ||
Thomas Oetterli (Schindler) |
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Frankie Ng (SGS) | |
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Paul Schuler (Sika) | |
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Dr. Vasant Narasimhan (Novartis) | ||
André Wyss (Implenia) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) | |
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) |
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Michael Mueller (Valora) | |
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | |
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Alain Dehaze (Adecco) | ||
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) | ||
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) | |
Thomas Oetterli (Schindler) | ||
Dr. Vasant Narasimhan (Novartis) | ||
Paul Schuler (Sika) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Urs Schaeppi (Swisscom) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | ||
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Julián Díaz González (Avolta) | ||
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
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