CEO of the Year 
Mid-sized Companies: Switzerland – 2013
Published: June 20, 2013
Below are all the winners in the competition Mid-sized Companies, Switzerland, 2013. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:
Criteria to participate: Companies with revenues between 0.1 and $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 |
Andrew N. Rybicki (ADB) | |
| Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
| Paul Zumbühl (Interroll) | ||
| Silvan G.-R. Meier (Meier Tobler) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Peter Burema (Acino) | |
| Dr. Daniel Hofer (APG|SGA) | ||
| Dr. Jean-Paul Clozel (Actelion) | ||
| Thomas Seiler (u-blox) | ||
| Martin Lehmann (mobilezone) | ||
| Paul Schneider (Baloise Wohnbauten) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | |
| Bruno Cathomen (Mikron) | ||
| Andreas Gisler (IVF Hartmann) | ||
| Dr. Rudolf Hanko (Siegfried) | ||
| Fritz Mumenthaler (Ascom) | ||
| Dr. Frank Brinken (Starrag) | ||
| Claude R. Cornaz (Vetropack) | ||
| Lukas Winkler (Inficon) | ||
| Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
| Dr. Paul J. Hälg (Dätwyler) | ||
| Riet Cadonau (dormakaba) | ||
| David Dean (Bossard) | ||
| Matthias Bopp (Micronas) | ||
| Jean-Pascal Bobst (Bobst) | ||
| Alexander Hagemann (Cicor Technologies) | ||
| Thomas E. Kern (Flughafen Zürich) |
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 |
Peter Burema (Acino) | |
| Thomas Seiler (u-blox) | ||
| Rene Kamm (MCH Group) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Paul Zumbühl (Interroll) | |
| Andrew N. Rybicki (ADB) | ||
| Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
| Martin Lehmann (mobilezone) | ||
| Dr. Frank Brinken (Starrag) | ||
| Bruno Cathomen (Mikron) | ||
| Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Luciano Gabriel (PSP Swiss Property) | |
| Alexander Hagemann (Cicor Technologies) | ||
| Silvan G.-R. Meier (Meier Tobler) | ||
| Matthias Bopp (Micronas) | ||
| Andreas Gisler (IVF Hartmann) | ||
| Dr. Rudolf Hanko (Siegfried) | ||
| René Rothen (Adval Tech) | ||
| Rudolf Hadorn (Gurit) | ||
| Martin Steiger (Energiedienst) | ||
| Dr. Christoph Caviezel (Mobimo) | ||
| Pierre-Alain Urech (Romande Energie) | ||
| Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
| Bruno Bettoni (Allreal) | ||
| Robert Suter (Bystronic) |
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.
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.
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
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