Hans Isler, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee, has decided not to stand for re-election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. His successor is a renowned lawyer.
Hans Isler has served as a member of the Board of Directors, as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Risk Committee since 2012, the year in which Swiss derivatives boutique Leonteq went public, and has been its Vice-Chairman since 2018.
The Board of Directors proposes Philippe Weber (pictured above) as a new member of the Board at the next Annual General Meeting. Subject to his election by shareholders, the Board intends to appoint Weber as Leonteq’s new Vice-Chairman.
Long List of Board Memberships
Weber has served as Chairman and Managing Partner of the Swiss-based law firm Niederer Kraft Frey since 2015 and has been a partner in the firm since 2002. Among other Board memberships, he currently serves as a member of the Board of SIX-listed Medacta Group, Castel San Pietro, of Frankfurt stock exchange (prime standard) listed EDAG Engineering Group, Arbon, and of Banca del Ceresio, Lugano.
He is a Swiss national and holds a Ph.D. in Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Zurich as well as an LL.M. from the European University Institute in Fiesole, Italy. He is an attorney-at-law admitted to the Swiss bar.
