Rolf Soiron

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Rolf Karl-August Matthias Soiron (born January 31, 1945 in Frankfurt am Main ; resident in Riehen ) is a Swiss manager . As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lonza (2005–2018), Holcim (2003–2014) and Nobel Biocare (2003–2010) as well as a member of association presidencies, he was one of the most important business leaders in Switzerland.

Life

Rolf Soiron, whose parents belonged to the German-speaking minority in Belgium , which is why he originally had Belgian citizenship, initially grew up in a medium-sized family in Riehen near Basel . Shortly before the recruiting school he took on Swiss citizenship . He studied history and received his doctorate in 1973 with the dissertation The Contribution of Swiss Foreign Policy to the Problem of the Peace Organization at the End of the First World War . He began his professional career as a teacher before joining the chemical company Sandoz in Basel in 1970 . At 35, Soiron moved with McKinsey boss Lukas Mühlemann an overhead - value analysis by which led to the elimination of 1,800 jobs. This was followed by four years as managing director of the orthopedic company Protek, before Soiron returned to Sandoz and took over the management of the agricultural division in New York .

He was also a member of the Basel City Council for the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) . From 1992 to 1993 he headed the pharmaceutical division of Sandoz, but then fell out with the Chairman of the Board of Directors Marc Moret . In 1993 he took over the management of the citric acid manufacturer Jungbunzlauer , which he held until 2001. He was a co-founder of the Bank am Bellevue . From 1994 to 2005 he was a part-time president of the Basel University Council . He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the cement company Holcim (2003–2014) and the Lonza Group (2005–2018). At Holcim, Soiron made a significant contribution to the introduction of the standard share and the transformation from a family company to a public company . In April 2014, he announced the intention to merge the two world's largest cement companies Holcim and Lafarge to LafargeHolcim on. At the Annual General Meeting on April 29, 2014, he no longer stood for re-election for the Board of Directors of Holcim, successor as Chairman was Wolfgang Reitzle .

From 2003 to 2010 he also headed the board of directors of the dental implant manufacturer Nobel Biocare . From January to the end of April 2012 he was also interim CEO at Lonza.

From 2009 to 2014 he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Avenir Suisse think tank . From 2009 to 2015 he was a member of the board committee of the umbrella association for business economiesuisse and was president of the selection committee that made Heinz Karrer the new president. In addition, he was co-opted as a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2009 and elected to its council. He was a member of this until 2017. In addition to his work in business, associations, politics and the university, he occasionally wrote historical specialist articles.

Rolf Soiron is married to the architect and art historian Alicia Soiron and has two children. He lives in Basel.

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  1. ↑ a b c Rolf Karl-August Matthias Soiron. In: moneyhouse.ch, accessed on April 26, 2015
  2. ^ About the person: Rolf Soiron. In: Balance from April 11, 2006
  3. ↑ Lonza Announces Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting - All Board proposals were accepted . 4th May 2018.
  4. ↑ Merger to form LafargeHolcim, the most progressive group in the building materials industry. Media release of April 7, 2014 (PDF)
  5. ↑ a b Matthias Pfander: The man who pulled the strings. In: Tages-Anzeiger from April 12, 2014
  6. ↑ Lonza boss did not meet expectations. In: NZZ Online from January 25, 2012
  7. ↑ Richard Ridinger becomes the new CEO of Lonza. Lonza press release of April 3, 2012
  8. ↑ Matthias Ackeret : Departure of an inconvenient. In: Persoenlich.com , May 5, 2018 (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Soiron, Rolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soiron, Rolf Karl-August Matthias (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main