Group management

4. Group management

4.1. Group executive management members*

Charles Egli,Yves Pitton, Pierre Roy, André Kudelski, Alex Osadzinski, Mauro Saladini, Lucien Gani, Nicolas Goetschmann, John Burke

André Kudelski

Please see article 3.1 of this chapter.

Pierre Roy

Pierre Roy began his professional career with Procter & Gamble as a Financial Analyst in 1975. Following this early experience, he joined IBM in 1977 as a Sales Engineer. In 1979, he began his international career with Digital Equipment Corporation where he fulfilled various management positions at the European headquarters in Geneva and also abroad, in the Finance and Administration, Marketing and Business Management departments. He joined Kudelski SA in 1992 as Managing Director of Nagra Audio, Business Development Director of Nagravision and Managing Director of Précel (at the time a Kudelski Group company). In 1999 he started his own corporate consultancy firm working in the telecommunications sector while continuing to collaborate on strategic projects for Nagravision. In 2003, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the Digital Television sector of the Kudelski Group and Executive Vice President.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• OpenTV Corp., Board member
• Nagravision SA, Board member, Director
• NagraCard SA, Board member, Director
• NagraID SA, Board member
• Nagra Trading SA, Board member
• SmarDTV SA, Board member
• Quative Ltd., Board member
• Nagra Thomson Licensing SA, Chairman
• Nagra USA, Inc., Board member
• Nagravision Asia Pte Ltd., Board member

Charles Egli

Charles Egli worked at Studer Revox in Zurich as a Development Engineer then as Project Manager until 1989, when he joined Nagravision as Project Manager. In 1992, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Kudelski SA then, in January 2003, Chief Executive Officer of Nagra Public Access AG and Executive Vice President of the Kudelski Group. He has also occupied the post of Chief Executive Officer of SkiData AG since September 2004.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• SkiData AG, CEO Vorstandsvorsitzender
• Nagra Public Access AG, Chief Executive Officer
• NagraCard SA, Board member
• NagraID SA, Board member
• Nagravision SA, Board member
• polyright SA, Board member Vice President
• Nagra plus SA, Director

Mauro Saladini

After five years as a financial services consultant with Accenture, Mauro Saladini joined Thema Consulting, where he set up the Zurich subsidiary and took responsibility for cash flow and risk management activities. From 1997, he joined McKinsey & Co where he became a partner in 2001. He worked in particular on corporate finance and strategy projects relating to various industries, particularly the media and telecommunications.

In addition, Mauro Saladini was in charge of the Swiss Media Practice and joint-head of the European Media Practice. He has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Kudelski Group since 1st February 2003.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• Nagravision SA, Director
• OpenTV Corp., Board member
• SkiData AG, member of the Supervisory Board
• NagraID Security SA, Board member

Other:

• Airesis SA (Switzerland), Board member
• Newave Energy Holding SA (Switzerland), Board member

Lucien Gani

Lucien Gani began his professional career in 1972 as a lawyer with the Federal Tax Administration then occupied the post of Deputy Director with the Compagnie Vaudoise d'Electricité in Lausanne, where he remained from 1974 until 1976. Between 1977 and 1983, he was a trader with the company La Commerciale SA in Lausanne. From 1984, he wrote his doctoral thesis in law and started his Bar practice training in 1987. Since 1990, he has worked as an independent lawyer with a law firm in Lausanne. He joined the Kudelski Group in January 2006 as Director of Legal Affairs. Previously, he acted as counsel for several years as an independent lawyer in the drafting and negotiation of strategic contracts for the Kudelski Group.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• OpenTV Corp., Board member
• SmarDTV SA, Chairman
• Nagra Trading SA, Chairman
• EDSI SAS (France), Chairman
• NagraID SA, Board member
• Nagravision SA, Board member
• NagraCard SA, Board member
• EmbedICs LLC, Director

John Burke

John Burke began his professional career in marketing with Procter & Gamble International in Geneva in 1977. From 1982, he was appointed Group Marketing Manager with various Group subsidiaries, particularly in Geneva, Athens, Cincinnati and Madrid. In 1986, he joined RotoVision SA as Sales Director. He then joined the IUCN (World Conservation Union) in 1991 as Director of Communications and Public Relations. In 1996, he joined Novartis Consumer Health, initially as Head of Human Resources and Communication. He was then appointed Head of the Medical Nutrition division and a member of the Executive Committee, before being promoted to worldwide Head of the Nutrition division. In 2001, John Burke joined the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as Director of Support Services and in 2004 was appointed Chief Administrative Officer of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, where he remained until he joined the Kudelski Group on 1st June 2006.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• Nagravision SA, Director
• NagraCard SA, Director
• NagraID SA, Director

Nicolas GŒtschmann

From 1986 to 1989, Nicolas Gœtschmann was a Private Client Executive with Credit Suisse in Geneva before becoming a Fund Manager with Kestrel SA in Neuchâtel. In 1990, he joined the Kudelski Group as Director of Finance and Administration.

Since 2004, he has been the Corporate Secretary of the Kudelski Group as well as Director of Group Administration.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• Nagravision SA, Director
• NagraCard SA, Director
• Nagra Trading SA, Director
• Nagra Public Access AG, Director
• Nagra USA Inc., Board member
• Nagra France Holding SAS (France), Chairman
• Nagra plus SA, Director

Alex Osadzinski

Alex Osadzinski began his professional career in the United Kingdom in 1978, at two successful start-up companies which were subsequently sold. In 1984, he joined AT&T as European Sales Manager. From 1986 to 1994 he worked for Sun Microsystems, where he became Vice President for Markets and Product Strategy. After two years with Grass Valley Group (Tektronix) as Vice President for Marketing and International Sales, President of Grass Valley Japan and General Manager, Mr Osadzinski returned to the world of start-ups with the companies BE from 1996 to 1998 and Vitria Technology from 1998 to 2000. Both these companies were subsequently listed on the stock exchange. He then became CEO of the start-up Katmango. From 2001 to 2008 he was involved in start-ups as a "Venture Partner" through the company Trinity Ventures, one of the main venture capital companies of Silicon Valley, active in software and digital media. In December 2008 Mr Osadzinski joined the Kudeski Group as Director Product in the Digital Television division.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• Nagravision SA, Director

Yves Pitton

Mr Pitton worked on several projects at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and for different international companies during the three years of his PhD thesis. After obtaining his PhD in Material Sciences & Engineering, he joined Alusuisse (now called Alcan Aluminium Valais SA) as Project Manager and then Product Manager in 1997, with responsibilities for product development, marketing and business development. He left Alusuisse to study for an MBA, which he obtained after one year's study in 2001. From August 2001, Mr Pitton worked as a consultant and then Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Co in Europe and the United States, where he led strategic projects for international companies operating in various business sectors, including finance, TV & new media, high-tech, technology and industrial businesses, both in Europe and in the US. He joined the Kudelski Group in October 2006 where he was in charge of strategic projects. In September 2008, he took responsibility for Business Development, and on 15 December he was appointed to the Group Executive Board as Director Corporate Development.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA:

• Nagravision SA, Director
• Abilis Systems Sàrl, gérant

Other:

• Ligaris SA (Switzerland), Board member

4.2. Other activities and vested interests

Please refer to the individual profiles of members of the Group management under 4.1 above.

4.3. Management contracts

There were no management contracts in place at Kudelski SA on 31 December 2008.