EC members

Riet Cadonau

BoD Chair & CEO

Swiss citizen

Education

Master of Arts in economics and business administration from the University of Zurich (CH); Advanced Management Program at INSEAD (FR)

Career

dormakaba: since 2018 Chair of the BoD dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); since 2015 CEO and member of the EC dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2011–2015 CEO and member of the EC Kaba Group¹⁾ (CH);
Ascom: 2007–2011 CEO Ascom Group¹⁾ (CH); until 2007 Managing Director ACS Europe + Transport Revenue; 2001–2005 member of the Executive Board Ascom Group, from 2002 Deputy CEO and General Manager of the Transport Revenue Division, which was acquired by ACS at the end of 2005;
IBM: 1990–2001 various management positions at IBM Switzerland, lastly as a member of the Management Board and Director of IBM Global Services

External activities and interests

Since 2016 member of the BoD of Georg Fischer AG¹⁾ (CH) and since 2013 member of the BoD of Zehnder Group¹⁾ (CH); 2006–2011 member of the BoD of Kaba Group¹⁾ and Griesser Group (CH)

Bernd Brinker

CFO

German citizen

Education

Degree in Business Administration (Diplomkaufmann) from the University of Cologne (DE)

Career

Since 2015 CFO and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2014–2015 CFO of Dorma Group (DE); 
Evonik Industries¹⁾ (DE): 2009–2014 Head of Corporate Portfolio Management and M&A, 2006–2008 Head of Investor Relations; 
2001–2006 Head of Finance and Investor Relations Degussa AG¹⁾ (DE); 1991–2001 various management positions at VIAG AG¹⁾ (today E.ON, DE) and its subsidiary SKW Trostberg AG¹⁾ (DE), lastly as Head of Finance

Michael Kincaid

COO Access Solutions AMER (until 30 June 2020)

US and Canadian citizen 

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Master of Business Administration

Career

Since 2015 COO Access Solutions AMER and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2013–2015 COO Access + Data Systems Americas and member of the EC of Kaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2012–2013 Senior Vice President North American Sales of ADS Americas and Deputy Head of Division; 2007–2012 Vice President and General Manager Access Control, Kaba Ilco Corp. (USA); 2003–2007 Vice President and General Manager Access Control Regional Marketing Organization, Kaba Ilco Corp. (USA); 1998–2003 Vice President Sales and Marketing Unican Electronics Division, Montreal (CA); 1984–1998 various technical and management positions at divisions of Unisys and SNC Lavalin

Jim-Heng Lee

COO Access Solutions APAC

Singaporean citizen

Education

Diploma in Business Studies (Finance) at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Singapore (SG); Certified Public Accountant at Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (SG); Chartered Certified Accountant at University of Huddersfield (UK); MBA in Marketing at University of Strathclyde (UK)

Career

Since 2015 COO Access Solutions APAC and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2014–2015 Head of Division Access + Data Systems Asia Pacific and member of the EC of Kaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2012–2014 Vice President and General Manager of Materials Group China, Avery Dennison Corporation¹⁾ (CN); 1996–2011 various senior management positions at Assa Abloy¹⁾: e.g. 2010–2011 Vice President Asia Pacific (HK); 2006–2010 President China Door Group (CN); 2003–2005 Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions (HK)

Alwin Berninger

COO Access Solutions DACH

German citizen

Education

MSc (Diplom-Ingenieur FH) University of Applied Science in Augsburg (DE), MBA Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University (NL)

Career

Since 2018 COO Access Solutions DACH and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 
Kuka Group¹⁾ (DE): various positions i.a. 2015–2017 Chief Executive Officer of Kuka Industries (DE), 2015 Spokesman of the Managing Directors, Managing Director Strategy and Sales (CSO) Kuka Industries (DE), 2014 Managing Director Strategy and Sales (CSO) Reis Robotics (DE), 2010–2014 Executive Vice President Asia/Pacific Kuka Roboter (CN), 2009–2010 Managing Director Operations Kuka Roboter (DE), 2006–2009 Director Global Customer Services Kuka Roboter (DE), 2003–2005 Director Customer Services Kuka Roboter (DE), 2001–2003 Director Development Kuka Roboter (DE)

Steve Bewick

COO Access Solutions EMEA

British citizen

Education

BSc Hons in Combined Sciences from the University of Glamorgan (UK)

Career

Since 2020 COO Access Solutions EMEA and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2016–2019 Senior Vice President UK, Ireland and Benelux dormakaba; 2014–2015 Senior Vice President Market North Nordics Kaba and 2010–2019 Managing Director Kaba UK; 2008–2009 Contracting Business Director Kaba UK; 2007–2008 Sales and Marketing Director Surelock McGill (UK); 2005–2006 Sales & Marketing Director EDM Group (UK)

Stefano Zocca

COO Key & Wall Solutions

Italian citizen

Education

Economics Degree from the Bocconi University (IT)

Career

Since 2017 COO Key & Wall Solutions and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2015–2017 COO Key Systems and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2011–2015 member of the EC of Kaba Group¹⁾ (CH); since 2013 Head of Division Key Systems and 2011–2013 Head of Division Key Systems EMEA/AP/SAM;
Whirlpool EMEA (IT): 2004–2011 General Manager Middle East, Africa + Turkey, since 2010 also of Central Europe, 2000–2004 Customer Service Regional Director, South, Central + East Europe, Middle East + Africa, 1994–2000 European Procurement Manager; 1988–1994 various positions in industrial and logistics operations; 
1986–1988 Procurement and Planning Assistant Imbal (IT)

Andreas Häberli

CTO

Swiss citizen

Education

Master’s Degree in electrical engineering ETH Zurich (CH); PhD in micro-engineering ETH Zurich (CH); Financial Management for executives St.Galler Business School (CH)

Career

Since 2015 CTO and member of the EC dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2011–2015 CTO and member of the EC of Kaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2003–2010 Head of Development and member of Management Board Kaba AG (CH), from 2009 also of Kaba GmbH (AT); 1999–2003 member Management Board Sensirion (CH); 1997–1999 Chip Design Engineer Invox (CA/USA)

External activities and interests

Since 2020 member of the BoD Kardex Holding AG¹⁾ (CH); since 2018 member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich (CH); since 2017 member of the BoD of Komax Holding AG¹⁾ (CH); since 2016 member of the Research Committee of Swissmem (CH)

Jörg Lichtenberg

CMO (until 30 June 2020)

German citizen

Education

Degree in engineering, Degree in economic engineering Universities of Hannover and Brunswick (both DE)

Career

Since 2015 CMO and member of the EC of dormakaba Group¹⁾ (CH); 2014–2015 Vice President Global Operations Industrials Group Gardner Denver (DE); 2007–2014 Director Group Logistics and Production Strategy resp. Director Operations Area North Eastern Europe resp. Director Operations Division Automatics Dorma GmbH & Co. KG (DE); 2003–2007 CEO Schiffer Dental Care Products LLC (USA); 1999–2002 member of the EC Lindal Group Lindal Ventil GmbH (DE); 1993–1999 Factory Manager resp. Business Development Manager Automatics Dorma GmbH & Co. KG (DE); 1991–1993 Kienbaum Consulting (DE)