Executive Committee (EC)
5 min.Management philosophy
dormakaba delegates entrepreneurial responsibility for operational business to segment level. The corresponding management organization is based on decentralized responsibility where appropriate and therefore rapid decision-making structures situated close to local markets. This helps to keep activities focused on the customer. Group functions like Accounting, Communications, Controlling, Human Resources, IT, Legal, Tax and Treasury define and monitor Group-wide standards and are responsible for functional, Group-wide projects. The CFO is responsible for the Group’s financial affairs as well as other Group functions such as IT and Investor Relations. The COOs are responsible for the business activities of their respective segments, including product development, production, sales, and services. Group Innovation Management focuses on digitization as well as Intellectual Property Management and is strategically managed at EC level by the CTO (Chief Technology Officer).
EC dormakaba Group as of 30 June 2021
EC members as of 30 June 2021
Name/Position |
| Year of birth |
| Entry |
| Gender |
| Nationality |
Sabrina Soussan CEO |
| 1969 |
| 2021 |
| f |
| FR/DE |
Bernd Brinker CFO |
| 1965 |
| 2015 |
| m |
| DE |
Alex Housten COO Access Solutions AMER |
| 1980 |
| 2020 |
| m |
| US |
Jim-Heng Lee COO Access Solutions APAC |
| 1962 |
| 2014 |
| m |
| SG |
Alwin Berninger COO Access Solutions DACH |
| 1969 |
| 2018 |
| m |
| DE |
Steve Bewick COO Access Solutions EMEA |
| 1966 |
| 2020 |
| m |
| GB |
Stefano Zocca COO Key & Wall Solutions |
| 1963 |
| 2011 |
| m |
| IT |
Andreas Häberli Chief Technology Officer |
| 1968 |
| 2011 |
| m |
| CH |
EC members
The table above gives the name, position, year of birth, date of joining the EC, gender, and nationality of each EC member.
During the financial year 2020/21, the following changes within the EC have been made:
- Riet Cadonau, BoD Chair and CEO, stepped down from his role as CEO and as EC member and was succeeded by Sabrina Soussan as of 1 April 2021, as previously announced.
External mandates
The maximum number of mandates that members of the EC are allowed to take on the governing bodies of legal entities outside dormakaba is regulated in section 27 of the Articles of Incorporation.
Management contracts
Neither dormakaba Holding AG nor its Group companies have entered into any management contracts with third parties.
Compensation
The compensation policy and all the information relating to the compensation paid to the company’s management bodies are shown in the Compensation Report. Sections 22–25 and 28 of the Articles of Incorporation contain rules relating to compensation principles, loans to governing bodies, and AGM votes on compensation.