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Auditor
The auditor conducts an annual audit of the Pension Fund. In particular, the auditor checks whether the annual financial statements, the organisation, the general management and the investment of assets comply with the requirements of the law and the Rules.
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich
Avadis Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the supreme supervisory and governing body of Avadis Vorsorge AG. It is composed as follows:
Christoph Oeschger, President
Alexander Bélaz
Christoph Käubler
Renato Merz
François Rayroux
Volker Stephan
Avadis administrative office
Avadis is responsible for the operational side of the management and administration of the Hitachi Group Pension Fund and for the investment of assets. Avadis provides the Board of Trustees with in-depth knowledge and acts as a direct point of contact for any queries from members.
Katrin Wagner, Avadis Vorsorge AG, Managing Director
Joachim Schrott, Avadis Vorsorge AG, Deputy Managing Director
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees acts as the Pension Fund’s supreme body and is responsible for its overall management. The Board fulfils the relevant statutory duties and determines the strategic objectives and principles applicable to the Pension Fund, as well as the measures required to achieve them. In addition, the Board of Trustees decides on the investment strategy, adopts the Rules and establishes the principles by which the Pension Fund is managed.
The Board of Trustees has equal representation, with the employee council electing four members of staff as employee representatives and the employer appointing four managers as employer representatives.
Employer representatives
Ron Steijn, Chairman
Christoph Käubler
Katharina Ohlhoff
Rafaela Vogt
Employee representatives
Jörg Lehmann, Deputy Chairman
Robert Fellmann
Jeannette Müller
Gabriel Salm
Foundation Board of the Avadis Investment Foundation (AST)
The Avadis Investment Foundation is a foundation under Swiss law. Its purpose is the collective investment and management of the pension assets held by employee benefits institutions. The affiliated employee benefits institutions are granted far-reaching participation rights. As the supreme body, the annual investor meeting elects the Foundation Board, decides on statutes and regulations and approves the annual financial statements. The expert committees consist of investor representatives and external experts.
The Foundation Board of the Avadis Investment Foundation is composed as follows:
Christoph Lanter, President, independent
Heinz Luggen, Vice President, independent
Dr. Matthias Bator, ABB Pension Funds
Patrick Deiss, Accelleron Pension Fund
Hans-Jürg Harder, General Electric Switzerland Pension Fund
Tharsilla Laier, General Electric Switzerland Pension Fund
Dr. Jörg Lehmann, Hitachi Group Pension Funds
Christoph Oeschger, ABB Pension Funds
Dr. Susanne Otruba, City of Zurich Pension Fund
Damian Tobler, independent
Adrian Wipf, BVK
Prof. Dr. Heinz Zimmermann, Scientific advisor (University of Basel)
Tobias Zwimpfer, Canton of Solothurn Pension Fund (PKSO)
General management
The general management is responsible for the operational management of the Pension Fund. Among other duties, it implements the resolutions of the Board of Trustees, decides on business that falls within the scope of the Rules and is not subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, and acts as liaison for applications submitted by members to the Board of Trustees.
Katrin Wagner, Avadis Vorsorge AG, Managing Director
Joachim Schrott, Avadis Vorsorge AG, Deputy Managing Director
IRC
The Investment and Risk Committee (IRC) assists the Board of Trustees in all investment matters and is in charge of effective risk management.
Employer representatives
Katharina Ohlhoff, Vice Chair
Ron Steijn
Michael Theurillat (external consultant)
Employee representatives
Jörg Lehmann, Chairman
Marco Bagutti (external consultant)
Daniel Dubach (external consultant)
Occupational benefits expert
The occupational benefits expert handles all actuarial matters relating to the pension fund. The expert regularly checks the pension funds’s financial security and verifies that the Rules and actuarial provisions comply with the law. In these matters, the occupational benefits expert acts as the central counterpart for the Board of Trustees.
Christoph Plüss, Allvisa AG, Zurich
Supervisory authority
The supervisory authority monitors whether the pension funds, the auditors and the occupational benefits expert comply with the statutory provisions and whether the pension assets are deployed for their intended purpose.
BVG- und Stiftungsaufsicht Aargau (BVSA), Aarau
