Corporate governance
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Executive Board of the Investis Group consisted as of 1 January 2023 of the following four members:
René Häsler (CFO)
Aude-Sophie Vartzbed (Head Properties)
Stéphane Bonvin (CEO)
Michael Stucki (Head Real Estate Services)
The Executive Board is responsible for the operational management of the Investis Group and represents the Group publicly.
Stéphane Bonvin founded Investis in 1994. Since then, he has been CEO of the Investis Group and has headed its Properties division. With over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector, Stéphane Bonvin’s extensive network of contacts and wide-ranging knowledge of the property market have enabled the gradual expansion of the Group’s portfolio. He acquired various real estate service companies between 2010 and 2014 in the fields of property and facility management. In 2006, he co-founded the Patrimonium Group, where he served as Managing Director until 2015. In August 2022 Stéphane Bonvin sold his participation in Patrimonium and stepped down from the Supervisory Board.
Current positions held outside the Investis Group: Stéphane Bonvin has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Be Capital and its subsidiaries since 2015.
Swiss Certified Public Accountant and Swiss Certified Expert for Accounting and Controlling
René Häsler has been the CFO of the Investis Group and a member of its Executive Board since 2015. Prior to this he was Head of Corporate Controlling and Senior Vice-President at Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd for 17 years (1998–2015).
After the successful completion of his training as a Swiss Certified Expert for Accounting and Controlling and as a Swiss Certified Public Accountant, René Häsler brought his extensive financial expertise to bear as a senior manager in the Auditing department of KPMG in Zurich (1988–1998). Prior to this, he held various financial positions at Fides Treuhandgesellschaft in Geneva (1985–1988) and at Bank Leu in Zurich (1981–1984).
Aude-Sophie Vartzbed has been a member of the Executive Board of the Investis Group and Head of the Properties segment since 1 January, 2023.
She has held various positions at Investis Properties SA since 2016. Prior to joining the Investis Group, her roles included working for CBRE in the Middle East. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from HEC Lausanne and has completed an MSc program in Real Estate Management & Development.
Michael Stucki has been a member of the Executive Board of the Investis Group and Head of the Real Estate Services segment since 1 January, 2023.
Michael Stucki has held various positions at the Investis Group since 2015. He started his professional career at Livit and joined Privera in 2015, where his positions included COO and member of the Executive Board. In February 2021, he was appointed CEO of Hauswartprofis and in April 2022 he became CEO of Valores SA. Michael Stucki holds an Executive MBA FH with a focus on strategic management.
Other activities and functions
All details of other activities and any further functions of Executive Board members are provided above or on the Company website.
www.investisgroup.com/en/portrait/executive-board
No member of the Executive Board holds any official function or political office.
Regulation and additional positions
According to Article 23 of the Articles of Association, no member of the Executive Board may hold more than five mandates outside the Investis Group, of which no more than three may be for listed companies. All mandates must be approved by the Board of Directors. The Articles of Association, containing the precise wording of the provision mentioned above, can be found on the Investis website.
www.investisgroup.com/en/investors/corporate-governance
These limitations do not apply to the following:
- –mandates within companies controlled by Investis or which control Investis;
- –mandates performed by a member of the Board of Directors or the Executive Board on instruction of Investis (no member of the Board of Directors or the Executive Board may perform more than ten such mandates); and
- –mandates in associations, charitable foundations and pension schemes (no member of the Board of Directors or the Executive Board may hold more than ten such mandates).
Mandates as referred to herein are functions in the most senior management and administrative bodies of legal entities required to be entered in the Swiss commercial register or an equivalent foreign register. Mandates in different legal entities under joint control or with the same beneficial ownership are treated as one mandate.
Management contracts
Investis Holding SA and its Group subsidiaries have not concluded any management contracts with any third parties.